VU

company

About

VU is a cybersecurity company that specializes in fraud prevention and identity protection.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$12M
Industries
Biometrics,Cyber Security,Fraud Detection,Identity Management,Security
Founded date
Jan 1, 2006
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active

Sebastián Stranieri, is CEO and founder of VU Inc, a multinational company that provides secure and frictionless digital experiences for more than 350 million people over the world. Passionate about technology, he has more than two decades of experience in the cybersecurity industry. His career has always been driven by the desire to innovate in safer solutions that improve the quality of life of citizens and companies, and that is how VU was born.
VU focuses on the new concept of “online persona” providing robust identity verification for its users, which allows a more holistic authentication paradigm. Through the combination of traditional cybersecurity controls with geolocation, biometrics and user behavior analysis based on machine learning, VU enables a continuous authentication process where the user is seen as a whole, rather than a set of credentials.
In July 2021, VU announced a $12 million Series B funding round with investors such as Globant and Telefonica.
Sebastian, is also an Endeavor entrepreneur, he was recognized by MIT Technology Review magazine in 2013 and selected by Forbes Argentina as one of the 30 Promises in 2017. His passion for what he does led him to win the Sadosky Award for Entrepreneur of the Year for the Chamber of the Argentine Software Industry (CESSI) in 2019.
VU received several recognitions, such as: Cybersecurity Ventures ranking 500, Santander’s X100 and VISA - La Nación’s Innovation Award, in the category of payment methods and cybersecurity for developing new business models in financial services through the use of technology that mark socioeconomic trends, changes in consumption habits and payment methods and also improve the security of transactions, among many acknowledgments from Microsoft as partners and for our technology, such as: AI Latam Partner of the Year (2021), Global Finalists in IA and Government (2021) and Country Partner of the Year (Argentina, 2019 and Bolivia, 2020)

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$12M
VU has raised a total of $12M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 12, 2021 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jul 12, 2021 Series B $12M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
VU is funded by 1 investors. ArFintech are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
ArFintech Series B