Epistemic Overview
Adaptive behavioral analytics using ML, with some academic links.
Founded
2008
Director / President
Prof Bill Fitzgerald and Dave Excell (Co-founders)
Category
Company / Spinout
Research Domains
Timeline
2008
Featurespace is founded by Professor Bill Fitzgerald and his PhD student, Dave Excell, spinning out from the University of Cambridge.
c. 2008
Lands its first major client, Betfair, to use 'Adaptive Behavioural Analytics' to spot fraud.
c. 2012
The company's 'ARIC' (Adaptive Real-time Individual Change) platform is launched.
2017
Featurespace raises a £16.5 million funding round.
2020
Raises a $30 million funding round from Insight Partners.
2024
Featurespace is a global leader in financial crime prevention, using AI to detect fraud and money laundering.
Influential Papers / Notable Research
Invention of 'Adaptive Behavioural Analytics' for real-time anomaly detection.
Core product: The 'ARIC' platform for fraud detection and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) in finance.
Technology spun out from Cambridge University (Prof. Bill Fitzgerald) with strong Oxford ML talent links.