Perfios acquires fraud detection platform Clari5

12 Feb 2025, 03:02 PM

With this acquisition, Clari5 will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Perfios; and will continue to operate independently.

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SaaS-based fintech firm Perfios has acquired Clari5, a fraud and risk management platform developed by Bengaluru-based CustomerXPs. The financial terms of the deal has not been disclosed yet. 

With this acquisition, Clari5 will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Perfios; and will continue to operate independently. Perfios currently has around 1,500 employees. 

Founded in 2006, Clari5 offers a suite of solutions for fraud mitigation, risk management and anti-money laundering (AML), helping banks detect, investigate and prevent financial fraud. 

Clari5 -- which has raised around $3.9 million in equity funding till date -- reported a net profit of Rs 3.4 crore with a revenue of Rs 76.5 crore during FY24.

Perfios helps financial institutions with revenue analysis, fraud detection, verification, and automated customer onboarding. It serves sectors like consumer lending, SME lending, and wealth management. The company operates in 18 countries and supports over 1,200 institutions.

Perfios, which also holds an account aggregator licence, posted Rs 558 crore in operating revenues in FY2024, as compared to Rs 407 crore reported a year ago. The net profit stood at Rs 71.7 crore, up from Rs 7.79 crore in FY23. 

In March 2024, Perfios -- achieved an unicorn status -- after raising $80 million in funding from Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), a late-stage venture and growth investment arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. It raised $229 million in a Series D funding led by private equity investor Kedaara Capital in September 2023. 

Recently, Perfios announced the appointment of former Infosys executive Rajesh Kini as the firm’s chief financial officer (CFO).