Arkose Labs Raises $22 Million in Series B Round Led by M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund

With participation from PayPal and USVP, this new funding round empowers Arkose Labs in its fight to bankrupt the business of online fraud and abuse

Arkose Labs, provider of online fraud and abuse prevention technology, announced it has raised an additional $22 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft’s venture fund, M12, as well as participation from existing investors PayPal and USVP.

“We are proud to welcome Arkose Labs to M12’s portfolio. With Arkose’s end-to-end anti-fraud platform, enterprises across the globe can better protect against fraud and abuse long term,” said Nagraj Kashyap, Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Global Head of M12. “Multiple Microsoft businesses are already benefiting from this innovative technology, and we are committed to supporting Arkose’s accelerated growth.”

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Until now, it has never been more profitable to commit fraud, with simple, easy-to-use software available on the Web that enables any fraudster to launch large-scale attacks. What differentiates the Arkose Labs platform from the status quo is its ability to cut off fraud at the source by making cybercriminals expend massive effort to conduct their attacks, which eliminates the ROI and profitability of fraud. This is a fundamental shift in fraud prevention, which is resilient to emerging attack patterns.

“Our platform takes a zero-tolerance approach to cyber attacks and our team is committed to putting a stop to the global fraud epidemic,” said Kevin Gosschalk, Arkose Labs founder and CEO, “Microsoft and their venture capital fund M12 are incredible partners, as they recognize the major opportunity we have to eliminate fraud, rather than contain it.”

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The Arkose Labs platform protects many Fortune 50 companies in the financial services, ecommerce, media, gaming and emerging technology sectors. As well as long-time customers Microsoft, companies including GitHub, Electronic Arts, Singapore Airlines, Roblox and Twilio benefit from Arkose Labs’ unique approach to fraud prevention.

“Microsoft is committed to providing a safe experience to our customers. Arkose Labs’ technology is an important component of our multi-pronged approach to minimize fraud without negatively impacting legitimate customers,” said Alex Weinert, Director of Identity Security, Microsoft.

The team at Arkose Labs designed the fastest-learning fraud defense platform on the market. Going beyond traditional fraud prevention, Arkose Labs protects any consumer action from abuse and fraud, such as account takeover, fake account abuse, scraping, spam, gift card abuse and many other activities.

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