Our story
About Us
Orca leverages its deep knowledge in fraud prevention and payment technology to develop pioneering solutions that safeguard both conventional and decentralised financial systems – all through one central AI-driven fraud orchestration platform.In this day and age, it’s essential to evolve as quickly as new fraud patterns emerge, and our AI solution allows automatic identification of new trends and networks as they arise.
Fraud in the South African context is gaining traction, majority of fraud occurring through digital services is both detectable and preventable. At Orca we believe that the responsibility for protecting user’s funds lies with each institution involved in a transaction, and that working together to prevent malicious activity is the solution.
2015 • January
First meeting of the minds
Thalia and Carla first meet whilst studying engineering at UCT
2022 • March
Second meeting of the minds
Spend time growing a local fintech together
2024 • January
Orca is born
Dive headfirst into solving fraud for emerging markets through Orca
2024 • March
Securing Pre-Seed Funding
Funded by Norrsken22, First Circle Capital and others
2024 • May
General Availability
They launch their first user-facing product for fraud teams
Orca's vision
Protect emerging markets from fraud.
Orca can
Innovate
There are no limits to what we can build. Our solutions push the borders of what can be achieved in terms of fraud prevention
Quality
We value quality in our work, in our execution and in the way we engage with those around us. Everything we do, must be something we are proud of.
Responsibility
We have a responsibility to protect the financially vulnerable and to make a positive impact on the world around us
Our team
Small team, big dreams
We're hiring!
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