About Ripjar

Born from national security, built for global intelligence

Transforming risk management for organisations worldwide

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2013

Founded by intelligence professionals from GCHQ to revolutionise data intelligence

2014

Secured our first Tier 1 bank customer, expanding into financial services

2014

Launched a social media intelligence platform, tracking terrorist propaganda

2015

Began monitoring extremist behaviour for national security customers

2015

Raised Series A funding from Winton

2017

Pivoted to a risk intelligence platform, redefining how organisations detect threats

2018

Secured additional Series A funding from Accenture to drive innovation

2021

Raised Series B funding from risk and technology investment experts Long Ridge Equity Partners, accelerating global growth

2021

First recognised by Chartis in the RiskTech100 ranking

2022

Announced a strategic partnership with Dow Jones, enhancing financial crime intelligence

2022

Placed as category leader in the Chartis RiskTech Quadrant for Entity Management and Analytics Solutions, and Chartis RiskTech Quadrant for Name Screening

2023

Expanded relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and announced integration with Amazon Security Lake

2024

Won Financial Crime Product of the Year at the Risk Technology Awards

2024

Ranked in the AI FinTech100

2024

Recognised as a Technology Standout in the 2024 XCelent Awards

2024

Recognised as category leader in the Chartis RiskTech Quadrant for KYC Solutions

2024

Won innovation awards for LLM Innovation and Explainable AI in the Chartis Financial Crime and Compliance50

2024

Appointed industry veteran and disruptor Tom Obermaier as CEO, as Long Ridge Equity Partners completed a follow-on majority investment

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Tom Obermaier

CEO

Jeremy
Jeremy Annis

Founder & Board Member

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Tom Griffin

COO and Co-Founder

Steve Hadaway
Steve Hadaway

Chief Revenue Officer

Joe Whitfield
Joe Whitfield-Seed

Chief Technology Officer

Gabriel Hopkin
Gabriel Hopkins

Chief Product Officer

Simon Mcclive
Simon McClive

VP of Delivery and Operations

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Kate Bennett

Head of Finance

Bratin Roy
Bratin Roy

General Counsel

David Brooks
David Brooks

SVP, Global Head of Customer Success

Darren Benson
Darren Benson

VP of Engineering

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