Lynx

lynxtech.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Series A

Lynx is a Madrid-based financial crime technology company that provides AI-powered fraud prevention, anti-money laundering (AML) and money mule account detection software for banks and payment processors. Its platform relies on a proprietary Daily Adaptive Model that retrains continuously and scores transactions in under 15 milliseconds. It processes more than 76 billion transactions a year and protects over 330 million users in 12 countries, with customers including Banco Santander, BCP, Cielo and PagoNxt. The company's fraud-detection technology dates back to 1995, and it was developed by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid professor Carlos Santa Cruz. In November 2023 Lynx raised a €17 million Series A led by Forgepoint Capital, with participation from Banco Santander.

Founded

1995

Founders

Total funds raised

€17M

SectorsFintech, Cybersecurity, AI & Data, RegTech Start-up MapFintech › Bank & lender infrastructure

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Founders

Carlos Santa Cruz

Founder & CTO

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Forgepoint Capital

forgepointcap.com

Led Series A 2023 United States

Banco Santander

www.santander.com

Series A 2023 Spain

Arben Ventures

Investor United States

Funding rounds 1

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2023-11-16	Series A	€17M	Forgepoint Capital +1 more

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Published	Article
2026-02-02	Lynx Tech Welcomes Venancio Gallego Vindel as New CEO of Lynx Financial Crime ↗ Lynx (press release) 2026-02-02
2025-09-09	Lynx Tech is recognized by Gartner® in its 2025 Market Guide for Anti-Money Laundering ↗ Lynx (press release) 2025-09-09
2025-04-28	Lynx Launches Next-Generation Fraud Prevention Models ↗ Lynx (press release) 2025-04-28
2025-03-05	NEWS: Lynx Tech unveils AI-powered AML screening solution ↗ AML Intelligence 2025-03-05
2024-08-13	Em Conversa: Fighting AI Fraud With AI With Lynx Tech ↗ The Fintech Times 2024-08-13
2024-08-06	NTT DATA Partners with Lynx to Revolutionise Fraud Detection in the Financial Services Industry ↗ Managed IT Magazine 2024-08-06
2024-02-01	Q&A with AI fraud detector Lynx ↗ Business Age 2024-02-01
2023-11-16	Lynx gets its paws on €17m in Series A led by Forgepoint ↗ FinTech Global 2023-11-16
2023-09-28	Dan Dica, new Lynx CEO ↗ Lynx (press release) 2023-09-28