Company · Cybersecurity

Acoru

acoru.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Series A

Acoru is a Madrid-based fraud-prevention platform for banks and financial institutions that uses AI to continuously monitor and classify first-party and counterparty accounts, predicting and blocking Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud, money mule activity, and scams before transactions occur. Founded in December 2023 by cybersecurity veterans who previously built and sold Revelock (formerly Buguroo) to Feedzai, the company has grown to a 30+ person global team serving banks across Europe. It raised a €4M seed and a €10M Series A (October 2025).

Founded

2023

Founders

News

Rounds

Investors

SectorsCybersecurity, Fintech, AI & Data Start-up MapCybersecurity › Enterprise cyber risk & compliance

Profile updated 20 Jul 2026

Founders

David Morán

Co-founder & CTO

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Pablo de la Riva Ferrezuelo

Co-founder & CEO

Global models 5

Socure

United States · www.socure.com ↗

AI-driven identity verification and fraud prevention platform used by banks, matching Acoru's model of predictive fraud/risk scoring for financial institutions.

$900MComparable

Feedzai

United States/Portugal · www.feedzai.com ↗

AI-based fraud and financial crime prevention platform for banks (which acquired Acoru founders' prior company, Revelock), directly comparable to Acoru's bank-fraud focus.

$266MComparable

Alloy

United States · www.alloy.com ↗

Identity and fraud risk decisioning platform for banks and fintechs, similar to Acoru's account-classification approach to blocking fraud.

$237MComparable

BioCatch

Israel · www.biocatch.com ↗

Behavioral biometrics platform detecting fraud and money mules for banks, closely matching Acoru's mule-detection and scam-prevention focus.

$213MComparable

ComplyAdvantage

United Kingdom · complyadvantage.com ↗

AI-driven AML and financial crime risk detection for banks, aligning with Acoru's anti-money-laundering and fraud-prediction mission.

$150MComparable

Investors 3

33N Ventures

Investor Portugal

Funding rounds 2

Series A · €10M

Madrid-based Acoru, founded in 2023 by cybersecurity veterans Pablo de la Riva and David Morán, raised €10 million to scale its account moni…

2025-10-22

Seed · €4M

Acoru emerged from stealth with a €4 million seed round jointly backed by Adara Ventures and Athos Capital, with no single lead named. Found…

2025-04-24

News & media 3

Published	Article
2026-06-10	10 fraud-prevention startups taking on scammers before they strike ↗ EU-Startups
2025-10-22	Predicting scams and halting fraud - Spanish cybersecurity platform Acoru raises €10 million ↗ EU-Startups
2025-04-24	Madrid-based Acoru emerged from stealth with €4M funding to combat rising financial scams ↗ Tech Funding News