IIronchip
Ironchip is a Spanish cybersecurity company that builds identity and access management and fraud-detection solutions powered by proprietary, unspoofable location-intelligence technology (using radio/electromagnetic signals to verify a user's physical location as a factor in passwordless authentication). Founded in 2017 in Barakaldo (Basque Country), it serves banks, fintechs, telecoms and government bodies, with clients including Banco Santander, Abanca and Ibercaja, and holds ENS-High and ISO 27001/27701 certifications.
SectorsCybersecurity, Identity & Access Management, Fraud Detection, Fintech Security
Start-up MapCybersecurity › Workforce identity & access
Founders
J
Jose Fernando Gómez Arbaizar
Co-founder & CPO/CISO
J
Julen Martínez Higuero
Co-founder & CEO
Global models 5
TTransmit Security
United States · transmitsecurity.com ↗
Passwordless identity, authentication and fraud-prevention platform sold mainly to banks and large enterprises, combining access management with risk signals like Ironchip.
$583MComparable
BBioCatch
Israel · www.biocatch.com ↗
Sells fraud-detection and continuous-authentication software to banks and fintechs, using passive behavioural signals instead of passwords, which parallels Ironchip's use of location signals.
$213MComparable
BBeyond Identity
United States · www.beyondidentity.com ↗
Phishing-resistant passwordless authentication and device-trust platform sold as B2B SaaS to enterprises and regulated industries.
$205MComparable
IIncognia
United States · www.incognia.com ↗
Location-identity company that uses spoof-resistant device location signals for authentication and fraud detection, sold to banks, fintechs and apps, making it the closest technical match to Ironchip.
$80MComparable
CCallsign
United Kingdom · www.callsign.com ↗
Identity authentication and fraud-prevention platform combining device, location and behavioural signals, sold primarily to banks and telecoms.
$50MComparable
In the same niche 2 others
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Investors 6
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Funding rounds 3
·1 not counted| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2025-06-02 | Seed (estimated) | €1.5M incl. debt: equity and debt, the split was not disclosed |
Sabadell Venture Capital
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| 2022-07-26 | Seed (estimated) | €2.1M |
Easo Ventures, Inveready, ABANCA
+2 more
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| 2020-05-25 | Seed | €500K | Inveready, EASO Ventures |
News 1
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2025-06-02 |
Sabadell Venture Capital leads €1.5 million round in Ironchip to accelerate international expansion ↗
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2025-06-02 |