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📰 News11 March 2026·2 min read·

SA's Orca Fraud Raises $2.35m to Scale Real-Time Fraud Intelligence

Source: disrupt-africa

South African startup Orca Fraud has raised US$2.35 million in an oversubscribed seed round to advance its real-time transaction monitoring and fraud intelligence platform across Africa and emerging markets. Founded in January 2024 by Thalia Pillay and Carla Wilby, Orca serves fraud analysts and compliance officers at banks and fintechs.

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