Ballerine

Ballerine

Agentic Intelligence Layer for Merchant Risk Decisions

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
16 employees
Compliance
Seed · $5.5M

About Ballerine

Ballerine is an AI-native risk intelligence platform built for financial institutions, acquirers, and payment providers that need to underwrite and monitor merchants at scale in real time.

Instead of relying on fragmented point solutions, Ballerine unifies data from business registries, transaction patterns, sanctions lists, and web intelligence into one composable infrastructure.

Its AI Agents continuously analyze these signals to deliver dynamic and explainable risk assessments across the merchant lifecycle.
With a modular architecture, teams can automate underwriting, detect emerging risks, and monitor merchant behavior while aligning to their own policies and compliance frameworks.

Unlike traditional systems with static models, Ballerine’s AI Agents learn and adapt from live data, uncovering changes in merchant behavior that indicate fraud, laundering, or non-compliance.

Already deployed across multiple regions, Ballerine has enabled acquirers and fintechs to accelerate underwriting decisions, reduce manual reviews, and cut false positives, redefining how modern institutions manage merchant risk.

Company details

Team Size16
LocationTel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
IndustryCompliance

Funding

Total raised

$5.5M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

TTeam8
Y Combinator
VVera Equity
MMasterCard Start Path

Founders

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Alon Peretz

Co-founder and CTO of Ballerine.

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Noam Izhaki

Noam Izhaki

Co-founder and CEO of Ballerine. YC S22 alum. Previously a Product Manager at Wix.com. Attended Reichman University and the Israel Tech Challenge.

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Nitzan Gelbard

Co-founder and CPO of Ballerine (also referenced as Nitzan Guy in some sources).

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.