Cleafy, a Milan, Italy-based cybersecurity company specializing in the banking sector, has raised €12 million in Series B funding.
Investors
The round was co-led by United Ventures and eCAPITAL.
United Ventures is a Milan-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 to back visionary entrepreneurs building global technology companies. With €500 million in assets under management across three early-stage funds and one growth fund, United Ventures provides the capital, strategic guidance, and network that ambitious founders need to scale responsibly and create lasting value.
Founded in 1999, eCAPITAL is an entrepreneur-led venture capital firm focused on early- and growth-stage deep-tech companies that drive positive societal impact. Based in Germany, the firm invests across sectors, including sustainability, enterprise software, cybersecurity, IoT, and new materials, through its own funds totaling over €400 million. In addition to capital, eCAPITAL provides strategic support and access to an international network of entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and founders.
Cleafy Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to enhance its predictive capabilities, scale global threat analysis, and expand into key banking markets across Europe and Latin America.
About Cleafy
Founded in 2014 by Matteo Bogana, Nicolò Pastore, and Carmine Giangregorio, Cleafy is an enterprise cybersecurity company focusing on fraud detection and prevention for financial institutions. The company provides a platform that reconstructs the full lifecycle of cyberattacks by combining telemetry from web, mobile, backend, and network systems with real-time global threat intelligence. Cleafy’s mission is to make digital services safer by enabling critical organizations to understand and stop attacks before they cause damage. Serving more than 150 financial institutions across Europe and Latin America, Cleafy’s clients include major banks such as ING, BCC Iccrea Group, Illimity Bank, and BPS (Suisse).
Funding Details
Company: Cleafy S.p.A.
Raised: €12.0M
Round: Series B
Funding Date: March 2026
Lead Investor: United Ventures, eCAPITAL
Additional Investors:
Company Website: https://www.cleafy.com/
Software Category: Cybersecurity / Fraud Detection Software
Source: https://www.cleafy.com/press/cleafy-secures-eu12-million-to-protect-critical-financial-infrastructures-across-europe