# Orca Fraud

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/orca-fraud

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa
- Website: www.orca-fraud.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $2.4M
- Latest round: Seed (Mar 8, 2026)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Founded in 2024 and based in Cape Town, South Africa, Orca Fraud operates as a fraud detection platform that uses orchestration computing to provide fraud prevention solutions. Thalia Pillay (CEO) and Carla Wilby (CTO) are the co-founders of the company. In March 2026, Orca Fraud raised USD 2.35 million in seed funding from Norrsken22, OneDayYes, Enza Capital, and CV VC Africa.

The company offers a unified platform that addresses various aspects of fraud prevention and compliance management and is focused on providing a suite of tools for businesses. The firm’s platform's key features include real-time fraud detection, anti-money laundering (AML) capabilities, and user verification processes. The Orca Fraud platform's graph analytics feature traces cash movements, helping to block AML activities as they occur. The company simplifies the compliance process with automated reporting tools that streamline the generation and submission of necessary documents. 

In addition, the firm’s platform also offers extensive KYC (Know Your Customer) and user checks, cross-referencing individuals against hundreds of sanctions, and PEP (Politically Exposed Persons) lists to ensure screening. Orca Fraud’s key feature is its AI Co-pilot, which is an AI-driven tool that assists fraud fighters in understanding why users have been flagged. Orca Fraud generates revenue by selling enterprise SaaS subscriptions for real-time transaction monitoring and fraud intelligence used by banks, telcos, and payment providers globally worldwide.

The company will use the March 2026 funding to scale engineering capabilities and expand across emerging markets where traditional fraud tools struggle to support mobile-first payment systems.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Mar 8, 2026, $2.4M — CV VC, Enza Capital Management, Norrsken22, One Day Yes

## Investors

- CV VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cv-vc) — Seed
- Enza Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/enza-capital-management) — Seed
- Norrsken22 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/norrsken22) — Seed
- One Day Yes (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/one-day-yes) — Seed