The fraud prevention software provider closed a series A round co-led by Axa Venture Partners that will support international growth and product development.

Axa Venture Partners, the venture capital firm affiliated with insurance group Axa, co-led a $123m series A round for NS8, a US-based developer of online fraud prevention technology, yesterday.

The round was co-led by VC firm Lightspeed Venture Partners and it increased the company’s overall funding to approximately $158m since it was founded in 2016.

NS8’s fraud prevention software combines behavioural analytics and real-time identity scoring with a global monitoring system. The company, which has increased headcount from 50 to…

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Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.