Flagright
Flagright sells AI-powered financial crime compliance software to over 100 banks and fintechs across 30+ countries. The San Francisco-based company has raised $20M and employs 57 people.
The growth story
Flagright grew from 3 to 57 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $20M along the way, most recently a Series A in June 2026.
About
Flagright provides a unified platform for financial institutions to monitor transactions, screen watchlists, investigate cases, and manage governance. Its tools aim to reduce false positives and improve decision accuracy through AI agents, dynamic risk profiling, and simulation capabilities.
The company was founded in 2021 and has grown to 57 employees. It raised $20M in Series A funding in June 2026, with backing from investors including Four Cities Capital and Fredrik Thomassen.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Flagright's largest function with 15 employees. The company has a median tenure of 1 year across its workforce.
The Flagright org chart
Baran Ozkan, CAMS (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 12 mapped leaders with 9 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 18 (+38% YoY), Business Development 7 (+17% YoY), Customer Success and Support 5 (+67% YoY), Military and Protective Services 4 (+100% YoY), Operations 4 (+100% YoY), Sales 4 (+33% YoY).
Talent flow
Flagright's team includes alumni from Palantir Technologies, Amazon, and Honeywell Technologies. Its employees have gone on to roles at Revolut, Unit21, and other fintech companies.
Most common previous employers of Flagright staff: Forto (2), Hummingbird (2), Palantir Technologies (2), Honeywell Technologies (2), Amazon (2), Women Go Tech (1). Former Flagright employees most often moved to Entrupy (1), CUBE AI (1), Mulai (1), Tray.ai (1), Revolut (1), Unit21 (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Flagright mafia
Flagright alumni have founded 6 companies, including ASIRA (27 employees), Mulai (20 employees), and Firefly Growth Accelerator (18 employees).
6Sagar Patil, was Principal Product Designer until 2022Tommy Hartono, was Founding Business Development until 2024Santiago Espejo, was Manager Strategic Partnerships until 2024Chia-Lun Wu, was Staff Software Engineer until 2025Tim Coulson, was Founding Engineer until 2024Luke Romyn, was Risk Intelligence Specialist until 2026Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 43% direct, 38% search, 3% social, 3% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Flagright: Leadership (20), Project Management (17), Communication (17), React.js (16), Management (15), JavaScript (15), Microsoft Excel (15), Microsoft Office (14).
Where the team actually sits
Flagright people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (8), England, United Kingdom (5), San Francisco Bay Area (4), Singapore (3). 3 offices on record.
Search footprint
Flagright attracts about 77,620,000 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $293M a month if bought through ads. It gained 19,154,484 ranking keywords and lost 9,640,499 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.10 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Flagright has 57 employees as of September 2026.
Flagright has raised $20M in total, most recently a Series A round in June 2026.
Flagright was founded in 2021 by Baran Ozkan, CAMS, Madhu G Nadig, Desmond Teo.
Baran Ozkan, CAMS (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Flagright's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Flagright staff are Forto (2 people), Hummingbird (2 people), Palantir Technologies (2 people).
Former Flagright employees most often move to Entrupy (1), CUBE AI (1), Mulai (1).
At least 6 companies have a founder who previously worked at Flagright, including ASIRA, Mulai, Firefly Growth Accelerator.
Flagright attracts about 77,620,000 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $293M a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Flagright staff are Leadership, Project Management, Communication, React.js, Management.
Flagright staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (8), England, United Kingdom (5), San Francisco Bay Area (4).
Flagright has about 18 people in Engineering, up 38% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Flagright has about 7 people in Business Development, up 17% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 43 current and 52 former Flagright profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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