Hawk
Hawk sells AI-powered anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing software to financial institutions, with 268 employees and $191M in funding.
The growth story
Hawk grew from 20 to 268 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $191M along the way, most recently a Series C in April 2025.
About
The company provides transaction monitoring, payment screening, and fraud detection tools for banks and financial services firms. Its software aims to improve detection rates while reducing false positives in compliance workflows.
Hawk has raised $191M through a Series C round in April 2025. The company draws engineering talent from payments and consulting firms like PAY.ON, ACI Worldwide, and Deloitte.
Founders and leadership
Engineering makes up the largest department with 26 staff. The company has a relatively young workforce with a median tenure of just one year.
The Hawk org chart
Tobias Schweiger (Co-founder & CEO) leads 58 mapped leaders with 12 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 45 (+18% YoY), Sales 30 (+11% YoY), Operations 28 (+27% YoY), Information Technology 19 (+36% YoY), Customer Success and Support 15 (+25% YoY), Business Development 15 (+15% YoY).
Talent flow
Hawk recruits heavily from payments processors and consulting firms, with PAY.ON, ACI Worldwide, and Deloitte as top talent sources. Alumni have gone to fintech startups and consulting firms, though in small numbers.
Most common previous employers of Hawk staff: PAY.ON (6), ACI Worldwide (5), Deloitte (5), Accenture (5), PwC Deutschland (4), Quantexa (3). Former Hawk employees most often moved to Confide (1), aiXplain (1), trivago (1), TradeLink (1), Contractor (1), Chameleon Collective (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Hawk mafia
Four alumni have founded companies, including TradeLink (80 staff) and Pareo. Most ventures remain small, with three having fewer than 5 employees.
4Frederic Krahforst, was CEO & Co-Founder, Bringing High-Tech to Compliance until 2019Jonathan Kaleve, was Senior Java Developer until 2025Florian Forster, was Senior Solutions Consultant until 2022Sunny Sharma, was DevOps Engineer until 2025Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Hawk: Project Management (48), Management (47), Leadership (47), Microsoft Office (44), SQL (43), Communication (41), Microsoft Excel (37), Teamwork (36).
Where the team actually sits
Hawk people are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (41), England, United Kingdom (12), Greater Munich Metropolitan Area (12), Berlin, Germany (9).
Search footprint
Hawk attracts about 309 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 112 ranking keywords and lost 88 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Hawk has 268 employees as of September 2026.
Hawk has raised $191M in total, most recently a Series C round in April 2025.
Hawk was founded in 2018 by Wolfgang Berner, Tobias Schweiger.
Tobias Schweiger (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Hawk's reporting structure, with 12 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Hawk staff are PAY.ON (6 people), ACI Worldwide (5 people), Deloitte (5 people).
Former Hawk employees most often move to Confide (1), aiXplain (1), trivago (1).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Hawk, including TradeLink, Pareo, runB4Uwalk.
Hawk attracts about 309 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Hawk staff are Project Management, Management, Leadership, Microsoft Office, SQL.
Hawk staff are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (41), England, United Kingdom (12), Greater Munich Metropolitan Area (12).
Hawk has about 45 people in Engineering, up 18% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Hawk has about 30 people in Sales, up 11% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 124 current and 99 former Hawk profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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