Sardine
Sardine sells fraud detection and anti-money laundering software to financial services companies. It has raised $175M and employs 367 people, with clients including FIS, GoDaddy, and Brex.
The growth story
Sardine grew from 91 to 367 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $175M along the way, most recently a Series C in May 2026.
About
Sardine provides software that helps financial services companies detect fraud and comply with anti-money laundering regulations. Its platform integrates data across risk teams to identify fraudulent activity in real time.
The company has raised $175M in funding, most recently in a Series C round in May 2026. Its workforce of 367 draws heavily from payments and fraud detection specialists, with notable talent sources including Adyen, PayPal, and Socure.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Sardine's largest function, accounting for 66 employees. The company has a median employee tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover.
The Sardine org chart
Soups Ranjan (Co-founder, CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 30 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 85 (+49% YoY), Operations 57 (+30% YoY), Sales 51 (+46% YoY), Business Development 31 (+35% YoY), Information Technology 18 (+80% YoY), Finance 13 (+30% YoY).
Talent flow
Sardine recruits heavily from payments and fraud detection companies, with Adyen, PayPal, and Socure being top sources. Alumni frequently move to fintech startups, with Infinite and Socure being common destinations.
Most common previous employers of Sardine staff: Adyen (7), PayPal (6), Socure (6), JPMorganChase (5), IBM (5), Amazon (5). Former Sardine employees most often moved to Infinite (4), OpenAI (2), Circle (2), Goldman Sachs (2), Footprint (2), Socure (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Sardine mafia
Sardine alumni have founded 4 companies, most notably Infinite, which employs 19 people and was started by 2 Sardine founders.
5Nikhil Srinivasan, was Founding Product Lead, Platform until 2024Raj Lad, was Tech Lead - Payments until 2024Marcos Schwartz, was Software Engineer until 2026Marie Van Rijckeghem, was Head of Sales EMEA until 2023Sumeet Singh, was Series A Lead until 2024Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 46% direct, 34% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Sardine: Leadership (77), SQL (77), Microsoft Office (69), Project Management (68), Microsoft Excel (68), Python (Programming Language) (65), Management (57), Data Analysis (56).
Where the team actually sits
Sardine people are concentrated in California, United States (20), São Paulo, Brazil (13), Ontario, Canada (11), New York, United States (10).
Search footprint
Sardine attracts about 7,909 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $12K a month if bought through ads. It gained 343 ranking keywords and lost 270 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.20 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.90 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Sardine has 367 employees as of September 2026.
Sardine has raised $175M in total, most recently a Series C round in May 2026.
Sardine was founded in 2020 by Soups Ranjan, Zahid Shaikh.
Soups Ranjan (Co-founder, CEO) sits at the top of Sardine's reporting structure, with 30 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Sardine staff are Adyen (7 people), PayPal (6 people), Socure (6 people).
Former Sardine employees most often move to Infinite (4), OpenAI (2), Circle (2).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Sardine, including Infinite, Vitório, THRIOM.
Sardine attracts about 7,909 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $12K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Sardine staff are Leadership, SQL, Microsoft Office, Project Management, Microsoft Excel.
Sardine staff are concentrated in California, United States (20), São Paulo, Brazil (13), Ontario, Canada (11).
Sardine has about 85 people in Engineering, up 49% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Sardine has about 57 people in Operations, up 30% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 200 current and 96 former Sardine profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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