SEON
SEON sells AI-powered fraud prevention and anti-money laundering software to businesses. The company has raised $188M and employs 438 people.
The growth story
SEON grew from 119 to 438 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $188M along the way, most recently a Series C in September 2025.
About
SEON provides a platform that helps companies detect fraud and comply with anti-money laundering regulations. It analyzes customer profiles, flags suspicious activity, and manages compliance workflows using over 900 proprietary data signals. Customers can also integrate their own AI tools with SEON's risk data.
The company has raised $188M, most recently in a Series C round in September 2025. It employs 438 people, with sales being the largest function at 52 employees.
Founders and leadership
SEON's largest department is sales, with 52 employees. The company is led by a team that includes founder Charles Delingpole and investors like Creandum and Crew Capital.
The SEON org chart
Tamas Kadar (Co-founder and CEO) leads 59 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 115 (+32% YoY), Marketing 68 (+106% YoY), Sales 49 (+36% YoY), Information Technology 37 (+48% YoY), Operations 36 (+71% YoY), Business Development 23 (+35% YoY).
Talent flow
SEON hires heavily from Extend, Sift, and NetSuite, with 10, 9, and 7 hires respectively. Alumni often move to Marshmallow, Diligent, and VCC Live. Many employees studied at Eötvös Loránd University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Most common previous employers of SEON staff: Extend (10), Sift (9), NetSuite (7), Sales Clover (6), Docler Holding Budapest (6), Morgan Stanley (5). Former SEON employees most often moved to Marshmallow (4), Diligent (3), VCC Live (2), CUBE AI (2), MongoDB (2), Hercules (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The SEON mafia
SEON alumni have founded 9 companies, including BringOnBoard, captiwate.com, and Scalee. These startups employ between 1 and 10 people each.
9Adam Bohak, was Software Engineer until 2021Krisztian Berecz, was Vice President of Sales until 2023Dávid Samuel Herendi, was Sales Development Representative until 2022Andrew Morris, was Global Director - Channels and Alliances until 2025Lauri Lehtmaa, was Board Observer until 2022Szilvia H. Pogany, Dr., was VP, Compliance and Legal until 2026
David UTASSY, was Data Scientist - Machine Learning Guild Leader until 2023
Kristóf Kováts, was Senior Engineering Manager until 2026
Ollie Judge, was Head of Content until 2023Web traffic
Traffic mix: 44% direct, 36% search, 11% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at SEON: SEO Copywriting (354), Microsoft Office (123), Keyword Research (113), E-commerce SEO (111), Communication (105), Leadership (102), Management (94), Project Management (92).
Where the team actually sits
SEON people are concentrated in Budapest, Hungary (56), Texas, United States (31), England, United Kingdom (20), Hungary (16). 3 offices on record.
Search footprint
SEON attracts about 10,190 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $110K a month if bought through ads. It gained 3,071 ranking keywords and lost 3,237 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.60 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.40 / 5
Frequently asked
SEON has 438 employees as of September 2026.
SEON has raised $188M in total, most recently a Series C round in September 2025.
SEON was founded in 2017 by Tamas Kadar.
Tamas Kadar (Co-founder and CEO) sits at the top of SEON's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current SEON staff are Extend (10 people), Sift (9 people), NetSuite (7 people).
Former SEON employees most often move to Marshmallow (4), Diligent (3), VCC Live (2).
At least 9 companies have a founder who previously worked at SEON, including BringOnBoard, captiwate.com, Scalee.
SEON attracts about 10,190 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $110K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among SEON staff are SEO Copywriting, Microsoft Office, Keyword Research, E-commerce SEO, Communication.
SEON staff are concentrated in Budapest, Hungary (56), Texas, United States (31), England, United Kingdom (20).
SEON has about 115 people in Engineering, up 32% over the past year, as of September 2026.
SEON has about 68 people in Marketing, up 106% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 238 current and 217 former SEON profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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