SteelEye
SteelEye sells trade and communications surveillance software to financial firms. The London-based company has 117 employees and raised $45M in a Series B round in September 2022.
The growth story
SteelEye grew from 64 to 117 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $45M along the way, most recently a Series B in September 2022.
About
SteelEye provides software that monitors financial trades and communications to help firms comply with regulations. Its platform integrates data from multiple sources to give compliance teams a unified view of potential risks.
The company has grown steadily since its 2017 founding, reaching 117 employees. Its $45M Series B in 2022 suggests strong investor confidence in its integrated approach to financial surveillance.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is SteelEye's largest function, with 36 employees. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, indicating moderate staff turnover.
The SteelEye org chart
Matt Smith (Chief Executive Officer) leads 34 mapped leaders with 4 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 31 (+11% YoY), Information Technology 22 (+22% YoY), Sales 16 (+23% YoY), Business Development 12 (-20% YoY), Program and Project Management 6 (0% YoY), Operations 4 (+33% YoY).
Talent flow
SteelEye hires heavily from financial data firms like Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Alumni often move to other financial technology companies, with LSEG being the top destination.
Most common previous employers of SteelEye staff: Bloomberg (6), Thomson Reuters (4), Noble (3), CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering (3), Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho (3), Vodafone (3). Former SteelEye employees most often moved to LSEG (6), 7RIDGE (2), IBM (2), Cisco (2), xyt (2), Theta Lake (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The SteelEye mafia
Three SteelEye alumni have founded companies, including Global Frontier, which employs 13 people.
3Robert van der Zalm, was Chairman until 2018Raghavan Pichumani, was Software Engineer until 2019Enrique Posner, was Director until 2021Web traffic
Traffic mix: 42% direct, 42% search, 5% social, 3% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at SteelEye: Python (Programming Language) (43), SQL (35), Leadership (25), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (24), JavaScript (24), Java (24), Management (22), Project Management (21).
Where the team actually sits
SteelEye people are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (28), Karnataka, India (19), Braga, Portugal (8), United Kingdom (8). 4 offices on record.
Search footprint
SteelEye attracts about 1,112 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $8K a month if bought through ads. It gained 436 ranking keywords and lost 316 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.70 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.80 / 5
Frequently asked
SteelEye has 117 employees as of September 2026.
SteelEye has raised $45M in total, most recently a Series B round in September 2022.
SteelEye was founded in 2017 by David Haines.
Matt Smith (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of SteelEye's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current SteelEye staff are Bloomberg (6 people), Thomson Reuters (4 people), Noble (3 people).
Former SteelEye employees most often move to LSEG (6), 7RIDGE (2), IBM (2).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at SteelEye, including Global Frontier, Ayursh, Cinematograficamente Films.
SteelEye attracts about 1,112 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $8K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among SteelEye staff are Python (Programming Language), SQL, Leadership, Amazon Web Services (AWS), JavaScript.
SteelEye staff are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (28), Karnataka, India (19), Braga, Portugal (8).
SteelEye has about 31 people in Engineering, up 11% over the past year, as of September 2026.
SteelEye has about 22 people in Information Technology, up 22% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 86 current and 133 former SteelEye profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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