Unit21
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Founded2018
HQSan Francisco, CA, United States
Latest roundSeries C, $45M
IndustryInfrastructure / KYC
The story
Unit21 started in 2018 as a no-code transaction monitoring and case-management platform for fintechs and sponsor banks. It has since expanded from rules-based transaction monitoring into a full 'AI Risk Infrastructure' platform spanning fraud, AML, sanctions/payment screening, customer risk rating, and automated regulatory filing (SAR/CTR/goAML). The current strategic bet is agentic AI — configurable AI agents that not only detect suspicious activity but also run L1 triage, draft SAR narratives, and close the full financial-crime lifecycle.
Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2018
Unit21 founded in San Francisco as a no-code risk and compliance operations platform· founding
2026
Launched AI Agents for fraud/AML — detection, investigation, and regulatory-filing lifecycle· product
The stack
2 layers disclosed in Unit21’s embedded-finance stack
Banking / BaaS
KYC
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
3 more providers across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.