Category Visionaries Fabrice Deprez, CEO of Discai: $12 Million Raised to Build the Future of Anti-Money Laundering Software
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Fabrice Deprez, CEO of Discai, a fintech platform providing anti-money laundering solutions that's raised $12 Million in funding, about how the twin burdens of regulatory tightening and the real savings business can make, is driving a surge in focus on preventing money laundering. With an AI-based solution taking over much of the manual work and ensuring the most stringent of high standards, Discai is promising a more effective, efficient solution to money laundering than ever before.
We also speak about Fabrice’s background from a family of entrepreneurs and his 20 years in consulting, how several of his unique ideas became in-demand services before ever going to market, building a company from the bottom up, and what it’s like to take AI international.
Topics Discussed:
- Fabrice’s early start in entrepreneurship, from a business-savvy family to building a business from the bottom up
- 20 years of work in the consulting industry and what it taught Fabrice about some strategic market opportunities
- The reputation risk for financial institutions of getting caught up in money laundering and other fraudulent behaviors
- Why current solutions to fight money laundering have failed to plug some priority holes in the financial system
- How Discai took their AI model international, and what it means to adapt existing solutions to new markets
- Discai’s ambitions to dominate the future of financial crime prevention