Sift

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Jeff Sakasegawa

Jeff Sakasegawa

Trust & Safety Architect
Jeff has over ten years in the fraud prevention space, working at companies like Google, Facebook and Square. This has afforded him the opportunity to work on many matters such as physical e-commerce, virtual payments, ad fraud, account takeovers, P2P money transfers and more. At Sift, he is helping to democratize access to world-class machine learning.

Event: 2019 Phocuswright Conference
Product: Sift
Category: Established Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA U.S.
Principal(s): Jason Tan, CEO; Marc Olesen, President & COO
Funding: $107M
Product Description: Sift is the leader in digital trust and safety, empowering companies of all sizes to unlock revenue without risk. Sift prevents fraud with industry-leading technology and expertise, an unrivaled global data network, and a commitment to building long-term partnerships with our customers. Twitter, Airbnb and Twilio rely on Sift to stay competitive and secure.
Business Model: Software-as-a-Service
Competitors: Kount, Forter, Ravelin, Accertify, CyberSource, Feedzai, Signifyd, Riskified
Competitive Edge: Technology, Community, Partnership: Our ensemble of machine-learning models provides the highest accuracy in the industry; our global network of fraud fighters surfaces key learnings to every Sift customer; and we partner with our customers every step of the way to build trusted relationships and ensure their unique needs are always met.
Market Opportunity: Sift benefits its customers by securing their payments, accounts and content. As such, Sift's market opportunity extends to any company that offers one or all of these services to its customers. In the travel and hospitality space specifically, we can address issues such as credential stuffing, unauthorized access to loyalty programs, and fraudulent payments, whether they be for your inventory or ancillary purchases.
Early Customers: Airbnb, Twitter, Glassdoor, DoorDash, Jet.com, Match, Mercari
Contact: Felecia Fierro, Senior Manager, Field Event Marketing; ffierro@sift.com; +1 619 794-9097