Prelude

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Location Paris, France
Founded 2023
Latest Stage Series A
Total Raised €24.8M
Website https://prelude.so/
Sector
fintech security identity fraud-prevention infrastructure saas ai enterprise-software

Founders

Matias Berny Co-Founder
Quentin Le Bras Co-Founder

About

Prelude is a Paris-based onboarding and trust infrastructure platform that helps companies verify and protect users across their lifecycle by combining telecom data, behavioural signals, and machine learning to enable continuous trust decisions that improve conversion while reducing fraud 12. Founded in 2023 by Matias Berny and Quentin Le Bras, the company reports 6x year-over-year revenue and customer growth and now works with one of the largest global social media platforms as well as Suno, BeReal, Sunday, and Voodoo 12. The €17.2 million Series A announced on May 20, 2026 brings total funding to €24.8 million and will fund expansion from phone verification into a full-stack trust platform including new Auth API and Intel API products 12.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-05-20 Series A €17.2M 20VC Singular, Seedcamp, Deel, FDJ Ventures, Steffen Tjerrild (Synthesia), Willem Delbare (Aikido Security), Antoine Le Nel (Revolut), Felix Blossier (Pennylane), George Arison (Grindr), Barney Hussey-Yeo (Cleo), Will Wu (former Match Group CTO) 12
2024-11 Seed €7.6M — (per EU-Startups Nov 2024 coverage) 3

What Investors Say

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Sources

  1. “Paris-based Prelude raises €17.2 million Series A to scale its onboarding and trust infrastructure platform,” EU-Startups, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/05/paris-based-prelude-raises-e17-2-million-series-a-to-scale-its-onboarding-and-trust-infrastructure-platform/↩↩↩↩

  2. Dan Taylor, “20VC leads $20m Series A investment in onboarding startup Prelude,” Tech.eu, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://tech.eu/2026/05/20/20vc-leads-20m-series-a-investment-in-onboarding-startup-prelude/↩↩↩↩

  3. “Paris-based Prelude raises €7.6 million to expand fraud-resistant SMS verification services,” EU-Startups, November 2024. Accessed May 2026. https://www.eu-startups.com/2024/11/paris-based-prelude-raises-e7-6-million-to-expand-fraud-resistant-sms-verification-services/↩