Fakespot
ClosedBringing trust and transparency to online shopping
Fakespot was founded in 2016, is headquartered in New York, United States, lists 11–50 employees, and has $6.3M in recorded funding across 3 rounds.
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2016
- Business Model
- B2C
- Website
- fakespot.com
- Total Funding
- $6.3M
- Last Round
- $4.0M Series ADec 2020
- Rounds
- 3
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About
Fakespot was a New York City-based cybersecurity and data analytics company founded in 2016 by Saoud Khalifah that used proprietary artificial intelligence to detect fake and fraudulent product reviews on major e-commerce platforms including Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Sephora. The platform analyzed billions of consumer reviews in real time to identify suspicious activity, protect consumers from misleading ratings, and recommend better purchasing alternatives. Mozilla acquired Fakespot in May 2023 and integrated its fake-review detection technology into the Firefox browser as the Review Checker feature. Mozilla subsequently shut down the Fakespot service on July 1, 2025, citing an inability to build a sustainable business model around the product.
Summary
Fakespot is a Cybersecurity company based in New York, United States, founded in 2016. It lists 11–50 employees. It has raised $6.3M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $4.0M Series A round in Dec 2020. Investors include Faith Capital and SRI Capital.
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Funding History
Dec 2020
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Funding: Seed through Series A. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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