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Semafone

Fraud prevention software company

Company overview

Used by call centres globally, Semafone provides the fraud prevention software necessary for companies to take secure customer payments over the phone.

Its technology masks the tones from a cardholder’s telephone and replaces them with an unrecognisable flat tone.

Website
semafone.com

Company information

Head office
  • Guilford, Surrey
CEO
  • Tim Critchley
Chair
  • David Sear
BGF office
BGF team
Invested since
  • Oct 2014
Total BGF investment
  • £4 million

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