BNY
Global financial services company; participated in Reality Defender's April 2025 strategic investment round alongside Samsung Next and Fusion Fund.
BNY (The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation) is a global financial services company headquartered in New York City, tracing its roots to the Bank of New York — founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1784, the first company listed on the NYSE — and formed in its current structure via the 2007 merger of Bank of New York and Mellon Financial. It operates across securities services, market and wealth services, and investment and wealth management for institutions in 100+ markets. Its strategic corporate-investing activity runs through BNY Growth Ventures, a unit that incubates and invests in emerging financial technologies; its investment in Reality Defender (deepfake/fraud detection) fits that mandate.
Overview
- Firm
- BNY (The Bank of New York Mellon)
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Founded
- 1784
- AUM
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BNY operates BNY Growth Ventures, a unit that invests in and incubates new financial technologies.
BNY: Portfolio CompaniesVerified2026-08-09 - 2
BNY, Samsung Next, and Fusion Fund made strategic investments in Reality Defender (announced April 3, 2025).
PR Newswire: Reality Defender Announces Strategic Investments from BNY, Samsung Next, and Fusion FundVerified2025-04-03