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Fama Technologies
Ben Mones' Fama Technologies scans 10,000 online sources for workplace misconduct, delivering over 45M compliance-screened reports to 3,600+ employers.
Fama Technologies
Fama Technologies operates as a compliance-focused software company rather than a conventional family office or allocator. CEO Ben Mones runs a Los Angeles-based team spanning data science, investigations, and sales, all organized around one narrow mandate: surfacing behavioral risk from publicly available online content before it enters an organization. The firm does not manage investment capital; it produces algorithmic screening reports used by employers, background-check providers, and HR technology platforms globally. Fama's platform scans over 10,000 online sources across 30-plus languages, flagging eight categories of misconduct — from harassment and hate speech to threats of violence — under a model designed for EEOC, FCRA, GDPR, and PIPEDA compliance. Its technology integrates directly into the HR tech stack, serving pre-employment and ongoing employee monitoring use cases. The customer base exceeds 3,600 organizations, and the firm reports 99.5% data accuracy on the more than 45 million reports it has generated. The leadership bench includes CTO Brendten Eickstaedt, SVP of Operations Kristin Hazelton, and CFO L.K. Tan. Fama has positioned its tools for regulatory tailwinds such as the UK Financial Conduct Authority's upcoming non-financial misconduct screening requirements. In May 2026, the firm published a compliance update counting 106 days to the FCA deadline, signaling active product readiness. Fama's structural differentiation lies in its exclusive focus on online behavioral signals rather than traditional background data. By committing to a vertical AI application with built-in global compliance, the company occupies the intersection of enterprise HR software and a regulatory technology provider — a niche that creates switching costs for clients embedding its screening into hiring and ongoing employee-monitoring workflows.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
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AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Los Angeles
Corporate office
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Principals
Ben Mones
CEO
Dan Bonnet
VP of Growth
Freesia Chen
VP of People
Brendten Eickstaedt
CTO
Kristin Hazelton
SVP of Operations
L.K. Tan
CFO
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What does Fama Technologies actually screen for?
Fama's AI screens publicly available online content for eight categories of workplace-relevant misconduct: harassment, hate speech, threats of violence, and other behavioral red flags. The platform scans over 10,000 sources in more than 30 languages. Critically, the screening is designed to comply with EEOC, FCRA, GDPR, and PIPEDA standards, meaning the results are filtered for job-relevance and cannot be used for protected-class discrimination.
How does Fama's screening differ from a traditional background check?
Traditional background checks verify criminal records, employment history, and creditworthiness. Fama operates one layer above that by capturing publicly expressed behavioral signals — social media posts, public commentary, shared content — that traditional checks do not flag. The firm positions online screening as a complement that closes a gap exposed when employees or executives celebrate violence or share harmful content online, creating immediate reputational risk for employers.
Is Fama's technology used for ongoing employee monitoring or just pre-hire?
Fama supports both pre-employment screening and ongoing monitoring. The pre-hire product identifies behavioral risk before a candidate joins. The employee screening product provides continuous visibility into emerging risk across a workforce. This dual use case embeds the tool into both talent acquisition and employee-relations workflows inside HR departments.
Which regulatory frameworks does Fama's screening comply with, and why does that matter for allocators?
The platform is built to meet EEOC and FCRA standards in the United States, GDPR in Europe, and PIPEDA in Canada. For allocators evaluating private-equity-backed HR tech or portfolio companies, this compliance architecture reduces the legal risk of deploying social media screening at scale. The UK FCA's push toward mandatory non-financial misconduct screening is a near-term catalyst that tests the robustness of Fama's framework.
Does Fama operate as a family office or manage investment capital?
No. Fama Technologies is a venture-backed enterprise software company selling an AI-driven compliance tool to employers and background-check firms. It does not disclose any investment management or family-office activity. In Altss taxonomy terms, it falls under 'Asset Manager' only in the broadest sense of managing an intangible technology asset, not capital on behalf of beneficiaries.
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