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Smile Identity Funding & Investors

Oakland, CA

At Smile Identity they believe anyone should be able to prove their identity easily, anywhere in the world. Their team is made up of American and African engineers and financial services professionals with experience across global markets in highly regulated environments. They have built encryption, authentication and security solutions. They have developed image processing technology from the chip level up. They have been part of security investigations and have pursued fraudsters. Having worked with, or for, telecoms, lenders, banks and startups, they know the challenges of building world class technology and they understand the needs of the African consumer and enterprise customer. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley & African investors and they have pan-African reach, with representation in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda.

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Total Amount Raised: $31,100,000

Smile Identity Funding Rounds

  • Series B

    $20,000,000

    Series B Investors

    Costanoa Ventures
    Norrsken22
    Intercept Ventures
    Latitude
    500 Fintech
    ValueStream Ventures
    Future Africa
    Two Culture Capital
    Commerce Ventures
    Courtside Ventures
  • Series A

    $7,000,000

    Series A Investors

    Costanoa Ventures
    CRE Venture Capital
    Khosla Impact
    Future Africa
    Intercept Ventures
    ValueStream Ventures
    Beta.Ventures
    Localglobe
    Story Ventures
    500 Global
    Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)
    Two Culture Capital
  • Seed

    $4,000,000

    Seed Investors

    500 Global
    ValueStream Ventures
    Intercept Ventures
    Susa Ventures
    Story Ventures
    Duro Ventures
  • Grant

    $100,000

    Grant Investors

    Catalyst Fund
Funding info provided by Diffbot.