Smile Identity provides the best Africa-focused solutions for real time Digital KYC, Identity Verification, User Onboarding, Document Verification, Liveness Checks, Face Verification, Anti-fraud, Know your Business (KYB), and Identity Data Deduplication across Africa. We are building the tools and software that make it easier for millions of Africans to prove and verify their identity online.
Our platform includes SDKs and APIs for User Onboarding, Digital KYC, Identity Verification, Document Verification, Face Verification, Anti-fraud, and ID validation in mobile applications and on the web. Our identity verification and artificial intelligence tools have been specially designed for African faces and identities.
Our mission is to make the benefits of a modern digital lifestyle universally accessible by expanding trust in underserved markets. We are backed by Costanoa Ventures, Future Africa, PTB Ventures, Khosla Impact, 500 Startups, CRE Venture Capital, and more.
Location: United States, California, Oakland
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $27M
Founded date: 2016
Founders name: Skip Koppenhaver
Founders Related Locations: United States, California, San Jose
Investors 14
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Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 22.02.2023 | Series B | $20M | Commerce V... |
| 08.07.2021 | Series A | $7M | - |
Persons 2
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Skip | Koppenhave... | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Nick | Haber | Advisor | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 25
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 26.04.2023 | Smile Identity acquires Appruve’s parent company to expand i... | (L-R: Appruve co-founder and CEO, Paul Damalie and Smile Identity’s CEO, Mark Straub) Leading digit... | techcabal.... |
| 26.04.2023 | Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of... | Smile Identity, a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesse... | techcrunch... |
| 23.02.2023 | Smile Identity wants to make identity verification seamless ... | Identity verification is the new talk of the town. After Elon Musk made it a paid service exclusivel... | techcabal.... |
| 22.02.2023 | Smile Identity, a KYC startup with a focus on Africa, secure... | Smile Identity, an Africa-focused firm, has secured a US$20 million Series B fundraising round to ai... | techgistaf... |
| 16.02.2023 | London-based identity verification platform Smile Identity r... | 15 February 2023, London – Smile Identity, the top KYC onboarding and identity verification platform... | vcbay.news... |
| 15.02.2023 | Smile Identity Raises $20M in Series B Funding | Smile Identity, a Lagos, Nigeria, London, UK, Cape Town South Africa and Nairobi, Kenya-based provid... | finsmes.co... |
| 15.02.2023 | Leading African Identity Verification Platform, Smile Identi... | Smile Identity, Africa’s leading KYC onboarding and identity verification platform, announces the su... | aithority.... |
| 15.02.2023 | Smile Identity announces $20 million Series B for pan-Africa... | Identity verification platform Smile Identity has announced that it has raised $20 million in Series... | techcabal.... |
| 15.02.2023 | African ID verification platform Smile Identity nabs $20m Se... | African know your customer (KYC) onboarding and identity verification platform Smile Identity has se... | fintechfut... |
| 15.02.2023 | Costanoa Ventures and Norrsken22 back Smile Identity in $20M... | The importance of KYC and identity verification in an increasing fintech landscape like Africa’s can... | techcrunch... |
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