Onfido Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2012

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 500

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

Onfido General Information

Description

Developer of a verification platform intended to automate the identity verification process. The company's platform specializes in deploying artificial intelligence and uses government IDs and facial biometrics to ensure that IDs are genuine and match the users presenting them, enabling clients to onboard more users while reducing risk.

Contact Information

Website
www.onfido.com
Formerly Known As
Referencebox, Verifyrecruit
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Corporate Office
  • 14-18 Finsbury Square
  • 3rd Floor
  • London EC2A 1AH
  • England, United Kingdom
Primary Industry
Business/Productivity Software
Other Industries
Network Management Software
Parent Company
Entrust (Network Management Software)
Vertical(s)
Cybersecurity, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Corporate Office
  • 14-18 Finsbury Square
  • 3rd Floor
  • London EC2A 1AH
  • England, United Kingdom

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Onfido Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
18. Merger/Acquisition 08-Apr-2024 Completed Generating Revenue
17. Later Stage VC 01-Nov-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
16. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-Oct-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
15. Grant 18-Sep-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
14. Later Stage VC (Series C3) 15-Apr-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
13. Later Stage VC (Series C2) 03-Apr-2019 Completed Generating Revenue
12. Later Stage VC (Series C2) 31-Oct-2018 Completed Generating Revenue
11. Accelerator/Incubator Completed Generating Revenue
10. Accelerator/Incubator 18-Sep-2018 $43.4M Completed Generating Revenue
9. Later Stage VC (Series C) 19-Jun-2017 $24.4M $43.4M Completed Generating Revenue
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Onfido Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Ordinary
Series C3 Preference
Series C3 Preference
Series C3 Preference
Ordinary
Ordinary
C2 Preference
C2 Preference
Ordinary 35,400 $0.000000 $1.9 $1.9 1x $1.9 0%
Ordinary 100,000 $0.000000 $5.36 $5.36 1x $5.36 0.01%
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Onfido Comparisons

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Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Developer of a verification platform intended to automate the identity verification process. The company's platform spec
Business/Productivity Software
London, United Kingdom
500 As of 2025

Kirkland, WA
 

Tallinn, Estonia
 
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Onfido Competitors (27)

One of Onfido’s 27 competitors is AuthenticID, a Private Equity-Backed company based in Kirkland, WA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
AuthenticID Private Equity-Backed Kirkland, WA
Veriff Venture Capital-Backed Tallinn, Estonia
Allstate Identity Protection Formerly PE-Backed Scottsdale, AZ
Applied Recognition Venture Capital-Backed Oakville, Canada
Kairos (Business/Productivity Software) Venture Capital-Backed Wilmington, DE
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Onfido Patents

  • 58

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 31

    Granted

  • 22

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Onfido Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20240205239-A1 Methods and systems for fraud detection using relative movement of facial features Pending 14-Dec-2022
EP-4361971-A1 Training images generation for fraudulent document detection Pending 28-Oct-2022
EP-4300446-A1 Methods and systems for detecting fraud during biometric identity verification Pending 27-Jun-2022
US-20230419737-A1 Methods and systems for detecting fraud during biometric identity verification Pending 27-Jun-2022
EP-4242977-A1 Methods and systems for authentication of a physical document Pending 07-Mar-2022 G06V10/22
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Onfido Former Investors (59)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Acequia Capital Venture Capital Minority
AfterWork Ventures Venture Capital Minority
Angel (individual) Minority
Ardent Venture Partners Venture Capital Minority
Augmentum Fintech Venture Capital Minority
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Onfido Investments & Acquisitions (5)

Onfido’s most recent deal was a Seed Round with Nesti for . The deal was made on 10-Dec-2024.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Nesti 10-Dec-2024 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software
Airside 22-May-2023 Merger/Acquisition Business/Productivity Software
Affyn 30-Jan-2022 Early Stage VC Entertainment Software
Eyn 26-Oct-2021 Merger/Acquisition Business/Productivity Software
Aviata 01-Jan-2020 Merger/Acquisition IT Consulting and Outsourcing
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Onfido Affiliates

Subsidiaries (2)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Eyn London, United Kingdom 2016
Airside Herndon, VA 2009

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