Plaid allowed employees to sell some of their shares at an $8B valuation, up 31% from the $6.1B valuation in April 2025 and 40% below its $13.4B peak in 2021
Plaid, a company that connects financial applications to users' bank accounts, enabling payments and data verification …
Harness, which uses AI to automate code testing, verification, security, and governance, raised a $240M Series E led by Goldman Sachs at a $5.5B valuation
AI DevOps tool Harness, founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, is on track to exceed $250 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, Bansal tells TechCrunch.
New Jersey-based 1Kosmos, which provides identity verification and passwordless authentication software, raised a $57M Series B, including a $10M line of credit
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Identity verification startup Persona, which has 3,000+ clients, raised a $200M Series D led by Ribbit at a $2B valuation, taking its total funding to $417M
Persona helps companies like OpenAI, LinkedIn and Reddit verify the identities of millions of users at a time when AI agents have made it increasingly difficult to do so.
Orlando-based Worth, whose tech lets fintechs, banks, and enterprises underwrite SMBs by automating KYC, fraud verification, and more, raised a $20M seed
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Nirvana, which provides insurance verification and cost estimates to healthcare providers and their patients, raised a $24.2M Series A led by Northzone
Nirvana has raised $24.2 million in a Series A funding round to add more specialties to its platform that provides insurance verification …
Auditing firm Mazars says Binance's bitcoin reserves have a 101% collateralization ratio, after doing a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabilities verification
- Mazars concluded that Binance's bitcoin reserves are fully collateralized, following a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabilities verification.
Jakarta-based Privy, which offers digital signature and identity verification services, raised a $48M Series C led by KKR, bringing its total funding to $71.6M
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A look at the rise of BNPL services in Nigeria as some doubt the success of local startups amid weak ID verification systems and scant consumer credit records
Abubakar Idris / Rest of World : Tweets: @restofworld and @yinkawrites Tweets: @restofworld : Only 2% of Nigeria's 106 million adults have access to bank credit, and credit cards are also conspicuous...
A look at the rise of Nigeria's BNPL services as some doubt the success of local startups amid weak ID verification systems and scant consumer credit records
BNPL startups in Nigeria are gambling millions of venture dollars on solving a problem of weak ID verification and scant consumer credit records.