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Smile Identity

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KYC and identity authentication platform for banks, telecoms, financial services and shared economy applications


Location: Nigeria
Website: https://www.smileidentity.com/
Sector: Fintech
Funding Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B,
Total Funding ($m): 31
# of Founders: 2
Founding Year: 2017
Funding Year: 2019
Status: Active
YearAmountStageInvestors
2019$4mSeedvalU Egypt
2021$7mSeries ACostanoa Ventures, CRE Venture Capital, LocalGlobe, Intercept Ventures, ValueStream Ventures, Story Ventures, Beta. Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Future Africa, 500 Global, and Angel investors
2023$20mSeries BCostanoa Ventures, Norrsken22, ValueStream Ventures, Intercept Ventures, Latitude Fund, Future Africa, 500 Fintech, Commerce Ventures, Courtside Ventures, TTwo Culture Cap
Mark Straub, William Bares, ,
Seed $4m
valU Egypt

Series A $7m
Costanoa Ventures, CRE Venture Capital, LocalGlobe, Intercept Ventures, ValueStream Ventures, Story Ventures, Beta. Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Future Africa, 500 Global, and Angel investors

Series B $20m
Costanoa Ventures, Norrsken22, ValueStream Ventures, Intercept Ventures, Latitude Fund, Future Africa, 500 Fintech, Commerce Ventures, Courtside Ventures, TTwo Culture Cap


News
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/15/costanoa-ventures-and-norrsken22-back-smile-identity-in-20m-series-b-round/