Toward this goal,
digital identity startup Netki has announced it has raised $ 3.5 m in a seed round led by O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV).
Netki,
a digital identity startup, has raised $ 3.5 million to help it expand its team and technology offerings.
Not exact matches
Duo Security, a Mich. - based cybersecurity
startup whose tools help companies manage people's
digital identities, said it raised $ 70 million at a $ 1.17 billion valuation (including the capital raised) this week.
But the blockchain has also become host to an array of
startups who are building a range of products — from apps like uPort which aims to replaced state - issued IDs with an authenticated
digital identity, to GridPlus, which uses the Ethereum blockchain to track energy consumption with the goal of lowering utility bills.
He is a seasoned entrepreneur and business executive, having co-founded several
startup companies, including Mindful Scientific, a medical device company addressing concussion diagnostics and management (winner in the Medical Device track at the 2015 HealthKick Venture Showcase); abridean (acquired by nCipher PLC), a software company developing application provisioning and
identity management solutions; and i - HRx (acquired by Healthconnex), a
digital health company focused on chronic disease management.
These include Mindful Scientific, a medical device company addressing concussion diagnostics and management that won the
startup competition at the Wall Street Journal WSJ.D Live global technology conference and the Medical Device track at the HealthKick Challenge; abridean (acquired by nCipher PLC), a software company that develops application provisioning and
identity management solutions; and i - HRx (acquired by HealthConnex), a
digital health company focused on chronic disease management.
Brad Chun, CEO of blockchain
startup Mooti
Digital Identity, went so far as to argue that institutional money is likely to pour into bitcoin as a result.
Founded in 2013 as blockchain
identity startup Onename, the firm has raised capital from a number of major players, including Union Square Ventures, Angel List founder Naval Ravikant, and
Digital Currency Group.
Blockchain
startup ShoCard has developed a proof - of - concept focused on
digital identity in partnership with a major IT firm that works with the airline industry.
Vinny Lingham, the star of Shark Tank South Africa, is a well - known Internet entrepreneur who immigrated to California a decade ago and is currently the co-founder and CEO of Civic, a blockchain
startup that is leading a global
digital identity revolution.
Since early 2015, emerging blockchain
startups have begun to focus on the development of blockchain - based
identity and authentication systems to assist artists, freelancers and
digital content providers to protect their work from being plagiarised.
A
digital ID
startup backed by BBVA has launched a mobile app that uses biometrics and private key technology to help users securely store, share and verify their
identities and documents.
Swiss
startup Procivis is set to release a pilot version of its blockchain - powered e-government «app store,» including a
digital identity service, by Q4 of 2017.
Last year SITA developed a proof - of - concept focused on
digital identity in partnership with blockchain
startup ShoCard, aiming to streamline the airline verification of passenger
identities and facilitate real - time data flows at the airport.