Know Your Customer
ActiveKnow Your Customer Limited
About Know Your Customer
Know Your Customer provides end-to-end digital solutions that quickly and accurately identify and verify companies and individuals prior to client on-boarding, wherever they are in the world. It offers quick document collection, Digital ID verification and automated anti-money laundering checks in multiple languages and across multiple jurisdictions, automating 90% of compliance teams’ routine tasks. Know Your Customer’s suite of products helps organisations with compliance, risk and client on-boarding, ensuring companies can accurately and confidently conduct their KYC and AML functions.
Established in Hong Kong in 2015 , Know Your Customer was founded by Claus Christensen, Richard Barrett and Cormac Doddy. The three co-founders, whose combined experience ranged from real estate and property development to IT and business strategy, joined forces to build a state of the art platform and revolutionise the world of KYC compliance . Their mission was to fully digitise and streamline the onboarding process for both corporate and individual customers , improving efficiency and strengthening compliance.
With offices in Hong Kong , Singapore , Shanghai , and Dublin and team members across 17 different countries , Know Your Customer has quickly established a global presence and a reputation for excellence . Our clients span across 11 sectors – including banking, FinTech, insurance, payments, real estate, asset management, legal, among others – and 18 jurisdictions and are using our technology to verify and onboard customers from more than 180 countries .
Funding (US$ m)
US$6.9m
Total raised
| Round | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Latest round | 2021 | — |
| Round −1 | 2020 | 1 |
| Round −2 | 2019 | 2.5 |
| Round −3 | 2017 | 3.4 |
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