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November 3, 2021

Onfido’s cofounders are quietly working on new startups — here’s the latest

Having gone their separate ways last year, two of the Onfido cofounders are now building new, little-known ventures. Sifted has the latest on their fundraising efforts and growth plans


Isabel Woodford

4 min read

Husayn Kassai and Eamon Jubbawy were still students at Oxford University when they founded Onfido nearly a decade ago.

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