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February 13, 2024

The Onfido startup factory: Meet 11 employees-turned-founders

The UK-based identity verification startup has a growing list of alumni entrepreneurs


The Onfido team

When UK fintech Onfido announced it was in talks to be acquired last week, the company told Sifted that more than a dozen of its former and current employees were set to become millionaires. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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