Passfort

PassFort is a turnkey compliance solution for onboarding customers in regulated markets.

PassFort is a turnkey compliance solution for onboarding customers in regulated markets.

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http://passfort.com

Milestones

Series A with €4 million 2018 by OpenOcean Series B with $16.2 million in 2021 by Level Equity

Investment year

2018

Founders

Donald Gillies Henry Irish

Thematic areas

FinTech

Automation

Deal team

Tom Henriksson

PassFort is a turnkey compliance solution for onboarding customers in regulated markets.

PassFort has developed a turnkey compliance platform designed to automate the collection, verification and secure storage of customer due diligence (CDD) data and documentation. The start-up was founded by Donald Gillies and Henry Irish with the mission to change the way compliance and trust were managed in regulated markets. Their software delivers a seamless onboarding experience for both customers and compliance teams that can be tailored to automate their Know Your Customer (KYC) processes.

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