Wellington leads $4.5m series-A for Onfido

The funding will enable Onfido to invest in product development, in addition to launching its platform in the US and various European countries. The business aims to expand its services from 28 countries to 35.

Crunchbase, which backed Airbnb and Uber, also took part in the round, alongside Lastminute.com founder Brent Hoberman and various other business angels.

In addition to a seed funding round led by Oxford University, the latest investment brings the total amount raised by the business to $5.3m.

Wellington's recent investments include a Sequoia Capital-led $1.5m seed round for Mapillary, a $24m series-B for YPlan and a BioMedPartners- and Grazia Equity-led €2.3m series-B for Ayoxxa Biosystems.

Company
Headquartered in London and founded in 2012, Onfido provides a legally compliant platform that aggregates the results of global background-checking companies. Checks include those verifying anti-money laundering, education, identity and criminal backgrounds. It has around 400 clients including Hays, Handy and Homejoy.

People
Wellington general partner Eric Archambeau will join the Onfido board. Husayn Kassai, Eamon Jubbawy and Ruhul Amin are co-founders of Onfido.

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