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Data Zoo
Data Zoo is a global identity solution that simplifies and secures customer onboarding for digital businesses worldwide
About Data Zoo
Data Zoo is a financial technology company specializing in electronic identity verification. Headquartered in Sydney, with offices in Brisbane, Auckland, Beijing, Manila, Singapore, and Colombo, Data Zoo serves clients in the banking, commerce, and financial services sectors. The company operates in the Asia-Pacific market and beyond, providing access to over 4.7 billion identities through its globally connected IDU platform. Data Zoo's business model revolves around offering innovative, compliant, and relevant identity verification solutions, including global PEP sanction screening, digital onboarding, KYC remediation, employment and student screening, fraud detection, and blockchain verification. The company generates revenue by performing individual validations, with over 10 million validations conducted in 2019 alone. Data Zoo's solutions facilitate secure and efficient access to financial services for more than 5 billion individuals worldwide.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- Sydney, Australia
- Employees
- 61
- Open positions
- 1
- Dealroom signal
- 30.9/100
- Industry
- Legal
- Sub-industry
- RegTech & Compliance, Legal Matter Management
- Sector
- Legal, KYC, Anti Money Laundering, Identity Validation, Governance, Risk and Compliance
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | May 2024 | $23M | $91M | Ellerston Capital | ↗ |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Data Zoo is 16K monthly website visits, down 20% over the last three months. Data Zoo's team declined 1.6% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
Ellerston Capital
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Market sentiment
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