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Keyless develops a privacy-preserving biometric authentication platform designed to verify user identity without ever storing sensitive biometric data. The company's core product enables passwordless login, multi-factor authentication, and account recovery through a seamless user experience. Leveraging proprietary Zero-Knowledge Biometric (ZKB) technology, Keyless delivers robust security and liveness detection while maintaining stringent data privacy, processing identity verification in milliseconds across various digital touchpoints.
The company was founded in 2019 by a team of privacy and cybersecurity scholars: Andrea Carmignani, Fabian Eberle, Dr. Paolo Gasti, and Dr. Giuseppe Ateniese. Their collective insight centered on the critical need for organizations to confidently authenticate users while simultaneously safeguarding individual data and privacy. This led to the development of a system that performs verification directly from an enrolled device, preventing the storage or misuse of biometric templates.
Keyless serves a broad range of enterprise clients across sectors such as banking, fintech, cryptocurrency, retail, and government, facilitating secure access for both customers and employees. Its solutions enhance the digital identity lifecycle by providing strong, fast authentication that meets global compliance requirements. Keyless envisions a future where digital interactions are secured by an identity verification method that prioritizes privacy and user convenience above all.
Keyless has raised $9.3M across 4 funding rounds.
Keyless has raised $9.3M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Keyless has raised $9.3M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Seed in April 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2021 | $3M Seed | — | P101 | Announced |
| Jun 1, 2020 | $4M Seed | — | P101 | Announced |
| Jun 1, 2019 | $2M Seed | — | Gumi Cryptos Capital, Blockchain Valley Ventures | Announced |
| Jan 1, 2019 | $300K Seed | — | — | Announced |
Keyless is a London‑based technology company that builds *privacy‑preserving biometric authentication* (passwordless and multi‑factor) that verifies users in milliseconds without storing biometric templates, serving banks, fintechs, enterprises and governments worldwide[2][3]. Keyless’s solutions include user enrollment, secure device binding, passwordless login, step‑up MFA, account recovery and PSD2 SCA support, and the company emphasizes that its Zero‑Knowledge Biometrics™ approach never stores biometric data on device or in the cloud[2][3].
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Quick Take & Future Outlook
Quick take: Keyless addresses a core tension in modern identity — strong biometric assurance versus biometric data privacy — by claiming a zero‑knowledge verification architecture and achieving industry certifications that position it for rapid enterprise adoption, especially now that it has been acquired by an established identity platform to scale distribution[2][3][4].
Keyless has raised $9.3M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Keyless's investors include P101, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Blockchain Valley Ventures.