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§ Private Profile · 81 Prospect St, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, United States
TypingDNA is a technology company.
TypingDNA provides a behavioral biometrics platform, authenticating users via their unique typing patterns. Its core offering is an API service leveraging AI-powered keystroke dynamics for seamless identity verification. This technology analyzes typing micro-patterns, enabling continuous authentication, secure logins, and fraud prevention, a modern alternative to traditional multi-factor methods.
The company was co-founded by Raul Popa, Adrian Gheara, and Cristian Tamas, established in Bucharest, Romania. Their insight recognized the distinctiveness of human typing rhythms, inspiring a dynamic, user-friendly security layer. They sought continuous, passive digital identity assurance, moving beyond static verification.
TypingDNA's solution supports businesses needing digital security for two-factor authentication, endpoint protection, and fraud detection. The company envisions effortless, inherently secure identity verification, continuously validating users unobtrusively. Its mission is to establish typing biometrics as a fundamental, trusted element of digital identity across online interactions.
TypingDNA has raised $9.0M across 2 funding rounds.
TypingDNA has raised $9.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
TypingDNA is a cybersecurity company specializing in AI-based typing biometrics for authentication and fraud detection. It builds products like TypingDNA Verify (a frictionless 2FA alternative requiring users to type just four words) and ActiveLock (continuous endpoint authentication that monitors typing patterns in real-time to prevent unauthorized access).[1][2][6] Serving financial services, eCommerce, insurance, telecom, healthcare, education, and enterprises, TypingDNA solves key problems like account takeover, new account fraud, payment fraud, and remote work security risks by replacing intrusive methods (e.g., SMS codes, phones, or hardware) with passive, keyboard-based biometrics that work on existing devices.[2][6] Its growth includes partnerships with BBVA, ProctorU, Gradient Ventures (Google's AI fund), and integrations with IAMs like Okta, Ping Identity, and Microsoft Entra ID, plus 3 patents in machine learning and AI.[1][4][6][7]
TypingDNA was founded in 2016 in Bucharest, Romania, by Raul Popa (co-founder and CEO), who drew from his personal experience managing a childhood medical condition requiring daily injections, fueling his interest in accessible technology.[1][4] The idea emerged from recognizing typing patterns as a unique, hardware-agnostic biometric for secure authentication, leveraging early AI advancements when the field was nascent.[4] Early traction came from global awards, backing by Gradient Ventures, and rapid adoption in eLearning (e.g., ProctorU, Open Learning) and finance, leading to a headquarters move to Brooklyn, New York.[1][2][4]
TypingDNA rides the Zero Trust and behavioral biometrics wave, addressing surging cyber threats amid remote work, AI-driven attacks, and passwordless auth mandates (e.g., post-SMS vulnerabilities).[6] Timing is ideal as enterprises shift from one-time logins to continuous verification, fueled by regulations like PSD2 and rising account takeover costs; its phone-free model cuts friction in a market projected to grow with AI adoption.[2][4] It influences the ecosystem by enabling privacy-focused proctoring in edtech, cost savings in fintech (e.g., 10x cheaper than SMS), and scalable security for IAM giants, pushing competitors toward hybrid biometrics.[1][2][7]
TypingDNA is poised to dominate passwordless, continuous auth as AI matures and remote threats escalate, expanding Verify/ActiveLock into more IAMs and predictive analytics from its R&D (e.g., personality profiling for HR).[5][6] Trends like quantum-resistant security and edge AI will amplify its edge, potentially through acquisitions or deeper Google ties via Gradient.[4] Its influence may evolve from niche fraud prevention to ecosystem standard-setter, humanizing security like Raul's story—turning everyday typing into an unbreakable digital shield, much as it began.
TypingDNA has raised $9.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
TypingDNA's investors include Darian Shirazi, Accel, CapitalG, Credo Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, Earlybird Venture Capital, Early Game Ventures, Glasswing Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Quiet Capital, Sequoia Capital, Wellington Management.
TypingDNA has raised $9.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $7.0M Series A in January 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2020 | $7M Series A | Darian Shirazi | Accel, CapitalG, Credo Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, Earlybird Venture Capital, Early Game Ventures, Glasswing Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Quiet Capital, Sequoia Capital, Wellington Management, DAN Mihaescu, Techstars | Announced |
| Jan 1, 2019 | $2M Seed | Cosmin Ochisor | BoxGroup, Early Game Ventures, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, General Catalyst, Inovia Capital, Montauk Ventures, Revel Partners, Seven Seven SIX, SignalFire, Sinai Ventures, Marco Demeireles, Torch Capital, Trajectory Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Vine Ventures LP, Y Combinator, BEN Barokas, Erik Matlick, Karim Atiyeh, Scott Belsky, Gecad Ventures | Announced |