Middesk

Middesk is an identity platform that automates business verification and underwrites decisions.

FintechInsuranceCybersecurityY Combinator

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Middesk | 297 days from website to first raise on record

@MiddeskHQ·Raised $77M in 3 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. June 9, 2022
   Series B+ · $57M
   CCanapi Ventures (lead), IInsight Partners (lead), AAccel, GGaingels, SSequoia
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
2. March 26, 2021
   Series A · $16M
   SSequoia (lead), AAccel, YY Combinator
   Source: middesk.com
3. September 13, 2019
   Seed · $4M
   AAccel (lead), SSequoia, YY Combinator
   Source: finsmes.com
4. Winter 2019
   YY Combinator · batch
   Source: ycombinator.com
5. December 26, 2018
   X account created
6. November 20, 2018
   Website created

Founders and team

• KM
  Kyle Mack CEO and Co-founder

  @KyleTMack · LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
• KR
  Kurt Ruppel Co-Founder

  LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
• AH
  Amir Hadjihabib Head of Design
• JT
  Jeremy Thomas Head Of Engineering
• KH
  Kathleen Hsu Product Designer
• PZ
  Paul Zaich Senior Engineering Manager

Investors

• AAccellead investor
• CCanapi Ventureslead investor
• GGaingels
• IInsight Partnerslead investor
• SSequoialead investor
• YY Combinatoraccelerator

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