Hopae - About the company
Hopae is a seed company based in New York City (United States), founded in 2022 by Byungjoo Kim. It operates as a Provider of advanced identity verification technology for digital interactions. Hopae has raised $4.33M in funding from SV INVESTMENT. The company has 225 active competitors, including 24 funded and 8 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Self Labs, Billions and Tools For Humanity.
Company Details
Provider of advanced identity verification technology for digital interactions. It offers decentralized identity solutions for secure handling of digital credentials, enabling users to control the personal data and verify the identities online.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2022
Location
New York City, United States
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$4.33M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
8th among 225 active competitors
Employee Count
28 as on Oct 31, 2026
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Hopae's funding and investors
Hopae has raised a total funding of $4.33M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 28, 2024. Its latest funding round was a Conventional Debt round on Nov 20, 2024 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Hopae has 5 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Hopae:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Nov 20, 2024 | 5445761 | Conventional Debt | 8361583 | 1212809 | 6603469 | 9248696 |
Oct 30, 2024 | 5602313 | Seed | 3392778 | 8490281 | 3870074 | |
Mar 28, 2024 | 8439066 | Seed | 5491510 | 3644062 | 6792732 |
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Hopae's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Hopae is Byungjoo Kim.
Here are the details of Hopae's key team members:
- Byungjoo Kim: Co-Founder of Hopae. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Hopae's employee count trend
Hopae has 28 employees as of Oct 26. Here is Hopae's employee count trend over the years:
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Hopae's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Hopae include Self Labs, Billions and Tools For Humanity. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Hopae, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Self Labs 2024, San Francisco (United States), Seed | Provider of digital identity verification using zero-knowledge cryptography for Web2/Web3 | $9M | 66/100 | |
2nd |  Billions 2022, Zug (Switzerland), Seed | Provider of privacy preserving identity verification for humans and agents | $30M | 62/100 | |
3rd | Tools For Humanity 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Developer of tools for human identity verification in the age of AI. | $194M | 62/100 | |
4th | Provider of identity proofing, authentication, electronic signing, and trust orchestration | $2.09M | 61/100 | ||
5th | Tech company that streamlines KYC and AML-related processes | $6.69M | 58/100 | ||
6th | Identity solutions provider focusing on GDPR compliance | $17.3M | 55/100 | ||
7th |  Strivacity 2019, Herndon (United States), Series B | Customer identity and access management solution for brands | $29.3M | 54/100 | |
8th |  Hopae 2022, New York City (United States), Seed | Provider of advanced identity verification technology for digital interactions | $4.33M | 54/100 | |
9th |  Nametag 2014, Seattle (United States), Funding Raised | Provider of identity verification and account protection solutions for businesses | - | 52/100 | |
10th | LoginRadius 2011, Edmonton (Canada), Series A | Provider of identity and access management platform for application security | $19.6M | 52/100 |
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Hopae's Investments and acquisitions
Hopae has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Hopae
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News related to Hopae
Filter this listMedia has covered Hopae for a total of 8 events in the last 1 year, 5 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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Hopae integrates Brazil's digital driver's license into IDV platform, entering Latin America marketBiometricUpdate.com•Jul 23, 2026•Hopae
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Hopae Expands Reach to 1.45 Billion in India via Hopae Connect IntegrationBiometricUpdate.com•Jun 30, 2026•Hopae
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Hopae Partners with Polish IDV Provider Identt to Expand European Digital Identity NetworkBiometricUpdate.com•May 29, 2026•Hopae
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Hopae partners with 1Kosmos to strengthen its support for the EU marketBiometricUpdate.com•Jan 26, 2026•Hopae, 1Kosmos
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Hopae appoints Sarah Clark to lead US expansion of digital ID verification platformBiometricUpdate.com•Jan 17, 2026•Hopae
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Hopae expands European operations to support EU digital identity transitionBiometricUpdate.com•Nov 27, 2025•Hopae, INCERT, Openid
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Hopae to Become First EUDI Wallet Intermediary PlatformBiometricUpdate.com•Sep 05, 2025•Hopae, INCERT
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Hopae joins govt digital ID wallet initiative as Korea targets global interoperabilityBiometricUpdate.com•Jul 26, 2025•Hopae
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