Unico - About the company
Unico is a series D company based in Sao Paulo (Brazil), founded in 2007 by Diego Torres Martins, Paulo Roberto De Alencastro and Rui Jordao. It operates as a Provider of identity verification and fraud prevention solutions. Unico has raised $337M in funding from investors like General Atlantic, SoftBank and Goldman Sachs, with a current valuation of $2.6B. The company has 2361 active competitors, including 409 funded and 250 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like BitGo, LifeLock and Yoti.
Sectors and market segments that Unico operate in
Unico serves in the FinTech, High Tech market segments.The primary business model of Unico are:Company Details
Provider of identity verification and fraud prevention solutions. The company offers a global identity network that facilitates secure and private digital access to services. It provides tools for liveness detection, deepfake and spoofing prevention, and synthetic identity fraud mitigation. By leveraging biometric engines and real-time risk signal analysis, the platform enables businesses to verify user identities and authenticate transactions while maintaining security standards.
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- unico.io
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2007
Location
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$337M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$2.6B as on Sep 21, 2025
Investors
Ranked
16th among 2361 active competitors
Employee Count
658 as on Aug 31, 2026
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Unico's funding and investors
Unico has raised a total funding of $337M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 24, 2020. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Apr 14, 2022 for $100M. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Unico has 9 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Unico:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Apr 14, 2022 | $100M | Series D | - | - | ||
Aug 03, 2021 | $121M | Series C | $1B | - | ||
Sep 22, 2020 | $107M | Series B | - | - | - |
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Unico's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Unico's key team members:
- Diego Torres Martins: CTO & ex-Co-Founder of Unico. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Paulo Roberto De Alencastro: Co-Founder of Unico. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Rui Jordao: Former Co-Founder of Unico.
Unico's Board of Directors
Unico's board has 2 active members. Diego Torres Martins and Paulo Roberto De Alencastro are part of team.Here is the list of Unico's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Team | - | Current | - | |
Team | - | Current | - |
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Unico's employee count trend
Unico has 658 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Unico's employee count trend over the years:
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Unico's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Unico include BitGo, LifeLock and Yoti. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Unico, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | BitGo 2013, Palo Alto (United States), Public | Platform that offers crypto based financial services | $170M | 81/100 | |
2nd | LifeLock 2005, Tempe (United States), Acquired | Cyber identity theft protection and prevention platform | $192M | 79/100 | |
3rd |  Yoti 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series B | Provider of privacy-focused identity and age solutions | $210M | 75/100 | |
4th | Kairos 2011, Miami (United States), Series A | Provider of AI-powered identity verification, document authentication, and biometric solutions | $19.6M | 74/100 | |
5th |  Jumio 2010, Sunnyvale (United States), Acquired | Provider of AI-powered identity verification solutions | $201M | 73/100 | |
6th | AI based identity verification and e-Signing solution provider | $13.8M | 72/100 | ||
7th | Clear 2010, New York City (United States), Public | Provider of expedited identity verification services for airport security and more | $135M | 71/100 | |
8th |  Lithic 2014, New York City (United States), Series C | Provider of platform for businesses to issue and manage payment cards | $121M | 71/100 | |
9th |  iProov 2011, London (United Kingdom), Series B | Platform offering digital identity verification services | $85.1M | 70/100 | |
10th | Mantra Softech 2006, Ahmedabad (India), Series A | Biometrics-based security and surveillance solutions | $14.2M | 70/100 | |
16th | Provider of identity verification and fraud prevention solutions | $337M | 67/100 |
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Unico's Investments and acquisitions
Unico has not made any investments yet. Unico has made 7 acquisitions.Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Sep 11, 2026 | Acquisition | San Francisco (United States) | ||
Sep 21, 2025 | Acquisition | 2021 | Tel Aviv (Israel) | |
Aug 09, 2022 | Acquisition | 2006 | Sao Paulo (Brazil) |
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Reports related to Unico
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News related to Unico
Filter this listMedia has covered Unico for a total of 9 events in the last 1 year, 5 of them have been about company updates and 3 about partnerships.
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Unico Acquires Biometrics Provider Valida, Entering Argentina MarketBiometricUpdate.com•Sep 12, 2026•Unico
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Unico, Oz Forensics tout liveness performance gains from scale and vice versaBiometricUpdate.com•Nov 27, 2025•Unico, Oz Forensics
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Unico and Eos Energy Enterprises Announce a Strategic PartnershipGlobeNewswire•Oct 06, 2025•Eos, Unico, Unicous
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