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Nov 12, 2019
A different kind of company
Yoti isn’t like many companies in the identity space. We were born from seven core business principles which feed into everything we do. We are held accountable to these principles by the Guardian Council, our independent committee of influential professionals who have expertise spanning human rights, consumer rights, online harms, data responsibility and sustainability. They make sure that we always seek to do the right thing, and that we are transparent about what we are doing and why. We also have an Internal Ethics and Trust Committee that oversees the development and implementation of our ethical approaches and work
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Oct 31, 2019
More women in tech!
A few weeks ago, we were invited to an event for Ada Lovelace Day at the Francis Crick Institute. The line up was brimming with inspiring female role models and speakers from companies like Made.com, Snapchat and Microsoft. But much more importantly, the room was packed with 200 motivated girls aged 16-18, looking for a springboard into a career in tech. This brilliant event was set up by Workfinder, a startup seeking to revolutionise work experience for young people, regardless of their background, by connecting them with exciting companies through their app. They put us in contact with Anisa and
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Oct 22, 2019
Adventures in social purpose
It’s been exactly 18 months since I joined Yoti, initially as Head of Social Impact but more recently under a revised title of Head of Social Purpose. We felt the word ‘impact’ was too focused on the end result, and not enough on the process, the DNA and the ethos of what we were trying to do. While we do, of course, want our efforts to have a positive impact, we believe that how you go about creating that impact is equally as important – perhaps more important – as the impact itself. Most of my career has been spent
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Aug 02, 2019
Yoti raises £8m equity investment at an £82m valuation
At Yoti, we believe there’s tremendous potential to be gained if everyone has access to a digital identity. That’s why over the past few years, we have invested millions into giving people an easier and safer way to prove who they are. Our latest funding round of £8 million new equity investment will help us continue to grow our consumer network, invest in product development and expand our operations globally. This funding has come from existing private investors, employees and our CEO and Co-founder Robin Tombs. This gives Yoti a post-money equity valuation of £82 million, following two previous investment
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Apr 15, 2019
Yoti features on Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland
Our CEO Robin and Director of Regulatory and Policy Julie had the pleasure of speaking to entrepreneur and CEO Kathy Ireland on her Worldwide Business show. They discussed the challenges we aim to solve, how Yoti can help protect children online and why digital identities will be integral to a safer future for businesses and individuals. You can read the interview below or watch the full interview here. Kathy: Julie how is Yoti solving these problems [of data breaches, fraud and identity theft]? Julie: Day in, day out we are asked to prove our age or identity – this could
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Dec 17, 2018
Yoti ‘Selfie Days’: how can we help?
Here at Yoti we’re committed to social change. Whether that be gifting the use of our identity platform to registered non-profits, or lending out our office space to charities for meetings and public events, or assisting humanitarian organisations with identity needs in the developing world. We like to think that doing good is core to everything we do. So it might come as no surprise to hear about something we’re particularly proud of – Yoti Selfie Days. In short, everyone at Yoti gets five days a year for personal development or to support charitable and socially-focused causes. They get to