KDDI, Sony and existing investor Liberty Media helped the passwordless authentication system developer close its first round since 2017.

Israel-based identity verification technology provider Secret Double Octopus completed a $15m series B round yesterday that included telecommunications firm KDDI, mass media group Liberty Media and consumer electronics producer Sony.

The corporates were joined by Global Brain, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), Iris Capital and private investor Yaniv Tal, while Sony participated through subsidiary Sony Financial Ventures.

Founded in 2015, Secret Double Octopus provides identity verification technology that enables organisations to avoid user passwords in favour of…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.