2022 was a fantastic year; we’re looking back on some of the climaxes. Your trust in us made the year extraordinary, and we are grateful to have had our amazing clients and community of well-wishers with us all year. While we cannot share every detail of our 2022 experience, we are excited to share the significant highlights.
Here’s our 2022 in numbers:
This year, Identitypass by Prembly…
- Raised $ 2.8 million in seed funding
- We received over 13,000,000 total API calls.
- Had more than 250 businesses integrate with our APIs
- Developed over 30 verification endpoints
- Expanded our verification services across additional African countries (Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Uganda )
Identitypass by Prembly made immense progress, and our products expanded:
We launched 23 KYC data points and over 7 KYB endpoints for quick business checks.
Released our document verification endpoint across over 200 countries supporting 6000 plus authentic documents
Launched verification products to power online security & Compliance for Banks and fintech, i.e., Polaris bank, VFD bank, Capstone Microfinance Bank, Kuda bank, UBA, Lotus bank, and POC.
Finally, we introduced our verification WordPress plugin for business websites powered by WordPress to verify and integrate our solutions on their WordPress website seamlessly.
We couldn’t have done it without your feedback and encouragement. We are constantly striving to improve to serve you better.
We accorded more recognitions and certifications for you to scale Safely and faster:
- Became an Associate member of OSIA
- Secured our NITDA NIMC official License
- Renewed our NDPR certification license
- Attained our SOC 2 Type II compliance
Our influence was felt not only by the businesses we serve but also by the communities around us: In 2022, Identitypass by Prembly:
- Partnered with tech4dev to equip women with tech skills
- Empowered 10 women with scholarships
- Provided a girl-child with a prosthetics limb
- Partnered with four NGOs to provide relief materials to flood victims
We Innovated, Designed, and Upgraded.
We Introduced Prembly, the parent brand for Identitypass and other future and exceptional business solutions for African businesses. Redesigned our website, improved our customers’ dashboard to enable more seamless functionalities, and released a new blog to publish comprehensive industry-standard resources.
Our developers’ community grew massively, connecting over 1500 young, vibrant and creative talents across Africa. These talents are constantly working with us in innovative ways and building exceptional products that have the potential to develop into Africa’s most enormous ideas and startups.
We also hosted our second hackathon, gathering over 500 applications, 30+ teams, and ten unique and creative ideas with prizes worth $10,000. The hackathon was powered by Prembly in partnership with Deel, Pneumacare, and CC-hub to explore the endless possibilities with the power of APIs.
What’s more? We won the Business Day’s Nigeria Business Leadership Award for the fastest-growing KYC & Verification Company award of the year.
You are important to us. We also keep track of your numerous achievements and are excited to celebrate with you. A few of these include:
Credpal closed a bridge round of $15 million in equity and debt in March this year to expand its consumer credit offerings across Africa.
Thrive Agric received a $1.75 million co-investment grant from West Africa Trade and Investment, funded by USAID.
TeamApt raised $50 million in pre-series C funding.
Our customers and partners record many other amazing feats, and we are excited about them.
A huge thank you to the A-team and Our Partners
We now have 30+ employees from Nigeria, the United States, Kenya, and the United Kingdom working to provide you with quality services.
We are incredibly proud of our team and our ever-expanding community for everything we have accomplished. We look forward to 2023, when we will have figured out more ways to make it safer and more reliable for businesses to verify customer identities, build more trust online, and many other exciting milestones.
If you have questions or want to send a message, please email us at [email protected]. We always love to hear from you.
With Love from,
The Identitypass by Prembly’s HQ
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