Silicon Valley firm moves HQ to Sisters
By Bill Bartlett Tuesday, March 9, 2021 12:36 PM BlockScore is an identity data and anti-fraud solutions developer founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California. They serve over 500 clients worldwide with more than 700 million unique IDs. It’s not their technology per se making news in Sisters. It’s their headquarters relocation to town that is attention-grabbing.
They are branded as Cognito, providing identity verification and sanction screening services throughout the world to ensure compliance and mitigate fraud. They are basically in the internet security business using phone-number-based verification.
They were originally backed by some of the most influential investor names in Silicon Valley including Battery, Lightspeed, Digital Currency Group, and Combinator. Ten such investor groups participated in the $2.3 million investment seed round. The fast-growing company is under the leadership of Ala