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k-ID funding, valuation and investors
Global compliance engine for age-appropriate gaming and youth online safety.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series A
$45M · June 2024
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$45M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series a · San Francisco, California
Investors in latest funding
Overview
k-ID provides a compliance platform that helps game developers and online platforms verify user ages, obtain parental consent, and meet youth-privacy regulations including COPPA, GDPR-K, and emerging US state laws across global markets. The company raised a $45M Series A in June 2024 co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Konvoy Ventures and Okta participating.
Why k-ID is interesting
Child-privacy laws are tightening on different timelines in every market — k-ID gives game studios one compliance layer instead of rebuilding consent flows per jurisdiction; a16z and Lightspeed co-led $45M Series A.
Product & use cases
k-ID's API and SDK let games and apps verify ages, manage parental consent flows, and enforce jurisdiction-specific youth privacy rules — replacing bespoke legal engineering per market.
- Age verification at game registration
- Parental consent flows for under-13 users globally
- Compliance with UK Age Appropriate Design Code and US state laws
- Content gating based on verified age tiers
Key facts
- Series A (Jun 2024): $45M co-led by a16z and Lightspeed — TechCrunch
- Compliance engine for age-appropriate gaming globally
Funding history (newest first)
Series A
2024-06 $45MSource: https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/12/k-id-45m-series-a/
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Purpose-built for gaming and youth online safety regulations worldwide — not generic identity verification.
Regulatory fragmentation creates demand for compliance infrastructure. k-ID's gaming focus is timely as EU and US states tighten youth online safety rules. Risk: platforms may build native compliance, reducing third-party need.
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Yoti / age estimation vendors adjacent
Age verification technology; less gaming-specific compliance workflows.
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Epic Games / platform policies incumbent
Platform-level age gates; k-ID serves third-party developers.
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In-house legal engineering incumbent
Manual compliance per jurisdiction; k-ID productizes the workflow.
Notable stories
- k-ID raised $45M Series A in June 2024 as US states accelerated youth online safety legislation — timing regulatory tailwinds with gaming industry need.
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