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| 15.03.2026 | Scout Ventures: $125 Million Raised For Dual-Use Technology Fund V | Scout Ventures announced the closing of its oversubscribed $125 million Fund V, a vehicle designed to invest in emerging technologies that serve both commercial markets and national security missions.
The Austin-based venture capital firm f... |
| 22.01.2026 | TrueCar taken private in $227 million deal led by founder Scott Painter | TrueCar TrueCar
Founded: 2005
Headquarters: Santa Monica, California, United States
Total Funding: $340.36M
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| 14.01.2026 | 2026 Tax Season: Navigating New Laws Amidst IRS Staff Cuts | The 2026 tax season opens January 26. Taxpayers must file 2025 returns by April 15. The IRS faces unprecedented challenges. Significant workforce reductions impact operations. New tax laws also create complexity. Early preparation is crucia... |
| 12.01.2026 | This is one of the ‘most important steps’ before tax season opens, IRS says | The 2026 tax season opens on Jan. 26, which is the first day the IRS will accept and process individual tax returns for 2025.
To prepare, you should access your IRS online account, which could provide information for a smoother filing seaso... |
| 23.12.2025 | Federal Tech Leadership: A New Era of Growth and Innovation | Federal contracting and tech sectors witness a surge in executive appointments. Companies prioritize strategic growth, leveraging government-to-industry talent. New leaders drive innovation in cybersecurity, AI, and space technology. This w... |
| 19.12.2025 | Digital wallets & AI threats to reshape ID security | - |
| 19.12.2025 | Intel's government hires and more leadership moves across the market | Intel
The computer chip maker has hired two new executives for federal-facing functions, with one overseeing the U.S. government business and a second involving dialogue with key stakeholders.
James Chew has joined as vice president of Inte... |
| 06.09.2025 | ID.me Secures $340M to Combat AI Fraud, Bolster Digital Identity | ID.me, a leading digital identity platform, has secured $340 million in new funding. This Series E round and credit facility pushes its valuation past $2 billion. The investment strengthens its fight against rapidly evolving AI-driven fraud... |
| 05.09.2025 | ID.me: $340 Million Raised At Over $2 Billion Valuation For Expanding Digital Identity Access | ID.me, a digital identity platform relied upon by more than 152 million users, has announced a significant funding milestone with the close of its $340 million Series E round and a recently secured credit facility. The funding, which values... |
| 04.09.2025 | Identity verification startup ID.me raises $340M at $2B valuation
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The McLean, Virginia-based identity verification provider announced the deal on Wednesday. The equity component of the transaction was led by Rib... |
| 03.09.2025 | ID.me Raises $340M in Series E Funding | ID.me, a McLean, VA-based digital identity wallet company, raised $340M in Series E funding.
The round was led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from existing investors Ares Credit funds and Moonshots Capital, as well as new investors, ... |
| 19.05.2025 | Veterans helping Veterans: Secure sign-in changes | Secure sign-in changes are here. VA is making these changes to meet modern security standards for protecting your personal data and help preventing scammers from stealing your benefits.
You can no longer use your My HealtheVet user ID and p... |
| 28.03.2025 | Navigating the Tax Maze: Protecting Your Refund with the IRS IP PIN | Tax season can feel like a labyrinth. Each twist and turn brings new challenges. One of the most pressing concerns? Identity theft. As tax fraud becomes more prevalent, safeguarding your refund is crucial. Enter the IRS’s Identity Protectio... |
| 24.03.2025 | How to use the IRS’s free IP PIN, the best way to keep a criminal from nabbing your income tax refund | How do I request one?
First, you need an online account with the IRS. If you already have an account with ID.me — the identity verification service used by many federal and state agencies — you don’t have to set up a new one. It requires a ... |
| 30.01.2025 | ID.me: $275 Million Financing Raised From Ares Management | ID.me, a market-leading digital identity wallet, announced it had closed a $275 million credit facility provided by Ares Management funds. And Ares also plans to make a substantial equity investment in ID.me.
The proceeds from the funding w... |
| 03.11.2024 | Cool Startups in Virginia and Their Big Impact | Share
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| 18.07.2024 | IRS enhances FATCA registration website by requiring users to establish multi-factor authentication | IR-2024-189, July 17, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the agency will enhance the identity authentication process that financial institutions can use to register under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (F... |
| 08.09.2023 | Paying Taxes And Checking Your Earnings History Can Help Boost Social Security Retirement Benefits | Preparing for your golden years can require keeping up with your taxes now.getty |
| 11.04.2023 | ID.me Raises $132M in Series D Funding | ID.me, a Mclean, VA-based provider of a secure digital identity network, raised $132M in Series D funding.
The round, which brings the total investment in the company to more than $240M since its founding in 2010, was led by Viking Global I... |
| 02.12.2022 | Report: ID.me Lied About Pretty Much Everything While Providing Identification Services To The Government | ID.me made its disastrous news cycle debut as COVID-19 continued to wreak havoc worldwide. With ID verification and other government services mostly still being handled remotely, multiple governments continued to wrestle with these unpreced... |
| 28.10.2022 | Digital Identity Verification Can Lead To A More Equitable Future | Blake Hall - Founder & CEO of ID.me, a Veteran-founded & operated online ID network company that allows people to prove their legal identity |
| 15.02.2022 | The Bitfinex Laundering Story Continues
Misfit launderers
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Outside CoinDesk: | The U.S. Congress is holding a slate of hearings right now on cryptocurrencies across different committees. I want to write about them but I think I need some more time to speak to people and put thoughts together. As such, we’ll talk about... |
| 08.02.2022 | Stablecoin Regulation Takes Center Stage at House Hearing Today
Talking stablecoins
America COMPETES
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Outside CoinDesk: | Stablecoins seem to be the vector by which the U.S. will implement regulations on cryptocurrencies directly. A hearing in the House of Representatives will bring this potentially one step closer to reality.
You’re reading State of Crypto, a... |
| 04.02.2022 | When you log in to your IRS account this tax season you'll likely have to use ID.me to verify your identity. The service scoops up a huge pool of personal data that police and other authorities could ... | The IRS could soon require anyone logging into IRS.gov to use ID.me to verify their identity.
Privacy experts and civil-rights advocates worry ID.me will share its data trove with authorities.
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| 03.02.2022 | The IRS is working with a startup called ID.me that stores the ‘inferred citizenship’ of some users. That creates a huge new pool of personal data for police and other authorities to tap into. | Part of a slide presentation describing how to link your IRS account with . ID.me
The IRS could soon require anyone logging into IRS.gov to use ID.me to verify their identity. Privacy experts and civil-rights advocates worry ID.me will shar... |
| 27.01.2022 | ID.me is making moves in the gov space. Critics aren’t so sure about the privacy of its tech | Much like all of us when April comes around, McLean, Virginia identity tech firm ID.me is having some trouble with taxes.
This summer, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and ID.me are teaming up to create a photo-based, multi-factor identit... |
| 20.01.2022 | IRS ID.me is a New Facial Recognition Interface for Online Tax Transactions, Soon to Verify Identity | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 20 January 2022, 09:01 pm
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) introduced a new facial recognition interface for its online tax transactions that people need to use to verify their identity. The service would ensure... |
| 23.12.2021 | Transparency, regulation and convergence with 5G -- AI predictions for 2022 | Artificial intelligence is making its presence felt in more and more areas of our lives. But what impact is it going to have on digital transformation projects, legislation and more?
Industry experts gave us their views.
AI and 5G will conv... |
| 23.12.2021 | Zero trust, democratization and biometrics -- identity management predictions for 2022 | Zero trust has been one of the security buzz phrases of the past year and control of identity and credentials is likely to remain a focus for businesses and consumers alike, especially as the work from home trend looks set to continue.
Here... |
| 16.09.2021 | ID.me Raises $120M in Debt and Revolving Facility | ID.me, a Mclean VA-based secure digital identity network which simplifies how individuals prove and share their identity online, raised $120M.
The company secured $100m in debt financing from funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investme... |
| 15.09.2021 | ID.me Secures $100 Million from Fortress to Support Record Growth and Advance Vision to Build the Identity Layer of the Internet | |
| 09.09.2021 | With $55M third fund, Scout Ventures is funding veterans ready to tackle the hardest technical challenges | When it comes to people pushing the frontiers of science, few institutions can match the talent of the Department of Defense, the intelligence agencies and the U.S. national laboratory system. With ample budgets and flexible oversight under... |
| 30.08.2021 | Six months after reaching unicorn status, ID.me scales culture alongside technology | Just six months after reaching unicorn status, growth is not slowing down for McLean, Virginia-based identity verification company ID.me.
Earlier this year, the company closed a $100 million Series C round, raising its total valuation to $1... |
| 11.08.2021 | ID.me Expands Digital Wallet to Include COVID-19 Vaccine ID | |
| 02.08.2021 | BoxGroup closes on $255M across two funds to back startups at their earliest stages | BoxGroup has quietly, yet diligently, been funding companies at the early stage for over a decade. The 11-year-old firm in fact was the first investor in Plaid, a fintech company that nearly got sold to Visa last year for billions of dollar... |
| 21.07.2021 | Moonshots Capital Raises a New Fund Aimed at Founders Who've 'Been Through the Ringer' | There aren't many venture capitalists that can say they have spent time talking leadership with a U.S. president, but Kelly Perdew can.
Perdew — who runs seed-stage firm Moonshots Capital with partner and fellow military veteran Craig Cummi... |
| 21.06.2021 | Can the military academies compete with Stanford and Harvard in venture? Two veterans are raising $50M to find out | Soldier-entrepreneurs are unfortunately still a rare breed in Silicon Valley, despite the region’s origins in Cold War defense spending. While the courage and perseverance required to fight in an overseas battlefield (or the office bureaucr... |
| 06.05.2021 | ID.me Bringing 500 Jobs to Florida with New Tampa Office | |
| 13.04.2021 | Happy Identity Management Day | Every dog has its day as the saying goes and it's increasingly the case that every aspect of information technology has one too -- a day that is, not a dog.
Today is Identity Management Day, created by the The National Cybersecurity Allianc... |
| 25.03.2021 | ID.me Secures $100M in Series C at $1.5 Billion Valuation | ID.me, a McLean, Va.-based secure digital identity network, raised $100m in Series C funding.
The round, which valued the company at $1.5 billion, was led by Viking Global Investors with participation from Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanle... |
| 23.03.2021 | ID.me raises $100 million in funding to build the identity layer of the internet; joins the unicorn club at $1.5 billion valuation | ID.me, a Mclean, Virginia-based tech startup that simplifies how individuals prove and share their identity online, announced it has raised $100 million in Series C funding to build out its secure digital identity network by attracting top ... |
| 22.03.2021 | ID.me Raises $100 Million in Funding at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Build the Identity Layer of the Internet | |
| 22.03.2021 | ID.me Raises $100 Million | ID.me, the leading secure digital identity network, today announced it has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by Viking Global Investors. Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley), PSP Growth, Lead Edge Capital, CapitalG, WndrCo... |
| 22.03.2021 | Digital identity network startup ID.me raises $100M on unicorn valuation of $1.5B
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| 22.03.2021 | ID.me raises $100 million | Digital identity network ID.me ID.me
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| 22.03.2021 | Startup ID.me Reaches $1.5 Billion Valuation For Its Identity Software Used By 22 U.S. States | ID.me CEO Blake Hall says he’ll look to take his company public if it succeeds over the next one to ... [+] two years in becoming the "Visa of the identity layer of the internet."ID.me |
| 18.11.2020 | ID.me Announces Exclusive Discounts with Overstock for Verified Groups | |
| 11.11.2020 | ID.me Survey Finds Two Thirds of Military Members/Spouses Prefer to Purchase from Brands that Offer Military Discounts Over Ones That Do Not | |
| 10.09.2020 | Identity verification startup Sumsub raises $6m Series A | Sumsub, an identity verification platform that provides an all-in-one technical and legal toolkit to cover KYC/KYB/AML needs, has announced that it has secured $6 million in Series A funding, bringing the total capital raised since Sumsub’s... |
| 02.07.2020 | Estonian Identity Verification Platform Veriff Raises $15.5M To Expand Internationally | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
(Editor’s Note: This is an article written for Tech.eu by Annie Musgrove and shared with Crunchbase News as part of a news-sharing partnership.)
Estonian startup Veriff, provider of an identity prot... |
| 02.07.2020 | Estonian identity verification platform Veriff raises $15.5 million to expand internationally | Estonian startup Veriff, provider of an identity protection platform, has raised $15.5 million to fuel global growth and sell to more enterprise customers, as the company prepares for an even larger Series B round in the future. Investors i... |
| 02.07.2020 | Tallinn-based Veriff, identity verification startup lands €13.7 million to expand further internationally | Estonian startup Veriff, global online verification company, has announced landing around €13.7 million from existing investors Y Combinator and Mosaic Ventures, as well as new investors like NordicNinja VC and Change Ventures. This brings ... |
| 20.12.2019 | Compliance struggles and more legislation -- privacy and data predictions for 2020 | With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) set to come into force in January, privacy and how companies use data is set to be one of the big themes of 2020. What do some of the industry’s leading figures think this will mean?
Peter Rei... |
| 05.10.2017 | ID.me Becomes FedRAMP Ready to Provide Technology to Store Government Data | ID.me Becomes FedRAMP Ready to Provide Technology to Store Government Data
ID.me, a provider of digital identity solutions, is receiving a FedRAMP Ready certification for its identity verification platform.
According to the vendor, this cer... |
| 09.03.2017 | Digital identity startup ID.me raises $19 million to scale up, hire | McLean, Va.-based ID.me, the startup that helps individuals manage their digital identity, announced on Wednesday that it has raised a $19 million Series B. The round was led by FTV Capital. With the new influx of cash, ID.me plans to scale... |
| 08.03.2017 | FTV Capital Leads $19 Million Growth Equity Investment in ID.me | Federally Accredited Digital Identity Company Provides Secure Verification for Employees and Users of Government Agencies, Healthcare Organizations, and Financial Institutions
McLean, VA (March 8, 2017) — ID.me, a federally accredited digi... |
| 08.03.2017 | ID.me Raises $19M in Series B Funding | ID.me, a McLean, VA-based federally accredited digital identity company, secured a $19m Series B funding.
The round was led by FTV Capital. As part of the transaction, FTV Capital partner Liron Gitig will join the company’s board of directo... |
| 08.03.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, March 8 | HEAVY LIFTING
Good morning! In today’s guest column, Fortune writer Robert Hackett weighs in on Uber’s terrible, no good, very bad start to 2017—plus discusses one of the biggest cyber deals of the week: CA Technologies’ acquisition of Vera... |
| 08.03.2017 | ID.me closes $19M led by FTV Capital | This article originally appeared on the Washington Post and can be found here.
Signing into web pages is almost universally known as one of the most annoying parts of the Internet.
Most people either have keep a separate list of every pas... |
| 08.03.2017 | FTV Capital Leads $19M Series B for ID.me | ID.me, a federally accredited digital identity company, today announced that it secured a $19 million Series B investment led by FTV Capital. With the financing, the company will further invest in sales, marketing and product development. I... |
| 23.12.2015 | THE MIGHTY 25: VETERANS POISED FOR IMPACT IN 2016 | Happy to share this list (originally posted here) courtesy of We Are The Mighty. What makes me even more excited is the fact that some of our founders are on the list. They are Blake Hall of Id.me, Taylor Justice of Unite US, John Roger Jr.... |
| 20.10.2014 | How the Army vets behind ID.me finally found their startup’s sweet spot | This ambitious website was started in Harvard. Not by undergraduates, but by veterans trying to make post-deployment life just a little easier.
Identity verification platform ID.me began as an academic project at the Harvard Business School... |
| 01.10.2014 | Estate Assist Wants To Provide Estate Planning For The Social Media Age | Contemplating the end of life freaks me out and as such, I’ve never put together a will. But then I’m young, healthy and I don’t own much so I can’t say I’ve felt the need to. Most Americans don’t actually. Over half of adults with kids don... |
| 24.09.2014 | 30 events in, DC Tech Meetup recaps 10 things to know about DC tech | It has been three-and-a-half years already and DC Tech Meetup continues to evolve.
Last week, like over two-dozen times before, a handful of local startups showed off their latest projects to a crowd of 500 tech enthusiasts in the Martin Lu... |
| 04.06.2014 | ID.me Now Offering Uber Credits to Members of Military, Veterans, First Responders, and Students | A little hump day pick-me-up for those of you who are members of the military, veterans, first responders, or students: you can now get $25 off your first Uber ride thanks to a partnership announced today by the digital verification network... |
| 08.04.2014 | ID.me Completes $10M Series A Funding | ID.me, Inc., a Washington, DC-based digital identity network, completed a $10m Series A funding round.
The round, which consisted of $7.5m in equity and $2.5m in venture debt, was led by USAA, Silicon Valley Bank, and angel investors includ... |
| 06.01.2014 | 10 DC Startups Destined to Breakout in 2014 | In case you missed it, Tech Cocktail is more region specific than ever. Atlanta, Austin, Boise, Chicago, Dallas, DC, Miami, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, NYC, and San Francisco have gotten their own dedicated pages with their own design, their ow... |
| 29.10.2013 | 1776 co-founder Donna Harris on tech and government, Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. | Eric Bovim is Managing Director at McBee Strategic
The acrobats were coming down on us from the ceiling, on ropes, through the blue strobe lights, landing on the banquet tables in the cellar of a cava producer near Barcelona. We were at an ... |
| 29.10.2013 | 1776 co-founder Donna Harris on tech and government, Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Eric Bovim is Managing Director at McBee Strategi... |
| 30.09.2013 | Gettin' Money: 10 DC-area Startup Fundings in September | September screamed by with a fury. But in the blur of the last 30 days there were some pretty nice fundings for D.C.-area startups. Ten different companies in the area raised close to or more than a million dollars over the past month at va... |
| - | Digital Identity Company Network ID.me Raises $132 Million | ID.me – an identity company with over 100 million members that empowers consumers to easily access online services and benefits while controlling their personal data – also announced that it raised $132 million in Series D funding led by Vi... |
| - | Digital Identity Network Company ID.me Raises $100 Million | Secure digital identity network ID.me has raised $100 million. These are the details.
ID.me – a secure digital identity network with 60 million members — announced recently it has secured $100 million in debt financing from funds managed by... |
| - | 6. Anti-fraud software provider ID.me valued at $1.5 billion | Felix Salmon, author of CapitalJun 17, 2021 - Economy & Business6. Anti-fraud software provider ID.me valued at $1.5 billion
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ID.me, a private company founded to make it as easy as possible for indi... |
| - | When you log in to your IRS account this tax season you'll likely have to use ID.me to verify your identity. The service scoops up a huge pool of personal data that police and other authorities could ... | Part of a slide presentation describing how to link your IRS account with ID.me. ID.me
The IRS could soon require anyone logging into IRS.gov to use ID.me to verify their identity. Privacy experts and civil-rights advocates worry ID.me will... |
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