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Lightspeed co-led our recent Series A funding round. Read more on why Moritz Baier-Lentz 🎮 and the Lightspeed team decided to invest in k-ID. As conviction-based investors, each of the partners at Lightspeed teams up with only a select few companies each year. We're incredible fortunate and thrilled to have Moritz and team supporting us!

Our CEO, Kieran Donovan recently sat down for an interview with Forbes to talk about k-ID's vision, Series A fundraising round and why the time for change is now!

We are thrilled to announce that k-ID has successfully raised a $45M Series A funding round, backed by some of the world’s top-tier venture capital firms: Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, Okta, Konvoy, Z Venture Capital and TIRTA Ventures. This achievement is a validation of our vision and reflects the hard work and dedication of every member of the k-ID team. Our mission is to protect today's and tomorrow's digital youth by enabling age-appropriate experiences for all. We aim to empower kids and teens, rather than exclude them or expose them to harm, ensuring they can explore online experiences safely and honestly.

Welcome to Erich Bao who will be joining us as k-ID’s Business Development Director, NORAM! Erich brings nearly a decade of experience building and advising tech startups on GTM, Partnerships and Growth. Previous to k-ID, Erich was the Founder and CEO of GGLeagues, the leading esports league management platform that empowered players of all ages, skill levels, and backgrounds to compete in organized esports competitions. GGLeagues utilized this platform to organize esports competitions for 500 cities and 250 universities across the US. At k-ID Erich will be focused on driving growth through building customer and strategic relationships, sales enablement, and developing the youth and family experience for the platform. We’re super excited to have Erich with us. Welcome aboard Erich!!🚀🥳

🌟 k-ID is honored and humbled to announce that we’ve been selected as a distinguished Technology Pioneer within the World Economic Forum's Innovator Communities 2024. k-ID will engage in the Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Global Coalition for Digital Safety. Each year, WEF identifies 100 companies that are at the forefront of developing and deploying new technologies. These pioneers collaborate with society's foremost political, business, and cultural leaders to tackle the most pressing issues facing people and our planet. As part of the 2024 cohort, our CEO, Kieran Donovan, will engage in the Toolkit for Digital Safety Design Interventions & Innovations sub-community workstream, contributing k-ID’s expertise in youth-centered privacy law and online trust and safety. Read more about this year’s cohort here: wef.ch/techpioneers24 and follow us on LinkedIn and on X @k_idofficial to keep up to date with our journey towards keeping kids and teens safe while they play, learn, and grow up online! Special thanks to Timothy M., Jeff Wu, Julian Corbett and the whole k-ID team for helping support this incredible achievement. #innovation #technology #future #futureoftheinternet #onlinesafety #digitalsafety #safetybydesign #tech4good #responsibletech #kidentify #techpioneers24 #TechnologyPioneers24

Join us in person this week at the VGBA Summit at Loyola Law School! Meet k-ID’s very own Joe Newman, who will be a speaking on the “AI & Ethics – Enter the Robo-Lawyers?” panel. This panel of practitioners and ethics experts will discuss the practical and ethical pitfalls associated with using AI in the legal profession and how practitioners can craft a reasonable and ethical AI policy for their organizations. Joe will also be participating throughout the summit, answering questions about the future of privacy compliance in games. We're looking forward to connecting with partners, clients, and friends, new and old, who are passionate about improving the online experience for kids and teens. See you there! #kID #cybersafety #responsibletech #digitalprotection #onlinesafety #internetsafety #kidentify