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Persona

Configurable identity-verification workflows for digital onboarding
Persona offers configurable identity-verification, fraud, and compliance workflows for onboarding and account monitoring. It is a core private-company comparable for KYC, fraud, and embedded-finance infrastructure.
Fintech 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2018
Current Valuation
$1.5B
as of 2021-Q3
UNICORN

QL Price

$391.74M
-74% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Persona, published 2026-09-20 — below the last disclosed round of $1.5B (2021-Q3).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $1.5B 2021-Q3 weight 0.03
Secondary market print $333M 2026-06-27 weight 0.6
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Persona since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-09-20 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
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IPO Outlookprivate

Is Persona going public?
No. Persona is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Persona's valuation in 2026?
Persona is valued at $1.5B as of 2021-Q3, set by its Series C ($150M, Sep 2021). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Persona filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Persona.
Who are Persona's investors?
Persona's investors include Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Coatue, First Round Capital, BOND.
Can you buy Persona stock?
No. Persona is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Persona on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
How to actually get exposure to Persona →
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Company Profile

CEO
Rick Song
Founded
2018
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~500
Total Raised
$217M
Last Round
Series C — $150M (Sep 2021) · Lead: Founders Fund
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series C · $150M · 5y ago
privateTotal raised $217M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$11.2
Last round price / share
$50.36
vs last round
-77.8%
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$50.36Last round$11.20Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month0.0%6-month0.0%1-year-3.1%All-time-46.1%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series C$150MSep 2021Founders Fund

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring steady
-6% vs 2026-08
Open roles
17
via ashby
Product-build share
53%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
product-led hiring — 53% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month18Aug '2617Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM4Security4Engineering4Finance & Strategy2Ops & People2Design1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Senior Product Security EngineerSoftware Engineer, SecuritySoftware Engineer, EdgeSecurity Engineer, Corporate SecuritySecurity Engineer, EnterpriseSoftware Engineer, Traffic
Counted from Persona's live job board as of 2026-09-16; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Rick SongCharles Yeh

Investors

Founders Fund · Index Ventures · Coatue · First Round Capital · BOND

Products

  • Identity verification
  • Document verification
  • KYB workflows
  • Fraud detection

Competitors

Alloy · Socure · SentiLink · Middesk · Trulioo
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.