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Prove

Mobile-phone-data-based digital identity verification and authentication platform for banks, fintechs, and ecommerce.
Cybersecurity 📍 New York, USA Founded 2008
Current Valuation
$537M
as of 2022-Q2
PRIVATE

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Prove going public?
No. Prove is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Prove's valuation in 2026?
Prove is valued at $537M as of 2022-Q2, set by its Strategic ($40M, Nov 2024). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Prove filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Prove.
Who are Prove's investors?
Prove's investors include MassMutual Ventures, Capital One Ventures, Apax Digital, MassMutual, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Prove (formerly Payfone) uses mobile phone data and possession signals (SIM-binding, device intelligence, behavioral biometrics) to verify identity and authenticate users for banks, fintechs, and large ecommerce platforms. Last priced round was a $537M valuation in 2022; a $40M strategic round in late 2024 led by MassMutual Ventures and Capital One Ventures funds commerce-enablement and fraud-fighting use cases.

Company Profile

CEO
Rodger Desai
Founded
2008
HQ
New York, USA
Employees
~500
Total Raised
$240M
Est. Revenue
$109M (2021-Q4)
Last Round
Strategic — $40M (Nov 2024) · Lead: MassMutual Ventures
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Strategic · $40M · 1y 9mo ago
privateTotal raised $240M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Strategic$40MNov 2024MassMutual Ventures

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring steady
23% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
13
via greenhouse
Product-build share
15%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
go-to-market push — Only 15% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (5 of 13 open roles are sales).
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month13Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM5Other4Engineering2Ops & People1Marketing1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Senior Manager, Platform EngineeringSenior Software Engineer, Identity PlatformAccount Director, EnterpriseCustomer Success Manager, EnterpriseData Science Lead Director, Channel & Partnerships
Counted from Prove's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Rodger Desai

Investors

MassMutual Ventures · Capital One Ventures · Apax Digital · MassMutual · Wells Fargo Strategic Capital

Products

  • Prove Identity Network
  • Pre-Fill Identity
  • Mobile Auth
  • Prove Trust Score

Competitors

Socure · Jumio · Onfido · Plaid Identity Verification · Sift
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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 2022-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.