1414 Ventures

1414 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in investments within the digital identity sector. The firm targets pre-seed and seed-stage startups that address critical issues related to digital identity, including payments, cybersecurity, and data privacy. By focusing exclusively on this niche, 1414 Ventures aims to support innovative founders whose solutions effectively meet market and user needs. The firm seeks to identify unique business problems in the digital identity space and invest in companies that demonstrate potential for impactful growth in this rapidly evolving landscape.

Michael Engle

Managing Director

Howard Hall

Co-Founder

Chitra Nayak

Venture Partner

Jackie Shoback

Managing Director

Claire Wadlington

Managing Director

6 past transactions

Cygnetise

Venture Round in 2023
Cygnetise Limited is a London-based company that has developed a decentralized application for managing authorized signature lists (ASLs) using blockchain technology. Founded in 2016, its platform enables organizations to create a digital directory of authorized signatories, manage entities, and facilitate real-time editing and sharing of signatory lists. By leveraging encryption software and enhanced access management, Cygnetise significantly reduces the risk of fraud associated with traditional paper-based processes. The application is designed to streamline administrative tasks, helping businesses save over 90% of their time and costs related to managing signatory lists. Notable clients include PwC, BNY Mellon, and SG Kleinwort Hambros, which utilize the platform to improve operational efficiency and security in their signature management processes.

Verified

Seed Round in 2022
Unum ID, Inc. offers a shared and verified identity solution that consolidates multiple verifications about a user into a single identity accessible across different companies. Their software employs cryptography to link a user’s mobile device to their online identities, enabling multi-factor authentication and enhancing security by eliminating the need for passwords. The company provides a virtual ID card, Unum ID, which displays appropriate information for various situations and is usable across all devices and environments, both online and offline. With a focus on user privacy, all personal data is stored solely on the user's mobile device, ensuring consent and security are prioritized. This innovative approach streamlines the onboarding process, allowing companies to verify users rapidly, transforming identity management into a strategic asset while reducing the risk of behavioral fraud.

Avanzo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Provider digital revolving credit facility intended for organizations to improve the financial well-being of their collaborators. The company's offerings include providing salary advances, loans for insurance, transportation, technology, and education with no advance payment and hidden charges, enabling employees to improve their quality of life and consequently their productivity.

Tautuk

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tautuk™ is an intelligent platform for critical infrastructure created to detect and alert reliability issues and cyber threats in near-real time, without agents or complicated hardware. At the convergence of physical and digital assurance, Tautuk™ technology monitors IT, IoT, IIoT, ICS, SCADA, microelectronics, discrete integrated circuits and traditional IT assets alike for availability, tampering, sabotage, compromise and reliability without requiring digital access or privileges on monitored systems. Tautuk™ is a privately held company headquartered in Jasper, Georgia. Learn more at: https://www.Tautuk.com

SwiftConnect

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a property management platform designed to make building access and visitor management simple. The company's platform provides a hardware-agnostic ecosystem for contactless mobile access, visitor management, and access control systems, enabling property managers and enterprise companies to avail single access management portal for their entire real estate portfolio.
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