Ensygnia

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Ensygnia
Founded2012;12 years ago (2012)
FoundersRichard H Harris, Matt Deacon
Headquarters,
UK
ProductsOnescan
Website www.ensygnia.com

Ensygnia is a UK-based technology company. They aggregate across identity management, mobile payments and cyber security acting as an interaction gateway. Ensygnia's primary product is Onescan, a transaction and identity management platform. [1]

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History

Ensygnia operations began in 2012. In 2013 the company secured $3.3 million in seed funding [2] and successfully applied for and received two UK patents. [3] Ensygnia was also one of 17 start-ups accepted into the London-based Telefonica funded Wayra Academy for the year 2013. [4] At the end of 2013, Ensygnia acquired Mustard Digital and its retail site Snaptaps. [5]

In 2014, Ensygnia won 'Best Software Solution' at the Mobile Industry Awards, [6] reached the final on the Innotribe start-up challenge [7] and became a start-up in residence at BBC labs. [8]

In June 2015, Ensygnia was listed as one of the best funded (B2B) Commerce Enablers in Europe. [9]

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