Authena

company

About

Authena is the leading IoT and Blockchain platform for Product Authenticity and Traceability as a Service

Details

Last Funding Type
Series A
Last Funding Money Raised
$1.30M
Industries
Blockchain,Information Technology,Internet of Things,Marketing Automation
Founded date
Jan 11, 2018
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Authena AG

Authena makes the world a more connected, transparent and authentic place by enabling instantaneous verifiable trust across entire value chains and across physical products and metaverse.

We are a Swiss company founded in 2018 to support brands in fighting against counterfeiting and diversion through an advanced Authenticity and Traceability as a Service platform.
Today, by combining the power of blockchain with multiple proprietary IoT devices, we protect the authenticity, prevent the diversion and provide real time traceability for both physical and digital products and assets such as NFTs. The problems we solve with our technology are cross-vertical and products equipped with it are already in 72 countries. We work with industry leaders in Pharma, Luxury, Food & Beverages and Industrial sectors.
Our core team is based in Switzerland and we have team members already in Argentina, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, US and UK.
Winner of the Luxury Innovation Award 2020; TechCrunch TopPick; MWC 4YFN; MassChallenge Israel 2019, Winner of the TOP100 Most innovative Swiss startups Public Voting Award 2020 and 2021.
Products:
- Authena SHIELD: end-to-end authenticity solution
- Authena L1VE: game changer in product diversion protection with miniaturized, autonomous product identifiers that works globally as Plug & Play
- Authena M3TA: the most secure phygital products in the market

#blockchain #IoT #Phygital #authenticity #traceability #web3 #anticounterfeiting

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
5
$3.70M Fr1.30M
Authena has raised a total of $3.70M Fr1.30M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 22, 2022 from a Series A round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jun 22, 2022 Series A $1.30M Detail
Sep 17, 2021 Seed $2.40M 2 Ecliptic Capital Detail
May 17, 2021 Non-Equity Assistant 1 MassChallenge Switzerland Detail
May 22, 2019 Pre-seed Fr1.30M Detail
Jan 1, 2019 Non-Equity Assistant 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
4
Authena is funded by 4 investors. Ecliptic Capital and MassChallenge Switzerland are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Ecliptic Capital Yes Seed
MassChallenge Switzerland Yes Non-Equity Assistant
Private Investor Seed
MassChallenge Non-Equity Assistant

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
22
Authena has 22 current employee profiles, including Employee Fernando Rey Gaido
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Employee
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