smedo

What smedo does

smedo is a German private company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Hennigsdorf, operating in the contactless biometrics domain. The firm describes itself as offering the "world's most advanced contactless biometrics," indicating a focus on biometric identification or authentication technologies that do not require physical contact with a sensor. The company has a small team of 1-10 employees and has raised a total of approximately $2.1 million across two funding rounds — $1.77M in April 2022 from Apex and Brandenburg Kapital, and approximately $339K in May 2025 from undisclosed investors. Leadership consists of CEO Thomas Grellner and COO David Weimer.

The underlying technical specifics, product offerings, pricing, customer base, and go-to-market approach are not disclosed in the available data. The smedo.de domain was noted in a domain auction registry (nicsell.com) but this does not relate to the company's operational status. Given the early-stage funding profile, small headcount, and absence of disclosed commercial traction, smedo appears to be at an early commercialization or pre-revenue stage in a technically demanding segment of the biometrics market. The lack of disclosed patents, certifications, customers, or partnerships in the available sources limits any deeper assessment of technology readiness or competitive position.

Name

smedo

Website

https://smedo.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

smedo is a German early-stage private company founded in 2019 that develops contactless biometrics technology. Headquartered in Hennigsdorf with a team of 1-10, it has raised approximately $2.1M in total funding across two rounds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biometric Authentication Software

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Authentication (MFA/Passwordless/Biometrics) Platforms (BPAMAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) & Passwordless Authentication (HDAEAJAC)

Keywords

• Contactless biometrics
• Biometric authentication
• Identity verification
• Biometric sensors
• Biometric software

Headquarters

HQ city

Hennigsdorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

smedo develops and provides contactless biometric technology positioned as "the world's most advanced contactless biometrics." The company focuses on capturing and verifying human biometric identifiers without physical contact, enabling secure identification and authentication use cases for downstream customers. The company is headquartered in Hennigsdorf, Germany, and operates with a small team of 1-10 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contactless Biometric Identification Platform

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• IDEMIA: Global leader in biometric identity and security solutions, offering face, fingerprint, and iris authentication to governments and enterprises. Directly comparable as a contactless biometrics provider with far greater scale.
• Thales (Digital Identity & Security): Major IAM and biometric authentication vendor serving banking, government, and enterprise. Highly comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same contactless biometrics and identity-verification space.
• ID.me: US digital identity network providing biometric verification for government and commercial use cases. Comparable broad-scale player in the contactless biometrics and identity space.

Direct peers

• iProov: UK-based specialist in face biometric authentication for onboarding and step-up verification. Direct competitor to a contactless-biometrics pure play with similar target customers (banks, governments, healthcare).
• Onfido: Identity-verification platform combining document checks with biometric face matching for digital onboarding. Closely comparable business model and target customer base to a contactless biometrics vendor.
• Nect: Hamburg-based digital identity startup offering selfie-based identity verification with German government eID integration. Comparable German contactless biometrics vendor targeting similar regulated markets.
• Veriff: Estonian identity-verification platform using biometrics and document checks for online customer onboarding. Directly comparable biometric authentication vendor serving global enterprises.

Regional players

• BioID: German provider of biometric-as-a-service, including face and liveness detection for online identity verification. Directly comparable DACH-based biometrics vendor with similar offerings.

Emerging players

• FaceTec: US-based face biometrics vendor specializing in 3D liveness and face matching for onboarding and authentication. Comparable as a focused contactless biometrics specialist with strong developer ecosystem.

Others

• NEC (Biometrics Division):

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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