Based in Palo Alto, Civic has already received $2.75m in funding from Social Leverage, along with a number of VC firms active in the bitcoin and blockchain space. These include Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital and Digital Currency Group.
The digital identity protection startup, which focuses on providing online solutions for US social security numbers, is expected to launch this spring, according to Lingham.
Lingham told CoinDesk:
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