1Kosmos Inc.

1Kosmos is a privately held cybersecurity company specializing in digital identity proofing and passwordless authentication. Headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, the company's mission is to provide secure digital identities that protect service providers against fraud, ensuring that every interaction is grounded in verified trust.

The company offers a unified platform that combines identity proofing, advanced biometrics, and passwordless multi-factor authentication. Its solutions, including 1Kosmos Verify, Workforce, and Customer, are built on a privacy-by-design architecture that utilizes decentralized identity storage on a permissioned blockchain. 1Kosmos serves a range of highly regulated sectors, including government agencies, banking, telecommunications, healthcare, and higher education.

Led by co-founder and CEO Hemen Vimadalal, 1Kosmos has achieved significant milestones, including FedRAMP High Authorization and Department of War (DoW) Impact Level 4 (IL4) authorization. The company was recognized as an Overall Leader, Product Leader, and Innovation Leader in passwordless authentication by KuppingerCole Analysts and was named a finalist for Best Authentication Technology in the 2026 SC Awards. In August 2025, 1Kosmos secured $57 million in Series B funding, bringing its total venture funding to over $72 million, and was awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with Login.gov valued at up to $194.5 million. Gartner also recognized 1Kosmos in its 2025 Magic Quadrant as a Challenger for Identity Verification and ranked it #1 in Workforce Product Score.