SCALING STATESIDE - Episode #6 with Onfido Founder Husayn Kassai
From £12K seed round in the UK to 520-person company and successful US exit. Husayn Kassai, founder of Onfido, shares his complete journey of building an identity verification company, expanding to the US, and now building Quench AI.
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📍 KEY TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS
2:03 - The Origin Story: Why identity verification matters (personal experience moving from Iran to UK)
6:45 - The "Two Miracles" Problem: Raising early funding when investors didn't believe
8:18 - Building product-market fit in Europe before US expansion
10:15 - UK to US fundraising strategy (Series A → UK…
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