In Depth · 8 May 2025 · 1h 15m
From reluctant founder to $2B valuation: The story of Persona | Rick Song (Co-founder and CEO)
WithRick Song
MentionsY Combinator
Rick Song is the co-founder and CEO of Persona, the identity verification platform used by some of the world’s largest companies. Before starting Persona, Rick worked on identity fraud and risk products at Square, which laid the groundwork for what would become Persona’s highly technical,…
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Growth Investor · 7 Aug 2022 · 23 min
Securing Your Identity: Persona CEO Rick Song
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MentionsCoatueFounders Fund
In this episode, we speak with Rick Song, Co-Founder & CEO of Persona, a company that enables businesses to seamlessly verify customer identities with a drop-in widget that can be integrated in less than 10 lines of code. Persona is backed by Founders Fund, Index Ventures, and Coatue among other… More on the show's page
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In Depth · 13 May 2021 · 58 min
Ask why it won’t work, Rick Song’s lessons from Square and building from 0 to 1
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Today’s episode is with Rick Song, the co-founder and CEO of Persona, a platform that enables companies to create the ideal identity verification experience for their customers. Before founding Persona in 2018, Rick was an engineer at Square for 5 years, and an early team member at Square Capital.… More on the show's page
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