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Coverage of Attestr in the press — including from our early days as Authblue — and the milestones we're proud of along the way.

In the press

Inc42June 2025

The IIT(BHU) Varanasi Effect: Meet 40 Indian Startups Born Out Of IIT(BHU) Varanasi

Inc42 Datalabs maps 40 notable startups founded by IIT(BHU) Varanasi alumni — from unicorns like PhysicsWallah and Adda247 to Attestr, listed among the 2017 cohort under founder Saurabh Tiwari.

Inc42 Datalabs · startup list

Read on Inc42
CIO Insider IndiaMay 2025

Attestr: Shaping the Future of Digital Identity and Compliance

An interview with founder & CEO Saurabh Tiwari in CIO Insider India's Company Spotlight Special on Attestr's AI-powered digital onboarding — eKYC, background verification, risk assessment and workflow automation — and its plans for global expansion.

Company Spotlight · interview

Read on CIO Insider India
Prime Insights2025

Attestr: Transforming Digital Onboarding and Verification with Innovation, Integrity and Vision

Founder Saurabh Tiwari on how Attestr grew into a digital onboarding and verification platform — featured in Prime Insights' "10 Most Reliable Digital Identity Verification Solutions in 2025".

Feature & founder interview

Read on Prime Insights
Start-Up HyderabadApril 2021

Authblue — A Reliable Marketplace for Verification

A profile of Authblue, founded in Hyderabad in 2018 by Sujeet Buddiga and Saurabh Tiwari, and how it connected organisations with background-verification providers through one platform.

Startup profile· Rituka Mas Authblue

Read on Start-Up Hyderabad
YourStorySeptember 2019

Meet the 5 startups that have put Hyderabad on the entrepreneurial map

Authblue named among five Hyderabad startups putting the city on the entrepreneurial map — for its marketplace connecting businesses and individuals with background-verification companies.

Startup roundup· Debolina Biswasas Authblue

Read on YourStory
YourStoryDecember 2018

If you give up on your dreams, what's left? Your startup fix to start the week

YourStory's weekly startup roundup highlights Authblue as "a marketplace with a difference" that makes verifying blue-collar employees easy and fast.

Weekly roundupas Authblue

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YourStoryDecember 2018

A marketplace with a difference, Authblue makes verifying blue-collar employees easy, fast

YourStory's feature on Authblue — how the Hyderabad startup built a DIPP-registered marketplace for background verification of drivers, delivery staff, domestic help and other blue-collar workers.

Feature· Sindhu Kashyaapas Authblue

Read on YourStory

Awards & recognition

HaRBInger 2025 — Reserve Bank of India's 4th Global Hackathon · 2025–26

Finalist — RBI HaRBInger 2025

One of 21 finalists chosen from 496 proposals across 15 countries for the Reserve Bank of India's global hackathon on "Secure Banking: Powered by Identity, Integrity and Inclusivity" — and shortlisted by RBI to build a working prototype.

About HaRBInger 2025 on RBI

India SME 100 Awards 2025 (11th edition) · March 2025

Winner — India's Top 100 SMEs

Named among India's top 100 SMEs, chosen from more than 27,500 nominations and judged on growth, financial strength, innovation, people, international outlook and governance. Presented in New Delhi.

Announced by Axis Bank & India SME Forum

India FinTech Awards (IFTA) 2022 · November 2022

Finalist — Best Innovation in RegTech

Shortlisted for Best Innovation in RegTech for Attestr's no-code platform covering the customer lifecycle — targeting, digital onboarding and monitoring.

Announced by India FinTech Forum

Announcements & milestones

  1. 2026

    CasePrimus.ai, built by Attestr, brings AI litigation monitoring to India

    CasePrimus.ai continuously monitors Indian court cases for the customers, vendors and partners global companies depend on — reading and summarising every order with AI.

    Visit CasePrimus.ai

  2. 2025–26

    Attestr named a finalist in RBI's HaRBInger 2025

    Attestr was one of 21 finalists, out of 496 proposals from 15 countries, in the Reserve Bank of India's fourth global hackathon, themed "Secure Banking: Powered by Identity, Integrity and Inclusivity".

    Awards & recognition

  3. 2026

    Attestr becomes an identity, risk monitoring and digital KYC platform

    Beyond one-time verification APIs: Attestr now monitors the individuals and businesses its customers work with for risk signals — GST, MCA, court, licence and more — long after onboarding.

    See Risk Monitoring

  4. March 2025

    Attestr named one of India's Top 100 SMEs

    Attestr won at the 11th India SME 100 Awards, presented by Axis Bank and India SME Forum in New Delhi — selected from more than 27,500 nominated businesses.

    Awards & recognition

  5. December 2022

    10 million KYC verifications processed in 2022

    Attestr crossed 10 million KYC verifications in a single year — a milestone shared by the businesses who build on it.

  6. November 2022

    IFTA 2022 finalist for Best Innovation in RegTech

    India FinTech Forum shortlisted Attestr for Best Innovation in RegTech at the India FinTech Awards 2022.

    See the announcement

  7. September 2022

    Attestr certified to ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001

    Pegadroid IQ Solutions, the company behind Attestr, was certified to ISO/IEC 27001 for information security and ISO 9001 for quality management.

    Security & compliance

  8. July 2018

    Authblue platform goes live

    Attestr — then called Authblue — launches its online marketplace for background verification, connecting businesses and individuals with verification companies.

  9. 2017

    Attestr founded in Hyderabad

    Pegadroid IQ Solutions Private Limited is incorporated in Telangana to build verification infrastructure for Indian businesses.

Media enquiries

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