| Evrotrust integration: | Combine Evrotrust eID and QES with Hopae’s global identity infrastructure for KYC. |
| Use case: | Enable joint identity verification and qualified signing for compliant onboarding and KYC workflows. |
| Benefits: | Global KYC coverage • eIDAS compliance • Combined trust services |
| ICP: | Fintechs • Banks • Global platforms requiring EU compliance |
Hopae is a digital identity infrastructure company founded in 2022, with offices in Seoul, Paris, and a new headquarters being established in San Francisco. The company was founded by Ace Shim and Byungjoo Kim, who were core developers of COOV, South Korea’s nation-scale digital vaccination certificate system. Hopae has raised $6.5 million in funding to date and has been recognized as a representative vendor in the 2024 Gartner Market Guide for Decentralized Identity.
The company’s platform connects verification providers, regulated businesses, and trust service providers to more than 65 government eIDs worldwide through a single API. It also offers eIDAS 2.0-compliant digital wallet infrastructure based on its patented Digital Credential eXpress (DCX) architecture, and contributes to open standards as a founding member of the OpenWallet Foundation under Linux Foundation Europe.
