Sightline and GeoComply hosted the grand opening of their new offices at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Harry Reid Research & Technology Park. The new 10,000-plus-square-foot offices will be a home base for more than 100 staff from both companies.
The office serves as the global headquarters for Sightline, the U.S.-based sports-betting and casino-gaming digital-payments provider and mobile-app developer.
It also hosts GeoComply, the fraud-prevention and cybersecurity company that detects location fraud and helps verify a user’s true digital identity. The Las Vegas location will serve as GeoComply’s U.S. headquarters; their global headquarters will remain in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The combined space is an innovation hub for the companies, both of which have achieved “unicorn” status with valuations exceeding $1 billion. The office is in the same building as UNLV’s Black Fire Innovation, a gaming-industry center for research, development and innovation.
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“Las Vegas is a natural home for our U.S. headquarters and being at Black Fire is a hub to unite innovative technology and hospitality within the U.S. gaming industry,” said Anna Sainsbury, co-founder and CEO of GeoComply. “The region’s large pool of experienced gaming-industry professionals allows us to recruit top-level talent who know compliance, gaming operations, the experiences players want, and how to innovate within a highly regulated market. Being in Las Vegas also gives our team easy access to our customers, so we can connect, collaborate, and problem solve.”
Dignitaries attending the ribbon-cutting event included UNLV President Dr. Keith Whitfield, U.S. Representative Susie Lee, UNLV Vice President of Economic Development Bo Bernhard, staff from the local offices of U.S. Representatives Dina Titus and Steven Horsford, and leaders from across the gaming industry.
“It is nothing short of incredible to see how Las Vegas has transformed into a tech hub since Sightline was founded a dozen years ago,” said Sightline co-founder and co-CEO Omer Sattar. “Having our offices within UNLV and their Black Fire Innovation center will help ensure we have the resources necessary to continue to grow, innovate, and deliver for our clients.”
Joe Pappano, Sightline co-CEO, said they wanted a new office to provide employees a great space and drive the company into a successful next chapter. “This office will provide the Sightline team with a tremendous base of operations to help reach even greater heights.”
