KZero Passwordless

CybersecurityMontreal, QC

Montreal company developing a multi-tenant passwordless authentication suite for MSPs and IT teams: passkey and biometric login, a password manager with no master password, passwordless single sign-on and phishing-resistant MFA.

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About

Company site: kzero.com

Montreal company developing a multi-tenant passwordless authentication suite for MSPs and IT teams: passkey and biometric login, a password manager with no master password, passwordless single sign-on and phishing-resistant MFA.

  • Awarded a Shared Services Canada contract (March 2025) under an Innovative Solutions Canada call, to test its Multi-Pass passwordless products; the amount was not disclosed. kzero.com

  • Its passwordless SSO is sold to MSPs with multi-tenant client isolation and month-to-month, pay-as-you-grow pricing. kzero.com

  • Operates as KZero Passwordless Inc., a federal corporation incorporated on November 25, 2025, with its registered office in Montreal. ised-isde.canada.ca

Products & Services

Company site: kzero.com

Products KZero Passwordless publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

KZero Passwordless Authentication

Passwordless authentication

Replaces passwords with device-bound passkeys unlocked by fingerprint or face biometrics, using public-key cryptography where the private key stays on the user's device or smartcard.

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Biometric Password Manager

Password manager

Password vault with no master password, unlocked by biometrics; fills credentials without exposing them to the user and flags weak, reused and breached passwords.

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Passwordless Single Sign-On (SSO)

Single sign-on

Multi-tenant SSO for MSPs using passkeys, biometrics and FIDO2, connecting applications over SAML/OIDC, with device self-enrollment.

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Partnerships

Publicly announced partnerships.

TNO

Co-leads the Eureka ITEA Secur-e-Health consortium with Dutch research organisation TNO, integrating digital ID and privacy-preserving analysis for health data.

Government & Grants

Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.

  1. Innovation Assistance Program (COVID-19), NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (awarded to Kelvin Zero Inc.) — contribution

  2. Innovation Assistance Program (COVID-19), NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (awarded to Kelvin Zero Inc.) — contribution

  3. Innovation Assistance Program (COVID-19), NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (awarded to Kelvin Zero Inc.) — contribution

  4. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (awarded to Kelvin Zero Inc.) — contribution

  5. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (awarded to Kelvin Zero Inc.) — contribution

  6. Industrial Research Assistance Program (Eureka ITEA Secur-e-Health project), National Research Council Canada (awarded to Kelvin Zero Inc.) — contribution

  7. CanExport SMEs, Government of Canada (agreement administered by NRC IRAP) (awarded to Kelvin Zero Inc.) — contribution

  8. Innovative Solutions Canada, with Shared Services Canada (awarded to Kelvin Zero Inc.) — testing-stream contract

Recent News

  1. Mar 24, 2025Contract

    KZero Passwordless Awarded Contract with Shared Services Canada to Test Innovative Passwordless Solutions

    KZero Passwordless announced a Shared Services Canada contract following its qualification under an Innovative Solutions Canada call for proposals, to test its Multi-Pass passwordless products in a research-driven context. No contract value was stated.

Technology Focus

Company site: kzero.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Passwordless authenticationPasskeysPhishing-resistant MFABiometric password manager

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