Alcatraz founder’s AI vehicle inspection startup raises $10M
Vince Gaydarzhiev, founder and president of biometric access control company Alcatraz AI, has raised $10 million for his second venture,…
Trade Notes
Trade notes refers to significant developments in the biometrics industry. This includes corporate appointments, venture capital, funding, mergers, acquisitions, litigation and launches.
Self brings identity verification to universal basic compute initiative
As governments begin treating AI compute as a public resource, identity verification is becoming the mechanism for allocating it. UNICEF…
Intellicheck reports steady growth and prepares for major customer transition
Intellicheck’s physical and digital identity validation revenue was up by 16 percent on a year-over-year basis to $5.9 million in…
Precise Biometrics’ rights issue raises SEK 100M but tops out at 91%
Investors have picked up 91 percent of the rights issue Precise Biometrics announced last month hoping to raise 110 million…
Executive appointments reflect digital identity sector’s commercial expansion
A series of executive appointments across the biometrics and digital identity industry suggests vendors are strengthening leadership teams as they…
Socure hits $364M ARR in Q2 on strong cross-sector growth
Socure has reported strong partial financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2026, with $37 million in new bookings,…
Signicat certified for IDV, digital identity orchestration in UK by Kantara
Signicat’s technology for biometric identity verification and ID document validation with NFC scans, ReadID, has been certified for the UK’s…
Toppan gains ISO privacy certification for MyAnchor data platform
Toppan has received ISO/IEC 27701 privacy management certification for its MyAnchor platform that allows individuals to manage their personal information…
OpenID opens certification for digital ID issuance, verification protocols
Digital wallet providers, digital identity and credential issuers, verifiers and government agencies can now use test suites developed by the…
SQR folds under funding pressure amid UK’s uncertain digital ID landscape
Isle of Man-based digital identity service provider SQR is winding down operations. The decision following a failure to secure funding…
