Market difficulties take Tascent
(Tascent multi-modal biometrics scanners in use at Woodlands Checkpoint in Singapore last July.) Multimodal biometric identification company Tascent has folded….
funding - biometrics topics
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Oleria nets $8M for context-based, adaptive authentication in the enterprise
Adaptive, identity-first security is the way of the future, according to Oleria — the enterprise access management firm that, this…
Cybernetica researcher wins grant to study soft spots in digital identity
Cybernetica Senior Researcher Peeter Laud has won a research grant for 769,600 Euros (approximately US$812,000) from the Estonian Research Council…
Lloyds Banking Group invests £10M in Yoti for new digital ID for all to launch this year
London-based digital identity provider Yoti is getting a £10 million (US$11.9 million) investment from Lloyds Banking Group to support new…
Kenya Huduma Namba funding almost entirely cut as UPI, digital birth registration begins
The identity landscape in Kenya continues to shift as birth registration goes digital on 1 March and funding for Huduma…
Vouched seeks more growth after $6.3M in venture funding
Identity verifier Vouched says it has closed a $6.3 million round of funding led by BHG VC, SpringRock Ventures. Vouched…
Evrotrust digital ID and e-signature customer takes stake for €2.5M
Evrotrust has raised 2.5 million euros (roughly US$2.7 million) in funding from a customer ahead of a planned series A…
$1M funding for homeland security tech, biometrics for US, Israel firms via BIRD Foundation
U.S. and Israeli firms pitching innovative solutions for homeland security (HLS), including biometrics, could receive funding of up to US$1…
Digital ID firms close two seeds and a series B funding round. One of them is a giant
The pipeline for early investments in biometric identity companies is nothing to dismiss. While jumbo series C through E deals…
Authentication startup in France closes €2M seed round for US expansion
French biometric authentication startup ShareID has closed a €2 million (US$2.14 million) seed round of funding led by a French-American…
