Professor wins IARPA subcontract to improve long-range, whole-body biometric identification
A West Virginia University (WVU) professor has earned a four-year, $750,000 subcontract to refine the collection of whole-body biometric data…
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Vida raises over $47M to address digital ID in Southeast Asia, investment market still hot
Vida, an Indonesian digital identity startup, raised $47.67 million in a funding round to help it meet the rising demand…
Government digital identity projects hit milestones as next-generation approaches weighed
Developments in face biometrics applications, legal wrangling and databases inspired several of the most widely-read stories on Biometric Update this…
Certn nets $50M investment for biometric background screening
Certn has raised US$50 million in a series B round to invest in its product line, which verifies identities with face…
Many small investments add up to $17m for biometric gun maker Biofire
Firearms with biometric safeties have been discussed for years with little to show for the brainstorming. But this week, a…
ProofID receives $18.5M investment, plans to expand Ping Identity delivery partnership
ProofID, an identity and access management service provider that integrates Ping Identity’s solution, received a £15 million (approximately $18.5 million) investment…
Identitypass raises $2.8M for biometric identity verification across Africa
Lagos-based Identitypass has raised $2.8 million in Seed funding, which the company says will help meet its goals of extending its…
Payments startup gets $2.85M in pre-seed for multi-biometric ID platform
Wink, a Texas company, has raised $2.85 million in pre-seed funding for its payments and biometric identity platform that combines…
Face biometrics performance advances with new algorithm, benchmarks
Face biometrics testing takes an outsized place among the week’s top headlines on Biometric Update, while commercial progress and big-money…
New startup and product investments seek to capitalize on biometric access control successes
From dasGate registering soccer spectators in Spain to a South African solution performing employee sobriety checks, a new product debut…
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