Zwipe raises NOK 120M with market listing expected later this month
Zwipe has successfully raised NOK 120 million (US$14 million) in a substantially over-subscribed new share offering ahead of its planned…
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Computer vision startup alwaysAI raises $4M for IoT development platform
Computer vision startup alwaysAI has closed a $4 million Series A funding round, which it intends to use to broaden…
AnyVision reveals Series A investment details and announces two new offices
AnyVision has revealed that Lightspeed Venture Partners is a leading participant in the $43 million Series A funding round announced…
IPO and $2B funding round could be coming for Chinese AI biometrics unicorns
Megvii is considering making an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange to raise up to $1 billion…
Zwipe receives EUR 2.3M grant to scale and commercialize biometric payment technology
The European Commission has awarded Zwipe a €2.3 million (US$2.6 million) grant under the Horizon 2020 program to fund its…
Startup Acceptto launches biometric and contextual multi-factor authentication platform
Cybersecurity startup Acceptto has emerged from stealth to launch its password-less Cognitive Authentication platform for authentication and identity access management…
Startup Global e·dentity raises funds and receives patent for innovative biometric system
Multi-factor biometrics and digital identity startup Global e·dentity has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…
Syntiant raises $25 million in Series B funding to develop speech processors for edge devices
Artificial intelligence semiconductor company Syntiant Corp. announced that it has raised $25 million in Series B funding to support its…
TSA’s ‘Biometric Roadmap’ may need more funding under new law, former deputy administrator says
While the Transportation Security Administration [TSA] Modernization Act “will guide our efforts to modernize aviation passenger identity verification over the…
Chinese startups take lion’s share as venture capital investment in AI grows 150 percent
Chinese AI startups overtook their U.S. counterparts in new venture capital funding in 2017, raising nearly $5 billion according to…
