Mobile fraud protection startup Paygilant secures investment to expand to US
Behavioral biometrics technology developer Paygilant has secured a $750,000 investment from Connecticut’s venture capital arm Connecticut Innovations (CI). The Israeli…
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HYPR closes $18.3M funding round led by Comcast Ventures
HYPR has closed a $18.3 Million Series B financing round led by Comcast Ventures. Additional investors in this round include…
Contactless biometric border platform boosts Idemia’s Asia Pacific growth
Idemia is boosting its investment and scalability in the APAC region through its border processing capability platform for seamless travel…
Passbase raises €3.3M in Seed funding to challenge biometric IAM market with privacy protection
Digital identity startup Passbase has raised €3.3 million (US$3.6 million) in a Seed funding round to fuel the development of…
Syntizen gets backing from Mastercard and ACPL for Aadhaar-based digital ID product
Digital identity provider Syntizen Technologies has received pre-Series A funding from Mastercard and ACPL to strengthen its Aadhaar-based product offering…
FacePhi secures €4M to provide biometrics to global fintech markets
FacePhi has secured €4 million (US$4.4 million) in funding from Swiss investment company Nice&Green to boost adoption of the company’s…
Canadian biometrics company BioConnect receives $4M in government funding
Government entity FedDev Ontario has announced an investment of almost $4 million in Toronto-based biometric authentication and security platform BioConnect,…
Nigeria to receive $433M from World Bank for biometric national ID registration
The World Bank is pouring $433 million (N1.5 trillion) in support into the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria’s…
Continental invests in Cartica AI to accelerate object detection for autonomous driving systems
Transport technology company Continental AG has acquired a minority stake in Cartica AI, which develops algorithms for accelerating machine learning…
Yoti to expand global biometrics business after $10M investment at over $100M valuation
Yoti has raised £8.7 million (US$10.6 million) in new equity investment, according to EU Startups, and intends to use the…
