Veridium, a provider of strong authentication solutions using biometrics instead of passwords and tokens, closed a Series B funding round of $16.5 million led by UK entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Spencer, with participation from Citrix Systems, Inc. and financial services executive and investor Michael Powell.
Security startup Trust Stamp closed a new round of financing from Second Century Ventures. Trust Stamp provides enterprises and consumers with biometric solutions, including 50 customizable authentication micro-services. Its facial biometrics seek to create a secure digital identity that can be augmented by proprietary data sources
According to a recent SEC filing, HyPR has raised $7.9 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. HYPR provides enterprises an end-to-end solution for deploying decentralized biometric authentication. The company's software is integrated into employee and customer-facing applications to deliver secure password-less experiences across all mobile, desktop