近日，英国背景调查公司Onfido宣布，在新一轮融资中获得了5,000万美元的资金。该轮投资由SBI Investment和Salesforce Ventures领投，M12(前身为Microsoft Ventures)和FinVC跟投。截至目前，Onfido的总融资超过1亿美元。

 

　　Onfido的首席执行官兼联合创始人Husayn Kassai表示：“我们每天都会看到新的数据泄露事件，导致数百万人的私人数据最终落入暗网。有了这笔新的资金，我们就可以用更多的方式保护更多国家的企业免受欺诈的影响。我们还将扩大技术范围，使没有信用记录的人能够得到他们急需的在线服务。”

 

　　Husayn Kassai补充说：“我们的技术验证了用户身份证件的真实性，并将其与面部生物识别特征进行比较。我们的人工智能学会了识别随着时间的推移而发生的欺诈行为，使我们的客户能够在保护自己免受欺诈侵害的同时快速吸引更多用户。我们的目标是应用尖端研究来构建强大，简单的产品，在线推动信任、包容和安全。”

 

　　据了解，此次投资将加速实现Onfido使用人工智能来标准化企业以可扩展和安全的方式验证身份的目标。它还将帮助Onfido巩固其在美国的核心市场，加速Onfido向欧洲和东南亚在内的高增长地区的扩张，以及推动产品开发。

 

　　Global Identity Verification Provider Onfido Secures $50 Million Through Latest Funding Round Led By SBI Investment

 

　　(Apr.10, 2019, /Crowdfundinsider/)Onfido, a global identity verification provider, announced on Wednesday it has secured $50 million through its latest investment round, bringing the total investment in the company to over $100 million. According to Onfido, the round was led by SBI Investment and Salesforce Ventures, with support from M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures), and FinVC.

 

　　While sharing more details about the company and the latest investment round, Husayn Kassai, CEO and co-founder, Onfido,

 

　　“We’re seeing new data breaches occur every day, resulting in millions of people’s private data ending up on the dark web. With this new funding, we can protect more businesses, in more countries—and in more ways—from the effects of fraud. We’ll also be able to expand the reach of our technology so that people without a credit history can finally access the online services they badly need.”

 

　　“Our technology verifies the authenticity of a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. As a global innovator in the Computer Vision space, our AI learns to identity fraud as it evolves over time, enabling our clients to rapidly onboard more users while protecting themselves against fraudulent activity. Our goal is to apply cutting-edge research to build powerful, simple products that drive trust, inclusion and safety online.”

 

 

　　Onfido added that the investment will accelerate its goal of using AI to standardize the way businesses verify identities in a scalable and secure way. It will also help Onfido consolidate its core market in the U.S., accelerate its expansion into high-growth regions including Europe and South-East Asia, as well as advancing product development.