TECH5 develops multi-modal biometric technologies for contactless identity verification, utilizing AI-driven face, fingerprint, and iris recognition. Their solutions address the need for secure and inclusive digital identity management across various applications, from credential issuance to biometric authentication.
Funding
$20.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Many organizations struggle with secure and inclusive digital identity management, particularly in scenarios requiring contactless verification. Traditional methods often lack the ability to prevent fraud, such as photo substitution on printed documents, and may not be easily accessible or scalable for large populations.
Solution
TECH5 develops multi-modal biometric technologies, including AI-driven face, fingerprint, and iris recognition, to provide contactless identity verification solutions. Their offerings include platforms for digital ID issuance, biometric matching, and liveness detection, addressing the full identity lifecycle from digital onboarding to offline biometric verification. TECH5's technologies are designed to be interoperable and compliant with open standards, enabling seamless integration into existing identity management ecosystems. The company's solutions aim to enhance security, reduce fraud, and promote digital and financial inclusion by providing accessible and reliable identity verification methods.
Target Audience
TECH5's primary customers include government entities, telecom operators, financial institutions, and organizations requiring secure and inclusive digital identity management solutions for national ID programs, eGovernment services, and digital onboarding processes.
Features
- **T5-OmniMatch ABIS:** A multi-biometric platform for large-scale identification projects, supporting face, fingerprint, and iris recognition with built-in security features like data encryption and decoupled data stores.
- **T5-IDencode:** A platform for digital ID issuance and management, utilizing T5-Cryptograph technology to package and encrypt demographic data, face images, and biometric templates into a secure, offline-verifiable digital container.
- **T5-FaceLink:** A biometric-based security feature that protects facial images on printed identity documents from alteration or substitution by embedding a biometric face representation within a high-density code.
- **T5-LDS (Liveness Detection System):** An AI-powered technology for real-time passive liveness checks of face and fingerprint images, preventing spoofing attacks such as the use of recorded videos or masks.
- **T5-AirSnap:** Contactless biometric acquisition and liveness detection technologies for face and fingerprint modalities, enabling capture using standard mobile device cameras.
- **OSIA Compliance:** T5-OmniMatch ABIS Biometric Engine is compliant with the identity-related categories of APIs of the OSIA ITU standard (ITU-T Recommendation) for the global infrastructure of information and communication technologies (ICT).
- **Mobile Applications:** Mobile applications for iOS and Android with built-in OCR and NFC technologies for document data reading and verification during digital onboarding.