Facia raises $1.2M for R&D, international expansion and passes iBeta liveness test

UK startup Facia has raised $1.2 million in an early funding round, with plans to invest in liveness detection capabilities to layer with its facial recognition. The investment comes on the heels of passing a presentation attack detection test by iBeta Quality Assurance.

The funding round was led by angel investor Programmers Force, which is an AI development company based in the UK. Facia was founded in 2022, and Crunchbase does not list any previous funding.

Facia plans to …

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