Digital Identity Friday Five: May 17, 2024

Covering the most interesting news for the week of May 11 to May 17

Today is Friday, May 17. Here are five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week

But first PEAK IDV DEMO DAY ** BEST OF SHOW ** announcement!

Over 500 votes were cast across nine innovative companies! It was a close race but there can BE only ONE!

Congratulations to Marta Morrás Ruiz & Veridas for securing BEST OF SHOW!

Votes for Veridas were followed closely by runners up Keyless & Anonybit!

1/ Marketplace Risk Conference 2024 is a Wrap!

A number of digital identity companies were in attendance at this year’s Marketplace Risk Management Conference in San Francisco

Represented #IDV companies included Incognia, elephant, Incode, Prove, Sardine, Socure, TransUnion and more

2/ Data Zoo Secures $22.7 Million in Series A Funding

Data Zoo announced $22.7M (AU$35M) in Series A funding from Ellerston JAADE Australian Private Assets Fund, an Ellerston Capital fund

In 2024, Data Zoo has also made a number of C-suite appointments of industry veterans Charlie Minutella (CEO), Jon Jones (CRO), and Michael Ramsbacker (CPO/CTO)

3/ Mitek Systems Announces CEO Transition

Mitek announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Scott Carter as Interim CEO, effective June 1, 2024

More details in the company’s press release and company filing below

4/ Sumsub Expands Its Non-Doc Verification Solution to More Countries

Sumsub announced its Non-Document Identity Verification solution is now available in Norway and Denmark, making it now accessible to over 2.9 billion people across four continents – Africa, Eurasia, North and South America

5/ Detected Announces KYB Copilot

Detected Co-founder & CEO Liam Chennells announced Copilot, along with an updated brand identity and website

*** LINKS

DEMO DAY VIDEOS: https://www.peakidv.com/live 

MARKETPLACE RISK: https://www.marketplacerisk.com/conference 

DATA ZOO: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/data-zoo-secures-22-7-million-in-series-a-funding-from-ellerston-jaade-to-fuel-global-expansion-302144371.html

MITEK: https://www.miteksystems.com/press-releases/mitek-announces-ceo-transition

MITK 8-K FILING: https://investors.miteksystems.com/node/14926/html 

SUMSUB: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sumsub-expands-its-non-doc-verification-solution-to-more-countries-reaching-widest-coverage-on-the-market-302147263.html

DETECTED: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/liamchennells_today-is-an-important-milestone-for-us-and-activity-7196888831244009472-RnTn 

DETECTED SITE: https://www.detected.co/copilot