Bahrain’s FACEKI facial recognition authentication technology has received seed funding from Nama Ventures, Vision Ventures, and other well-known angel investors. Dr. Mustafa Marhama, Hamza Al-Ghatam, and Nabeel Radhi founded FACEKI in March of 2020.
The platform’s certified liveness and anti-spoofing detection technologies, which help confirm whether users are who they state they are, are powered by AI and machine learning to decrease the time and expense of the onboarding process while protecting customers and businesses.
Nawaf Al Kooheji, CEO of Tenmou, commented: “We’re very proud in investing in local AI platform that allows many other startups and even government entities to stop relying on different devices to provide biometric solutions to customers. We in Tenmou, encourage all AI startups which follows Bahrain’s plans to digital transformation, regulatory framework, and digital infrastructure development.”
Faceki is a specialist at streamlining user journeys and combating fraud to produce safer, more efficient customer experiences.
Hamza Al-Ghatam, Co-founder and CEO of FACEKI concluded: “We aspire to provide a more convenient and frictionless verification solution to help make customer onboarding experience simple, safe and more secure. We are delighted to have Tenmou as an investor and a partner, with the aim to help us accelerate technology innovation, and reach new markets globally.”