Biometric authentification company Bionym has secured $14m from a series A round backed by Salesforce.com and MasterCard.

Canada-based security technology developer Bionym has received $14m in a series A round that included Salesforce Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of cloud computing company Salesforce.com, and payment services firm MasterCard.

Venture capital firms Ignition Partners and Relay Ventures, and export credit agency Export Development Canada also took part in the round.

Bionym produces a wearable security device, Nymi, which provides identity authentication using a person’s cardiac rhythm. Nymi is set to be released later this year, and the capital…