Microsoft and Salesforce have participated in a series C round for Onfido, an identity verification service also backed by University of Oxford.
Onfido, the UK-based developer of a background and credentials checking service, received $30m in series C funding from investors including software provider Microsoft and enterprise software producer Salesforce.
The corporates, which participated through corporate venturing subsidiaries Microsoft Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, were joined by venture capital firm Crane Venture Partners, which led the round, as well as unnamed existing investors.
Founded in 2012, Onfido enables companies to digitally verify a user’s identity by using machine learning to analyse an identification document and…