The fingerprint scanning technology startup has secured $7m from Aviation Industry Corporation of China as it seeks to expand into the US.

Aerospace company Aviation Industry Corporation of China has invested $7m of series A funding in Vkansee Technology, a China-based developer of fingerprint scanner technology for digital devices, Dow Jones has reported.

Vkansee claims to have created sensor with four times better resolution than those made by the likes of Apple or Samsung. The startup moved into new headquarters in Beijing last month and plans to open an office in New York soon.