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KC’s EyeVerify wins int’l Get in the Ring, chance for $1.4M investment
At the final round of the international Get in the Ring competition on Friday, EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush made his entrance with Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” playing in the background. That evening Rush went head-to-head with startups from around the world and proved he could handle the “thrill of the fight” as the Kansas…
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EyeVerify knocks out Get in the Ring win, Travefy grabs second
Two Silicon Prairie startups entered the Get in the Ring finals Monday night along with six other companies. They ended the night tops in the country. EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush, presenting in the smartphone biometrics startup’s hometown of Kansas City, had the crowd behind him from the first bell, winning the overall competition and fan…
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EyeVerify gets in the ring tonight, starting with a tailgate at Kauffman
Kansas City biometrics startup EyeVerify has made it a long way—one of eight finalists from a pool of 283 entrants—in the U.S. version of Get in the Ring, but the company still needs one final push. To prep for the big night, the Kansas City Startup Village has put together a tailgate that runs from…
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EyeVerify, Travefy make final cut for national Get in the Ring competition
Two Silicon Prairie startups have seen 275 others from around the United States get knocked out. Now Kansas City, Kan.-based EyeVerify and Lincoln, Neb.-based Travefy are part of the final eight startups that lasted for the “Get in the Ring: The American Startup Clash” pitch competition. The final eight will be judged by a panel…
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EyeVerify’s Toby Rush: Kansas City startup scene is “worth bragging on”
When it comes to finding talented team members, Toby Rush, CEO of Kansas City-based startup EyeVerify, believes he doesn’t need to look any further than his own backyard. In an installment of the Wall Street Journal’s Accelerators series—where startup mentors discuss strategies for and challenges of starting a business—published today, Rush wrote about his experiences finding entrepreneurial…
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EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush happy to be honest with young startups
Toby Rush has just about seen it all in when it comes to startups, first in growing Rush Tracking Systems to a cash sale in 2011, and now as CEO of EyeVerify, which develops biometrics software. He recently spoke with the Kansas City Business Journal about how he’s tried to pass those …
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Watch EyeVerify, Banno demo their wares at bank tech event Finovate
Kansas City-based EyeVerify and Cedar Falls, Iowa-based Banno recently showcased their work at Finovate, a conference devoted to financial and banking technology. Their presentations, which took place May 14 in San Francisco, are now posted on the Finovate site, which we’ve linked to below. EyeVerify’s Toby Rush, CEO, and Chris Barnett, executive vice …
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EyeVerify raises $2.3m Series A round, sees use in banking sector
On the eve of its first Finovate appearance, Kansas City startup EyeVerify today announced it closed a $2.3 million Series A round and will begin offering its mobile authentication software to banks, investment firms, payment systems and others in the banking and financial services sectors. Investors in this round include Think Big Ventures and Nebraska…
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No fooling, EyeVerify solidifies spoof detection with third patent
EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush is “excited to lead the charge” in mobile identity protection, and he just got reinforcements via a third patent and third-party accuracy validation. The Kansas City area startup today announced that it has received a patent for spoof detection, which ensures the company’s biometric authentication—using smartphone cameras to image and match…
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EyeVerify sees past original accuracy mark, starts beta
EyeVerify has even better vision than before as it starts a private beta program to test its mobile authentication software. The Kansas City, Mo. startup whose software scans a user’s “eyeprint”—the blood veins pattern in the whites of one’s eyes—to authenticate their use of a mobile device, recently announced results from a test of its…