Onfido's latest round of funding was led by Salesforce's venture capital arm and Japanese financial group SBI. :
Identity verification start-up Onfido says it's raised $50 million from investors including Salesforce and Microsoft. The firm's software validates a person's identity by taking their selfie and applying a mix of machine learning and human fraud experts to match their face with a government-issued ID. Its latest round of funding, announced Wednesday, was led by Salesforce's venture capital arm and Japanese financial group SBI, with additional backing from Microsoft's venture unit and others.