According to the World Bank in 2017, over 1,1 billion people are invisible in the eyes of the world. Simprints wants to open up the world’s eyes.
Because over 1.1 billion people worldwide lack formal identification, preventing access to essential services for the people who need them most, Simprints is building open source software and biometric hardware to empower mobile tools used by researchers, non-government organizations, and governments fighting poverty around the world. They are a nonprofit tech company building low-cost, rugged fingerprint scanners for frontline workers. Their technology integrates seamlessly with the mobile platforms used across healthcare, finance, education, and beyond. Simprints originates from the University of Cambridge and seeks to break the identification bottleneck. Recognizing a significant gap in current biometric technology, their team is building an affordable, secure, rugged, open-source fingerprint system that works in the world’s…