Thursday, June 21, 2018

Truepic Finds $8M For Photo Verification Software

San Diego-based startup Truepic, a developer of software which "notarizes" digital photos for authenticity, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company announced on Thursday. The funding came from Dowling Capital Partners; Jeffrey Parker (co-founder of FirstCall & former CEO of Thomson Financial); Andrew "Flip" Filipowski (Founder and CEO of Platinum Technology and SilkRoad Technology); and William Sahlman, along with others. Truepic says that its customers include Reddit and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). The company says photos taken with the Truepic app cannot be altered, filtered or modified in any way. The company was founded by Craig Stack and Jeff McGregor.

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