Winningi (CEO Wooyoung Jung), a contactless biometric authentication technology specialist, was finally selected for the 'Super Gap Startup 1000+ Project' by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (hereinafter referred to as the MSS) in April. Winningi was recognized for its technological prowess and global marketability, and demonstrated its technological prowess on the overseas stage by participating in 'GITEX ASIA Singapore 2025', Asia's largest IT exhibition held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo in Singapore from April 23 to 25.
'Super Gap Startup 1000+' is a representative scale-up program of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to support the global leap of small and medium-sized enterprises with innovative technologies. Winning Eye was finally selected for this project with the task of 'Development of a multi-biometric customer verification (KYC-Know Your Customer) service platform based on legacy fingerprint DB compatibility technology (C2CL: Contact to Contactless) for leading global standards'. The core technology is a multimodal authentication technology that can simultaneously recognize a user's fingerprint and face without contact using only a high-resolution smartphone camera for the first time in the world.
At this year’s GITEX ASIA Singapore 2025, WinningEye showcased differentiated technologies such as ▲ an all-in-one mobile fingerprint authentication and signature verification solution ▲ a non-contact biometric authentication system for emergency patient identification ▲ a legacy fingerprint DB compatibility technology (C2CL: Contact to Contactless) for leading global standards. In particular, the C2CL technology, which provides mutual authentication between existing contact-type fingerprint data and contactless fingerprint data, garnered much attention as it can be immediately applied to KYC (Know Your Customer) services in the financial sector. In addition, “F2shield AI,” a product of the “one-shot, dual authentication” technology that provides enhanced security and convenience with just one recognition, garnered much attention from major buyers in the Middle East and Asia.
Winningi CEO Wooyoung Jeong said, “Our non-contact fingerprint authentication technology has been recognized for its security by obtaining the iBeta PAD Level 1 certification, an international anti-spoofing test from iBeta, an official certification agency of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and has implemented both personal information protection and convenience of use by not storing the original fingerprints. With this selection as an ultra-gap startup 1000+ project and participation in GITEX, we will accelerate the expansion of partnerships and export contracts in UAE, Singapore, and Malaysia.” He added, “We will continue technological innovation with the goal of establishing ourselves as a leading company in the global biometric authentication market by 2026.”
Meanwhile, Winning Eye has been selected for major financial innovation programs in Korea, including Woori Financial Group DINNO Lab, Shinhan Futures Lab, and KB Financial Group KB Starters, and is actively conducting PoC and verification projects related to KYC service platforms for domestic financial institutions and public institutions. It also holds ISO 27001/27701/27017/27018/9001 certifications, and plans to begin full-scale collaboration for entry into the North American and European markets from the second half of 2025.
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