Facial Recognition Tech Startup Face.com Raises $4.3M From Yandex And Others

Yandex , operator of Russia's largest search engine, has invested in Tel-Aviv based facial recognition technology startup Face.com , marking its first investment in an Israeli company. In total, Face.com has raised $4.3 million in Series B funding in a round led by previous investor Rhodium . The news was first reported by TheMarker (in Hebrew) but we've confirmed the news with a Yandex representative, who declined to say how much it is investing in the startup.