CertifID is the leading wire fraud protection platform for real estate, combining advanced software, direct insurance, and proven fraud recovery services. The platform protects title companies, law firms, lenders, agents, consumers, and others, offering up to $5 million in direct coverage per transaction and safeguarding billions of dollars every month. CertifID leverages AI-powered detection alongside human expertise to verify identities, monitor transactions, and recover funds; to date it has verified over 1 million mortgage payoffs, prevented $1.3 billion in losses last year, and returned more than $100 million to fraud victims. The company plans to expand capabilities across identity verification, transaction monitoring, and secure payments while deepening investment in the human expertise that complements its technology. CertifID will also grow its team, expand partnerships, and accelerate the rollout of new security features. These initiatives are intended to keep the company ahead of evolving fraud tactics and enable confident movement of money in high-risk, high-value transactions. CertifID provides wire fraud protection through a portfolio of software, insurance, and recovery services. The company safeguards billions of dollars every month from fraud and offers up to $1M in direct coverage on every wire it protects. Its customers include title companies, law firms, lenders, realtors, home buyers and sellers. CertifID will use the new growth financing to expand its portfolio of wire fraud prevention services and pursue further business expansion. The company is addressing fraud prevention needs in the real estate market and is partnering with CIBC Innovation Banking to support its next phase of growth. CertifID offers wire fraud protection software, insurance, and proven recovery services for real estate participants, including title companies, law firms, lenders, realtors, and consumers. The company recently launched PayoffProtect, its most successful new product to date, and reports it doubled its customer base in the past year. CertifID says it safeguards billions of dollars every month from attempted fraud and provides up to $1M in direct coverage on every wire it protects. The company has helped recover over $60M in stolen funds for victims. CertifID has forged enterprise partnerships such as with fintech leader Acrisure and positions itself as a frontline defense against growing real estate wire fraud. The business highlights industry trends showing a sharp rise in business email compromise and fraud despite housing market cyclicality. CertifID provides a digital identity and device verification platform integrated with leading title production software to eliminate manual processes in title and escrow workflows. The product is used by title companies, law firms, lenders, realtors, and home buyers and sellers to prevent wire fraud at scale. The company reports handling tens of thousands of transfers with zero insurance claims and says it helps safeguard billions of dollars every month. Built by title company owners and wire fraud victims, CertifID is positioned as a purpose-built solution for the industry’s biggest risk. In May 2022 CertifID raised a $12.5M Series A to fuel growth and further optimize its product. The company continues to expand integrations and adoption across the title and real estate ecosystem. CertifID offers a wire-fraud prevention platform that authenticates transactional parties and securely shares sensitive banking information. Its technology uses proprietary digital device analysis and knowledge-based authentication sequencing and the company provides a guarantee up to $500,000 per transaction. The product was developed after founders Tom Cronkright and Lawrence Duthler (owners of Sun Title) and Tyler Adams experienced or witnessed costly social-engineering fraud in the industry. CertifID was founded in 2017 and the team says it will launch the technology out of Grand Rapids. The company announced it raised $1.7 million in a seed financing round that was initiated and oversubscribed within two days. Leadership and investors described the product as highly relevant with strong go-to-market timing.

Total raised

$82M

Funding rounds

5

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Jul 2025