Notarize

Notarize, the world’s largest online notary network, is launching Proof, a new company and platform for digital identity verifications. Beginning in August, Notarize’s business tools will be rebranded to Proof,…

Notarize launches Proof to ensure safe online transactions

Hey Siri, when does a “macroeconomic downturn” become a “recession”? It’s another bleak week for startups weathering dismal tech stocks and even worse cryptocurrency prices. But let’s start with some…

Layoffs hit crypto and real estate tech particularly hard this week

Notarize, a startup that offers remote online notarization services, has let go of 110 people — or 25% of its workforce. Doing the math, the 7-year-old, Boston-based company had about…

Notarize signs off on 25% staff reduction, admits challenging fundraising environment

When the world shifted toward virtual one year ago, one service in particular saw heated demand: remote online notarization. The ability to get a document notarized without leaving one’s home…

Notarize raises $130M, tripling valuation on the back of 600% YoY revenue growth

Venture funds have been springing up everywhere in recent years. But a decade ago, it was far more difficult to build a new venture brand far away from a tech…

Detroit’s Ludlow Ventures goes for fund four

Notarize, the platform that enables digital notarizations, announced that it is adding 1,000 notaries to address demand as more Americans are ordered to shelter in place because of the COVID-19…

Notarize to add 1,000 online notaries to address demand for remote transactions

Cyan Banister is an American success story. A homeless teenager who originally supported herself by making hemp necklaces, then silk-screen T-shirts, she went on to become a self-taught engineer and…

VC Cyan Banister on who decides what at Founders Fund (and much more)

Notarize, a startup that enables people to get documents notarized online, announced today that it has partnered with Guaranteed Rate, one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the U.S.…

Notarize and Guaranteed Rate partner on new product that allows homebuyers to complete the entire closing process online