Alex Chesterman backs property fraud prevention firm, Thirdfort

Alex Chesterman, the known Founder of property portal giant, Zoopla, is investing in a new company which looks to prevent property transaction frauds and money laundering within the real estate industry

Thirdfort, which has raised a seed round of £700,000, has an app which combines document scanning and facial recognition technology with open banking.

It streamlines identity and source of funds checks carried out by conveyancers – and claims to be able to do so in minutes.

The idea for the business came about when the founders’ friend was defrauded out of £25,000 when purchasing a property, a type of fraud which according to the Land Registry has increased 20-fold since 2015.

Over the past year, FCA regulated Thirdfort has launched its product to the conveyancing market, achieving well over 1,000 app downloads per month, and having grown its team to 11 permanent employees.

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