# Baselayer

> Baselayer provides business identity verification, credit-risk signals and fraud intelligence through a web console and API. Banks, fintechs, lenders and payment platforms use it to onboard and underwrite businesses, search legal records and monitor risk. Its 2026 Agentic Identity Suite extends verification to software agents and the people or businesses authorizing them.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Jonathan Awad (Co-Founder & CEO), Timothy Hyde (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Products:** Business Verification and KYB Rating, Industry Prediction, Liens, Lawsuits and Bankruptcies, Website Analysis and Social Media & Reviews, Identity Network and Fraud Consortium
- **Notable:** Breakout Finance reports greater than 98% lien-hit matching versus roughly 70% for its prior vendor in a 100-file test., OatFi reports 52% fewer KYB manual reviews and an 88.5% recovery rate for businesses missed by previous vendors., Breakout Finance reports a production rollout in 72 hours.

## Products & services

- **Business Verification and KYB Rating** — Entity matching, registration and tax-identity checks, with an explainable business-verification rating.
- **Industry Prediction** — AI classification using business records and online signals.
- **Liens, Lawsuits and Bankruptcies** — Legal-record searches and enterprise UCC lien filing.
- **Website Analysis and Social Media & Reviews** — Online-presence signals to enrich business due diligence.
- **Identity Network and Fraud Consortium** — Inquiry patterns and institution-contributed confirmed fraud events tied to business identities.
- **Portfolio Monitoring** — Configurable alerts for sanctions, fraud, adverse events and entity changes.
- **Risk Co.Pilot** — AI-assisted risk investigation and underwriting workflows.
- **Business Pre.Fill** — Matches applicants to business records to reduce form friction.
- **Agentic Identity Suite** — Know Your Agent, MCP access, counterparty verification and a trusted registry connect agents with verified principals.

## Achievements

- Breakout Finance reports greater than 98% lien-hit matching versus roughly 70% for its prior vendor in a 100-file test.
- OatFi reports 52% fewer KYB manual reviews and an 88.5% recovery rate for businesses missed by previous vendors.
- Breakout Finance reports a production rollout in 72 hours.
- Announced a $35 million Series A and Agentic Identity Suite in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Named former Amount executive Craig Rismiller Head of Growth.
- **2026-09** — Announced a $35 million Series A led by M13 and launched its Agentic Identity Suite.

## Links

- Website: https://baselayer.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/baselayerhq/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Baselayerhq

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Last updated: 2026-10-05