Dono raises $6.5M to digitize fragmented US property records

The title sector is plagued by antiquated and fragmented record systems that delay closings and increase costs. Dono wants to change that.

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An AI-powered property records platform focused on modernizing how ownership data is verified in the U.S. has raised fresh capital as demand grows from title companies, lenders and real estate investors.

Dono announced Tuesday that it secured a $6.5 million seed round, bringing total funding to $10.2 million. The round was led by Link Ventures, with participation from lool VC and Alumni Ventures. The company says the funding will support geographic expansion and continued development of its automation infrastructure.

The startup is tackling a longstanding structural challenge in real estate: ownership verification still depends on fragmented, county-level record systems that date back centuries. While other financial markets operate on a unified digital rail, U.S. property records are spread across more than 3,700 counties, many of which rely on paper-based or inconsistent digital archives.

That fragmentation has real transaction consequences. Industry estimates show roughly 14 percent of closings are delayed — often by several days — due to title-related issues. As transaction timelines compress and operational expectations rise, title and lending professionals increasingly face pressure to verify ownership faster without sacrificing accuracy.

Dono began by working with title underwriters and national agencies, where manual record searches and legacy “title plants” remain labor-intensive and expensive. The company says demographic shifts are adding urgency. More than half of the title workforce is expected to retire by 2030, intensifying capacity concerns.

“The gap isn’t just technology. Plenty of tools exist. But they aren’t built on modern infrastructure,” said Dono CEO Tali Gross. “Our mission is to fundamentally improve the home closing experience by giving everyone involved—title professionals, lenders, buyers, servicers—the certainty they need without the friction that’s been accepted as ‘just how it works’ for decades.”

Rather than replacing existing workflows, Dono positions its platform as an infrastructure layer that aggregates county data, extracts ownership information using AI, and delivers structured records through configurable interfaces or APIs. The system also incorporates human verification, a safeguard the company says is essential in a compliance-heavy industry.

According to Dono, customers using the platform have reported faster turnaround times and increased processing capacity without proportional staffing increases. The company argues that this scalability is critical as firms expand into additional jurisdictions, where traditional title research models typically require more personnel to maintain throughput.

With the new funding, Dono plans to expand county-level coverage — currently spanning more than 700 jurisdictions — with a stated goal of reaching nearly half of the U.S. population by the end of the year. The company is also extending its platform into adjacent markets, including mortgage servicing and real estate investment operations.

Dono is headquartered in Tel Aviv with U.S. operations based in Palm Beach, Florida.

For real estate professionals, the broader trend reflects continued investment in infrastructure technology to reduce friction in the closing pipeline. It’s an area that remains one of the industry’s most analog bottlenecks despite years of digitization efforts.

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