The title field suffers from outdated and fragmented recording systems that delay closings and increase costs. Dono wants to change that.
An AI-powered real estate records platform focused on modernizing the way title data is verified in the U.S. has raised new funding due to growing demand from title companies, lenders, and real estate investors.
Dono announced Tuesday that it has secured a $6.5 million seed round, bringing its 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 its geographic expansion and continued development of its automation infrastructure.
The startup is tackling long-standing structural challenges in the real estate industry. Verification of ownership still relies on a fragmented county-level record system dating back centuries. While other financial markets operate on unified digital rails, U.S. real estate records are scattered across more than 3,700 counties, many of which rely on paper-based or inconsistent digital archives.
This fragmentation affects actual transactions. According to industry estimates, approximately 14% of closings are delayed (often by several days) due to title-related issues. As transaction timelines shorten and operational expectations increase, title and financing professionals face increasing pressure to confirm ownership faster without sacrificing accuracy.
Mr. Dono began by working with title underwriters and state agencies where manual record searches and traditional “title plants” remained labor-intensive and expensive. The company says demographic changes are becoming more urgent. More than half of title workers are expected to retire by 2030, raising concerns about production capacity.
“The gap isn’t just in technology. There are a lot of tools out there, but they’re not built on modern infrastructure,” said Dono CEO Tali Gross. “Our mission is to fundamentally improve the home closing experience by providing all parties involved – title professionals, lenders, buyers and servicers – with the certainty they need without the friction that has been accepted as the ‘right way to work’ for decades.”
Rather than replacing existing workflows, Dono positions its platform as an infrastructure layer that aggregates county data, uses AI to extract ownership information, and provides structured records through a configurable interface or API. The system also incorporates human verification, which the company says is essential in a compliance-sensitive industry.
According to Dono, customers using the platform have reported faster delivery times and increased throughput without proportionally increasing headcount. The company claims this scalability is important as companies expand into additional jurisdictions, where traditional title investigation models typically require more headcount to maintain throughput.
Dono said the new funding will expand county-level coverage, which currently includes more than 700 jurisdictions, with the goal of reaching nearly half of the U.S. population by the end of the year. The company is also expanding its platform into adjacent markets, including mortgage repayment and real estate investment operations.
Dono is headquartered in Tel Aviv, with U.S. operations in Palm Beach, Florida.
For real estate professionals, the broader trend reflects continued investment in infrastructure technology to reduce friction in the closing pipeline. This is an area that remains one of the most analog bottlenecks in the industry, despite years of digitalization efforts.
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