An AI-powered property registration platform aimed at modernizing the way property data is verified in the US has raised new capital as demand grows from title companies, lenders and real estate investors.
Dono announced Tuesday that it raised 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 financing will support its geographic expansion and continued development of its automation infrastructure.
The startup addresses a long-standing structural challenge in real estate: ownership verification still relies on fragmented county-level registration systems dating back centuries. While other financial markets operate on a unified digital track, U.S. property records are spread across more than 3,700 counties, many of which rely on paper-based or inconsistent digital records.
This fragmentation has real transaction consequences. Industry estimates show that approximately 14 percent of closings are delayed – often by several days – due to title-related issues. As transaction timelines shorten and operational expectations rise, title and lending professionals are increasingly pressured to verify ownership faster without sacrificing accuracy.
Dono began working with title insurers and national agencies, where manual document searches and old “title plants” remain labor-intensive and expensive. The company says demographic shifts increase the urgency. More than half of the title workforce is expected to retire by 2030, raising concerns about capacity.
“The gap is not just in technology. Plenty of tools exist. But they are not built on modern infrastructure,” said Tali Gross, CEO of Dono. “Our mission is to fundamentally improve the home closing experience by giving everyone involved – title professionals, lenders, buyers, property managers – the certainty they need, without the friction that has been accepted as ‘how it works’ for decades.”
Rather than replacing existing workflows, Dono is positioning its platform as an infrastructure layer that collects county data, extracts property information using AI, and delivers structured records through configurable interfaces or APIs. The system also includes human verification, a safeguard the company says is essential in an industry where compliance is high.
According to Dono, customers using the platform have reported faster turnaround times and increased throughput without a proportionate increase in staff. The company says this scalability is critical as companies expand into other jurisdictions, where traditional title search models typically require more staff to maintain throughput.
With the new funding, Dono plans to expand coverage at the county level – currently in 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 servicing and real estate investments.
Dono is headquartered in Tel Aviv and its US operations are based in Palm Beach, Florida.
For real estate professionals, the broader trend reflects continued investments in infrastructure technology to reduce friction in the closing pipeline. It is an area that, despite years of digitalization efforts, is still one of the most analogue bottlenecks in the sector.
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