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Markaaz

Business verification and monitoring data for lenders

Raised to date

$2.5M

of $10M offered across 1 Form D filing

Still open
$7.5M
Investors
3
Last filed
Apr 3, 2026

About

Markaaz is a business identity and intelligence platform that lets banks, lenders and fintechs verify, onboard and monitor other businesses. Its directory covers 542 million business records across more than 200 countries and territories, returned in real time through verification, monitoring and data-enrichment products. The company was founded in 2020 (originally as Optima) by CEO Hany Fam, previously a Mastercard and AXA executive, and is headquartered in East Austin, Texas. It also gives small businesses a place to correct their own directory record and reach financing partners.

Coverage depth on small and hard-to-verify businesses that incumbent data providers miss — the company reports finding 30% more businesses than a Fortune 500 customer's prior provider, and matching 84% of a small-business lender's previously unverifiable applicants.

Funding

  • Security to be acquiredFiled Apr 3, 2026Form D
    $2.5M/ $10M

Product

Markaaz Directory

Business identity and verification data platform

A global business identity platform built on 542 million business records across 200+ countries, delivering real-time verification, ongoing monitoring and data enrichment through enterprise integrations.

  • Business verification for KYB compliance and fraud prevention at onboarding
  • Continuous business monitoring that flags emerging risk on existing accounts
  • Data enrichment that fills in incomplete business records

Built for

Banks, lending institutions and fintechs that onboard and monitor business customers

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