Detected launches as the world’s first agnostic business verification platform.

Born from founder Liam Chennells’ frustrations when sourcing logistics to transport PPE during the pandemic, he experienced many people using the crisis for individual gain. As a result, Chennells wanted to create a robust solution for verifying business suppliers globally.

Detected closes £250K pre-seed round, and Rob Barnett joins as Chairman.

Angel investors include: Rob Barnett – Former COO at RBS and current Managing Director of Southern Water; Craig Sears-Black – Former MD of Manhattan Associates, current CEO of EV Cargo; Carl Hartmann – Former Co-Founder and CEO of Temando, now Lyre’s Spirit Co. Co-Founder.

Peter Youell joins Detected as CTO. As former colleagues in previous roles, Liam and Pete join forces again to build Detected.

Detected closes £600K seed round.

Hong Kong-based EmergeVest led the round with participation from: Stephen Garland, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Trustpilot, who joined Detected’s advisory board; Vinny Patel, Managing Director of Accenture; Mark Brammer, Strategic Investments and Growth Lead at Accenture Products UK&I; and Richard Pope, Founder & CEO of Data Leaders and Founder of Procurement Leaders.

Detected partners with Spryker, Machine Compare, Mellow and Kaleida.

Detected partners with BigCommerce as the eCommerce platform leader continues to strengthen its trust offering for both merchants and consumers.

Detected raises a further £900K in investment.

Participants in this round include existing angel investors and institutional stakeholder EmergeVest, plus a new tranche of high-profile investors including: Huw Slater – COO of TravelPerk; Laurence Guy – Founder and CEO of We Are Pentagon; Tink Taylor – Founder & President of dotMailer and Founder of dotDigital Group plc; Ed Hill – SVP EMEA, Bazaarvoice; and Maropost Ventures.

Detected partners with Fruugo to streamline its seller onboarding and to enable the global marketplace to verify international sellers as it onboards them.

Detected launches its API model, enabling businesses to access full KYB compliance within their own CRM and existing workflows.

Detected becomes an approved technology partner for Visa’s Fintech Partner Connect Program, bringing pioneering connected KYB compliance to Visa's customers across Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Detected raises an additional £1.5 million in just three weeks, adding to £2 million seeded in previous funding rounds.

This funding round was led by Love Ventures with their FinTech Advisor John Lunn, a renowned veteran of the FinTech world. In 2006 John joined PayPal as one of the original team members in the UK and subsequently helped to launch PayPal Ventures. He is now CEO of Gr4vy, the cloud orchestration platform, and will play an advisory role to assist with the company’s growth.