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Business identity and verification platform.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 28, 2026
Overview
Middesk is a privately held business-identity and KYB infrastructure company. It helps banks, fintechs, lenders, marketplaces, insurers, payroll providers, and other B2B platforms verify, onboard, underwrite, monitor, and register businesses using data from government and other authoritative sources.
Primary product
A business identity/KYB platform combining authoritative business data, APIs, workflows, fraud and risk signals, underwriting/search tools, business registration, and AI-assisted investigation agents. It is available through dashboard, APIs, and partner integrations.
Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
Approximately 100–150; public estimates vary from about 128–148, while YC lists approximately 130. Treat as an estimate, not an official current count.
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development / Financial technology
Sub-industry
Business identity verification, KYB/KYC infrastructure, fraud prevention, risk and compliance automation
Offices
85 2nd St, Suite 710, San Francisco, CA 94105
1239 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001
Business model
B2B SaaS
API-based identity and compliance infrastructure
Enterprise software
Usage-based or custom-quoted data and workflow services
Funding
People & investors
Work & culture
Middesk describes a direct, scrappy, detail-oriented culture focused on hard data problems, customer impact, ownership, transparency, curiosity, and momentum. Stated values are put customers first, win together, embrace ambition, and lead with curiosity. Engineering writing emphasizes end-to-end ownership, autonomy, cross-functional collaboration, and pragmatic use of AI and data tooling.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public job postings show equity and benefits; examples include $190K–$220K for an Account Executive, Mid-Market and $300K–$330K for an Enterprise Account Executive. Technical and other role ranges were not consistently available in the reviewed sources.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Unlimited PTO
Stock options for full-time employees
401(k)
Three months of paid parental leave for any parent
Annual individual learning and development budget
Product & market
Pricing
No public standard pricing found; appears to be enterprise/custom pricing for API, data, workflow, and volume usage. Prospects are directed to contact Middesk.
Differentiators
- —Primary-source coverage across government agencies, including Secretary of State and IRS data
- —400+ authoritative data sources and frequent record refreshes
- —Combines business identity, KYB, fraud, underwriting, monitoring, lien/credit searches, and registration workflows
- —API-first infrastructure with dashboard, partner-network, and sandbox access
- —AI-assisted investigation agents that surface evidence while retaining analyst review
- —Focus on regulated financial-services and high-volume B2B onboarding use cases
- —SOC 2 Type II compliance and audit-oriented data presentation
Technology
Ruby on Rails
React
TypeScript
Scala
SQL
dbt
Apache Beam
Spark-like data processing
Python
Go
AWS
Google Cloud
Kubernetes
Terraform
Elasticsearch
Datadog
SOC 2 Type II controls
Customers
Affirm
Brex
Plaid
Mercury
Divvy
Rippling
Gusto
Bluevine
Pipe
Novo
Rho
JPMorgan Chase and other large banks, according to company statements
Competitors
Dun & Bradstreet
LexisNexis
Trulioo
Persona
Socure
Alloy
Middesk-adjacent KYB and business-data providers
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M–$10M annually (third-party estimate; one directory reports approximately $5M). Not company-reported.
Estimated monthly visits
86K
Traffic estimate as of Aug 2026
Latest news
Middesk · May 2026
Middesk introduced a beta tool that assesses websites and social profiles for compliance, fraud, consistency, and operating-risk signals.
Middesk · Jan 2026
Middesk described AI research agents that perform repetitive business-identity lookups and checks while analysts review and approve findings.
PR Newswire · Jan 2025
ATTUNE integrated Middesk business verification into its digital origination platform for banks and credit unions.
PR Newswire · Oct 2024
Middesk launched Signal, a score-based business-risk product using identity and alternative data for rapid onboarding and risk decisions.
Jobs and careers at Middesk
17 jobs at Middesk
Data Operations Associate
Remote
Product
New York; New York, New York, USA
1d ago
Remote
Full-time
Head of Partnerships
Remote
Revenue
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, USA
2d ago
Remote
Full-time
Growth Lead, Organic
On-site
Marketing
New York; New York, New York, USA
4d ago
On-site
Full-time
Growth Lead, Organic
On-site
Marketing
New York; New York, New York, USA
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Operations Analyst (Temporary)
On-site
Operations
New York; New York, New York, USA
1mo ago
On-site
Contract
Solutions Engineer, Mid Market
Remote
Revenue
New York
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Enterprise Account Executive - SF
On-site
Revenue
San Francisco
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Technical Recruiter
Remote
People
San Francisco
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Product Designer
Remote
Design
San Francisco
2mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Product Manager
Remote
Product
New York
2mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Lead Data Scientist
Remote
Data Science
San Francisco
3mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Account Executive, Mid-Market
On-site
Revenue
New York
4mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Forward Deployed Engineer
Remote
Engineering
San Francisco
4mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Data Scientist
Remote
Data Science
San Francisco
4mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Enterprise Account Executive
Remote
Revenue
New York
8mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Remote
Engineering
San Francisco
1y ago
Remote
Full-time
Software Engineer
Remote
Engineering
San Francisco
1y ago
Remote
Full-time