CertifID, a wire fraud protection platform focused on the real estate industry, has announced the appointment of two senior executives following its $47.5 million Series C funding round led by Centana Growth Partners. The company named Josh Linn as Chief Product Officer and Liz Conn as Chief Marketing Officer as it looks to scale its platform and address rising wire fraud threats.
The new hires come at a time of rapid growth and increasing urgency around fraud prevention. CertifID reported blocking more than $285 million in confirmed fraudulent transactions in 2025, verifying over 1.5 million mortgage payoffs, and returning more than $126 million to fraud victims to date. With fresh capital and expanded leadership, the company aims to strengthen its position in securing high-value real estate transactions.
Josh Linn brings more than two decades of experience across banking, payments, identity, and financial technology. In his new role, he will oversee product, design, and data strategy, with a focus on improving the security and efficiency of real estate transactions. Prior to joining CertifID, Linn held senior roles at major banking institutions and most recently worked at Socure, a company specializing in digital identity verification. His experience includes building large-scale systems for customer onboarding, fraud prevention, and compliance, and contributing to patents in identity resolution and knowledge graph systems.
Liz Conn joins as Chief Marketing Officer with a background in scaling B2B SaaS companies. She previously served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Sayari, where she helped position the company as a leader in third-party and supplier risk solutions. Earlier in her career, she led growth marketing at Logi Analytics through its acquisition by Insight Software. At CertifID, Conn will focus on brand development and increasing awareness of wire fraud risks among consumers and real estate professionals.
CertifID provides software, insurance coverage, and recovery services designed to protect financial transactions in real estate. The company offers up to $5 million in direct coverage per transaction and serves a wide range of stakeholders, including title companies, law firms, lenders, agents, and homebuyers.
KEY QUOTES:
“The increase in sophistication and frequency of attacks in the age of AI is alarming. Josh and Liz join us at a pivotal moment, and together we’re setting a new standard for protecting life-changing transactions.”
Tyler Adams, Co-Founder And CEO, CertifID
“Wire fraud in real estate isn’t a niche problem; it’s one of the most consequential identity and payments challenges in financial services today. What drew me to CertifID is the opportunity to build something that goes well beyond transaction protection. The identity, payments, and trust infrastructure we’re building to protect a closing can become the foundation for a much broader financial platform anchored to the home. The Series C gives us the runway to do that right, and to do it at scale.”
Josh Linn, Chief Product Officer, CertifID
“I had a front-row seat to what Centana-backed companies can accomplish when the market timing, the mission, and the capital are all aligned, and CertifID has all three. Wire fraud is one of the most urgent crises in real estate, and most consumers don’t know the risk they’re taking until it’s too late. There’s a massive opportunity to change that story, and I’m here to help tell it.”
Liz Conn, Chief Marketing Officer, CertifID
