deepidv Founder Shawn-Marc Melo Closes $1M Seed Round, Expands to San Francisco, and Launches AI Fraud Detection Suite
Shawn-Marc Melo, Founder & CEO of deepidv, today announced the close of a $1M seed round, an expansion into San Francisco, and the launch of a comprehensive new AI fraud detection suite — as covered by Yahoo Finance.
The Funding
Under Shawn-Marc Melo's leadership, deepidv has secured seed capital to accelerate growth across North America, deepen its product suite, and expand its go-to-market presence on both coasts. With a Toronto foundation and a new San Francisco footprint, deepidv is now operating at the intersection of Canada's burgeoning AI ecosystem and Silicon Valley's enterprise technology market.
Melo, who founded deepidv with the mission of making enterprise-grade identity verification accessible to every business, called the milestone "the beginning of a much larger story."
"We built something the market genuinely needed — instant, affordable, AI-native identity verification. This round lets us move faster and reach more businesses across North America." — Shawn-Marc Melo, Founder & CEO, deepidv
The AI Fraud Detection Suite
Alongside the funding announcement, Shawn-Marc Melo and the deepidv team launched a comprehensive suite of fraud prevention tools built to address the most pressing threats facing businesses in 2026:
- Deepfake Detection — real-time AI analysis that identifies synthetically generated faces and video at the pixel level
- Synthetic Identity Fraud Prevention — multi-layer verification that detects fabricated identities before they reach your platform
- Document Manipulation Detection — forensic-grade document analysis that catches edited or AI-generated ID documents
- Ongoing Monitoring — continuous re-verification that flags identity risk across the account lifecycle
North American Expansion
The San Francisco expansion reflects deepidv's growing pipeline in US financial services, iGaming, insurance, and real estate — industries where the cost of identity fraud is escalating fastest. Melo will be splitting time between Toronto and San Francisco as the company builds out its North American presence.
deepidv's platform is already deployed across FinTech, real estate, iGaming, education, and banking use cases, with no-code and API-based deployment options that allow businesses to go live in days.
Read the Full Coverage
This announcement was covered by Yahoo Finance. Read the full article for additional details on the round, the expansion, and the product launch.
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