TMT ID, the leading mobile data and identity intelligence company, has secured a £30 million investment from BGF to support its expansion and help global firms combat cybercrime, prevent fraud and build digital trust.
The support from BGF will allow TMT ID to continue adding to the products and services it offers, pursue international expansion focused on the US, and build on its existing customer base of more than 200 organisations, ranging from small businesses to global technology leaders.
Demand for TMT ID’s services has driven 30% growth so far this year compared with 2024. Revenue from its identity and fraud product suite, which includes ‘know your customer’ and age verification, is up 80%, reflecting the increasing need for businesses to robustly protect customers from online fraud and cybercrime, as well as ensuring age controls are adhered to.
Customers include some of the largest companies in tech, finance and e-commerce.This investment represents the first institutional partnership for TMT, which has been largely self-funded to date.
In 2024, global losses from fraud reached US$1 trillion, reflecting the vulnerability of digital transactions. The age verification market alone is forecast to double in size over the next four years, from US$4 billion to US$8 billion.
TMT ID’s advanced use of mobile network data helps organisations meet emerging legal and regulatory obligations, including compliance with rules introduced in July 2025 under the UK Online Safety Act to protect young people from sensitive content.TMT ID’s data network – which powers its identity verification solutions – spans three billion phone numbers across more than 200 countries and territories and performs over 100 million checks each day through direct integrations with mobile network operators.
These real-time risk assessments and identity validations enable online account opening, authentication and age verification, as well as the detection of transaction, SIM-swap and port-out fraud.The business was founded by John Wilkinson and Fergal Parkinson who identified that the mobile phone was becoming the most important digital key to identity and trust.
In 2023, TMT ID completed the transformative acquisition of Phronesis Technologies, a leader in mobile identity solutions.
