Investor brief · Seed

Building the future infrastructure layer for trusted transactions.

TERRE™ is building enterprise-grade transaction infrastructure designed to secure one of the world's largest financial ecosystems — real estate.

Target raise
$1.99M
TERRE
Market

A massive market under attack.

+72%
digital closings YoY

Digital transactions

Real estate is rapidly digitizing — and so is the fraud surface.

$1.33B
lost in 2024

Wire fraud growth

Wire fraud losses in real estate continue to break records year over year.

3.4x
security spend growth

Enterprise security demand

Title, escrow, and lenders are actively buying transaction security.

$2.3T
annual closings volume

Massive transaction volume

Trillions of dollars move through real estate closings annually.

8.6%
fraud recovery rate

Remote closings

Closings increasingly span geographies, devices, and untrusted networks.

1 in 3
transactions targeted

Targeted transactions

Nearly 1 in 3 real estate transactions is targeted by wire fraud attempts.

Why now

The window is open.

Remote transactions

Closings are no longer in-person — trust has to be portable.

Increasing fraud

Attackers industrialize faster than legacy systems can adapt.

AI-assisted threats

Voice clones and deepfake identities defeat manual verification.

Compliance pressure

Regulators want immutable, auditable proof — not screenshots.

Enterprise risk exposure

Boards are demanding measurable controls on transaction security.

Insurance & liability shift

Carriers are tightening cyber coverage and pushing fraud losses back onto title, escrow, and lenders.

The product

One platform. Two ways to deploy.

A deliberate land-and-expand motion: start as overlay security on the highest-risk surface, then scale into the full transaction platform as trust and integration deepen.

Land

Overlay protection

Deploys alongside existing title, escrow, and lender systems — no rip-and-replace. Customers adopt TERRE™ where the risk is most acute (identity verification and wire instruction protection) without disrupting the workflows their teams already run.

Financial shape: Low friction to first dollar. Short procurement cycle, fast time-to-value, and a measurable reduction in fraud loss exposure that builds the internal champion for expansion.

Expand

Full platform

The same accounts graduate to TERRE™ as the system of record for the entire closing — coordinating every party, every document, every fund movement, and every audit artifact end-to-end.

Financial shape: Materially higher ACV per customer, multi-year contracts, and a defensible moat as the platform becomes embedded in compliance, operations, and audit. Net revenue retention compounds as overlay accounts expand to full platform.

Capabilities across both motions
Verified identities
Protected payments
Controlled permissions
Secure communications
Audit infrastructure
Flexible deployment
Business model

Multiple revenue streams. One platform.

Enterprise licensing

Annual contracts with title, escrow, and lenders.

Transaction fees

Per-closing fees on transactions secured through TERRE™.

Security subscriptions

Tiered protection plans across overlay and platform.

Premium services

High-touch protection for enterprise deployments.

Enterprise integrations

Paid integrations with leading title and lending systems.

The ask

Seed raise.

Funding the build-out of TERRE™'s overlay security, platform deployment, and enterprise integrations.

Target raise
$1.99M
Target equity20%
Pre-money$8M
Post-money$10M
Use of funds
01MVP completion
02Pilot programs
03Security infrastructure
04Enterprise integrations
05Compliance readiness
06Deployment support
Build roadmap

A 120-day path from funding to pilot.

Five phases, five milestones, one outcome: TERRE™ positioned as the trusted standard for secure real estate transactions.

M1
0–15 days
Foundation
  • · System design
  • · Security architecture
  • · Compliance framework
  • · Core team onboarding
Budget $180K–$220K
M2
16–45 days
Build
  • · Core platform build
  • · Identity verification
  • · Secure communications
  • · Audit trail engine
Budget $550K–$700K
M3
46–75 days
Integrate
  • · Title & escrow integrations
  • · Banking & wire APIs
  • · Risk & fraud rules
  • · Monitoring & alerts
Budget $420K–$520K
M4
76–90 days
Pilot prep
  • · Pilot partner onboarding
  • · User roles & permissions
  • · Workflow configuration
  • · Training & UAT
Budget $280K–$350K
M5
91–120 days
Pilot execution
  • · Live pilot transactions
  • · Performance monitoring
  • · Issue resolution
  • · Success report
Budget $300K–$350K
Total 120-day budget
$1.95M – $1.99M
OpEx for build, integrations, and pilot completion — setting the foundation for national scale.
Team

Operators with deep domain expertise.

Cross-functional team covering product, engineering, security, real estate, and go-to-market.

Founder & CEO

Santiago Aceves

Creator of TERRE™. Co-founder of Elevate NM Realty. Qualifying Broker with 12+ years in real estate. Master in Architecture with 15+ years in design.

CTO & Partner

Sylvain Vittecoq

Founder & CEO of FileChain. Lead senior engineer. Master in Computer Science. Master Research in Artificial Intelligence.

Advisors & consultants

The following industry leaders advise TERRE™ in a consulting capacity. They are not owners, officers, or employees of the company.

AVP, Sales Executive
Jorge Lopez
Consultant
Marketing executive. 20+ years in real estate, title & escrow.
NM State Manager
April Kovari
Consultant
President/State Manager for NM. 40+ years in title & escrow across 8 locations.
VP, Agency I.T. Director
Rick Diamond
Consultant
Vice President of FNF. I.T. operations and vendor management.
NM State Manager
Kylie McNiel Coffman-Ohrt
Consultant
Marketing executive. 10+ years in real estate, title & escrow.
Next steps

The road ahead.

01
Security leadership
Invest in quantum-ready infrastructure and advanced threat defense.
02
Scale the ecosystem
Onboard more title companies, lenders, and partners.
03
National & global expansion
Bring TERRE™ to every market — anytime, anywhere.
04
Continuous innovation
Evolve with the industry, our users, and the future of transactions.
05
Expand AI capabilities
Automate more of every closing with the TERRE™ assistant.

Help build the future of trusted transactions.