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Backed by
Eagle Venture Fund · Blu Venture Investors · His Kingdom Resources
Featured in
Pulse 2.0 · No Vacancy Live · In Business Magazine
In production
Screening live through a platform partner
01
The gap
Most security starts after harm arrives. You can start at the transaction.
A
After the fact
Most controls act once harm is already inside.
B
Outside the flow
Separate tools add steps staff skip.
C
Hard to prove
No record means no measurable risk reduction.
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How it works
From transaction to action, inside the systems you already use.
No new software for staff or guests.
01
Screen at the transaction
Authorized screening runs when a guest books, pays or checks in.
02
Review the signal
Potential matches to known threats arrive with source evidence. A match is a lead to verify, not a conclusion.
03
Take the right action
Trained people decide what happens next. Every decision is logged.
Record 001
Pre-arrival review
Guest
Arrival
Reference
Reviewer
Illustrative concept · Sample data
DW-00842
Match context
Source evidence
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Review action
Add review note…
Audit trail
14:26
Screen run at booking
14:26
Routed to review
14:39
Reviewer opened record
Review sits inside the systems teams already use.
Illustrative concept · Sample data
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Use cases
One safety fee. Value on every side.
A small per-transaction fee, carried by the platforms businesses already use.
Hotels, venues & operators
An early signal before a guest arrives, inside the systems you already use.
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Insurers
A logged, reviewable control you can audit.
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Investors
Partner distribution, usage-based fees, patents granted and applied for.
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Illustrative
Guest
Books, pays or checks in
Merchant
Hotel, venue or operator
03
Platform partner
Shares in the safety fee
Dark Watch
Screens, routes to review, logs
Venue intelligence · Illustrative imagery, not live data
One integration reaches every vertical on a platform’s book.
04
For insurers
A risk control you can audit.
We’re working with insurers so PATI can count as a risk control they can audit. Here is what the evidence looks like.
Every step logged
Each screen, routing and review decision carries a timestamped record.
People decide
No automated decisions about guests. Trained reviewers make the call.
Measured, not promised
We report scans run, matches routed and reviews completed. We never promise fewer incidents or claims.
Illustrative concept
01
Screening coverage
Reported
02
Matches routed to review
Reported
03
Time from match to decision
Reported
04
Timestamped decision log
Logged
05
How we operate
Human review decides. Always.
The goal is never denial. Most guests arrive safely; your team is simply ready for the rare exception. Trained people make the call, and the record shows what happened.
Human in the loop
Trained reviewers make every decision about people.
Privacy-forward
Not a background check. Not people tracking.
Context, not conclusions
Association is not proof of wrongdoing. Proximity alone does not establish a relationship.
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Company
Built by people who have seen the aftermath.
Founded in 2024 by Noel Thomas, former statewide anti-trafficking coordinator, United Nations panelist and author of Dark Traffic.
Our team comes from the intelligence community, payments, ad tech and martech.
2024
Founded
2025
Acquired ATII
1 + 3
Patents granted and pending
UN
Panelist
Las Vegas
Headquarters
Booking · PMS · Ticketing
Where PATI runs
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Acquisition
We acquired ATII.
In 2025 Dark Watch acquired the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII) in full.
ATII has supplied anti-trafficking intelligence since 2022. That work now sits inside Dark Watch, under one team and one mission.
2022
ATII intelligence begins
2025
Acquired in full
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Mission
Why we exist. What we stand for.
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Mission
Prevent harm before it happens, at the payment, the booking and the check-in.
02
Vision
Make public spaces hard for bad actors to use.
03
Values
Integrity, excellence, results and truth. We only say what we can prove.
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News
News and conversations.
Coverage, interviews and briefings on stopping harm before it arrives.
Dark Watch raises $3.5M seed round to advance pre-arrival intelligence for commerce
An oversubscribed round led by Eagle Venture Fund, with His Kingdom Resources and Blu Venture Investors.
Release · Apr 2026 ›
$3.5M raised for safety intelligence in hospitality
Pulse 2.0 covers the seed round and the plan to grow the platform for hotels and travel.
Pulse 2.0 · Mar 2026 ›
Using AI to fight human trafficking and crime
Noel Thomas on No Vacancy Live: why hotels, banks and agencies need to work together.
Podcast · Nov 2025 ›
The state of cybersecurity and cybercrime
A Dark Watch webinar for casino resorts and hotels, moderated by Darren Withers of NV Strategies.
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Combat human trafficking while protecting user privacy
Noel Thomas in In Business Magazine on screening that respects customer privacy.
In Business · 2024 ›
Dark Watch in the Esri Partner Network
Dark Watch is listed as a partner in Esri’s global partner network.
Esri listing ›
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FAQ
Questions people ask first.
01
Is PATI a background check?
No. PATI flags potential matches to known threats. It is not a background check, and it does not track people.
02
Who decides what happens?
Your trained people do. A match is a lead to verify, not a conclusion, and your own procedure sets the next step.
03
What do we need to install?
Nothing new when your platform supports PATI. Screening runs inside the booking, payment or check-in system you already use.
04
How fast is it, and is it recorded?
Results return in milliseconds. Every screen, routing and review decision is logged for audit.
05
Who benefits from the safety fee?
A small per-transaction safety fee is shared with the platform, and merchants get an early signal before a guest arrives.
06
Can we review your privacy and security practices?
Yes. Documentation is available under NDA as part of a briefing.
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Book a 25-minute demo.
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Live review workflow
How it fits your systems
Control documentation and roadmap
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