Nevada-based identity verification and fraud prevention startup Socure raised $156M at a $5.2B valuation and acquires Austin-based agentic AI startup Fravity (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Nevada-based identity verification startup Socure secured $156 million in new financing, lifting its valuation to $5.2 billion, and completed the acquisition of Austin-based agentic AI company Fravity. The deal expands Socure’s fraud-prevention platform with Fravity’s generative-AI technology.