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Website
  
Realmatters.com

Founded
  
2004

Headquarters
  
Markham

Type of business
  
Private

Industry
  
Financial services technology

Key people
  
Jason Smith (President & CEO) Alistair Blackburn(CFO) Ryan Smith (CTO) [Loren Cooke (President, Solidifi) [Kevin Walton (EVP, Corporate Development) [Mark Pawelek (CCO, Solidifi) [Angelo Grossi (President, iv3CUS)

Services
  
Property Valuations Property Inspections Mortgage Technology Collateral Risk Flood Determinations

Subsidiaries
  
iv3 Solutions Corporation, Altus Residential Ltd., Solidifi Inc.

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Real Matters, Inc. is a global provider of financial services technology. The company primarily provides property valuation services across North America through its primary subsidiary Solidifi as well as providing property and casualty (P&C) insurance inspections through iv3CUS. Established in 2004, Real Matters was recognized as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies. Real Matters has been ranked among the top 25 fastest growing (in terms of revenue) technology companies in North America for five consecutive years (2010–2014). Real Matters' global head office is located in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada suburb of Markham a known technology hub and its US head office is in Buffalo, NY.

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Ownership

Major shareholders in the private company are: Whitecastle Investments Limited, Altus Group Ltd. (TSX: AIF) and Wellington Financial LP

Subsidiaries

Solidifi a real estate appraisal management company, that provides real estate appraisals and collateral risk products to Banks. and IV3CUS a property inspection company which provides property inspections and property risk assessment products to property and casualty insurers.

Acquisitions

In August 2010, Real Matters, Inc. subsidiary IV3 Solutions acquired Canadian Underwriting Services. The company renamed the joint entity IV3CUS.

In January 2013, Real Matters, Inc. subsidiary Solidifi acquired Buffalo, NY appraisal management company Kirchmeyer & Associates, the acquisition propelled Solidifi to be the 3rd largest independent valuation company in the US.

In May 2015, Real Matters, Inc. subsidiary Solidifi acquired Cincinnati, OH based Southwest Financial Services a provider of outsourced services to home equity lenders.

In April 2016, Real Matters, Inc. subsidiary Solidifi acquired Middletown, RI title search and closing provider Linear Title and Closing for up to $96 million subject to certain performance metrics.

References

Real Matters Wikipedia