The investment in eCert by Warburg Pincus recognizes the value of eCert’s Email Domain eCertification™service, which counts Google, Yahoo!, and numerous major financial institutions and brands as partners and users. The funds will accelerate eCert’s expansion of the Trusted Email Registry for Financial Services, a platform established by BITS, a division of the Financial Services Technology Roundtable, and the Financial Services – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), to protect the email traffic of U.S financial institutions.

“This investment by Warburg Pincus is a major vote of confidence in eCert’s leadership in the emerging market for email fraud prevention,” said Kelly Wanser, CEO, eCert. “eCert’s goal is to restore trust and safety to electronic communications for consumers and brands. This funding, together with the unparalleled industry expertise and access to growth capital from Warburg Pincus, will provide eCert with the means to extend its protection service across financial services, government, healthcare and major brands, and expand our reach across ISPs and email security platforms.”

eCert’s Email Domain eCertification™ service monitors email traffic, prevents fraudulent online communications from reaching an end user’s inbox and enables trusted delivery. Since launching this year, eCert now protects more than 100 million consumers and $50 billion in brand value for ISPs, financial institutions and major brands.