LAZARUS CONSULTING CLIENT NORTHROW SOLD TO ID-PAL
Lazarus Consulting is pleased to announce that its client, NorthRow, a market-leading UK regtech platform, has been acquired by ID-Pal, the award-winning identity verification platform.
Founded in 2010, London-headquartered NorthRow provides Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”), Know-Your-Client (“KYC”), Know-Your Business (“KYB”) and Identity and Verification (“ID&V”) software solutions to companies that operate in regulated industries, helping them to meet their compliance obligations and enabling them to grow safely and effectively. Trusted data is aggregated by NorthRow from an unrivalled range of global data sources covering 220+ jurisdictions and 13,000+ document types. NorthRow offers a strongly differentiated service which has enabled it to maintain a market-leading position.
In Q2 2025, NorthRow hired Lazarus Consulting to launch a strategic review to ensure that the business continued to develop and grow, and that review has concluded with the sale to ID-Pal.
Founder and CEO of ID-Pal, Colum Lyons commented:
“Alongside co-founders James O’Toole and Robert O’Farrell, ID-Pal was created to support businesses with accurate identity verification built on privacy preservation. As the financial services space becomes more regulated, and with AI-driven document fraud becoming the biggest threat our industry has faced, it is essential that businesses have a unified view of the risks ahead and how to manage them. Our acquisition of NorthRow allows ID-Pal to unify this process within one comprehensive platform that defends businesses against fraud at every entry point and avoids noncompliance fines.”
With a team led by Steve Lazarus, Lazarus Consulting acted as the exclusive financial advisor to NorthRow.
Lazarus Consulting CEO, Steve Lazarus commented:
"NorthRow has built an exceptional reputation in the digital identity and compliance sector, combining technology, insight, and integrity to help businesses know and trust their customers. It’s been a privilege for us at Lazarus Consulting to work with the NorthRow team and support them through this important transaction. We are confident that under ID-Pal’s ownership, NorthRow will continue to thrive and expand its impact in the rapidly evolving regtech landscape."
ABOUT NORTHROW
Launched in 2010, NorthRow provides AML software to companies across all regulated industries that helps them meet their compliance obligations, enabling them to grow safely and effectively. NorthRow’s end-to-end KYC, KYB and ID&V solution protects its customers from the devastating effects that fraud, and other forms of economic crime, can have on individuals and companies. NorthRow’s customers are from Financial Services, Property, Law and Accountancy sectors and include Hargreaves Lansdown, Yorkshire Building Society, Open Banking, Regus, Foxtons, Knight Frank and many more. Please see www.northrow.com for more information.
ABOUT LAZARUS CONSULTING
Lazarus Consulting is an award-winning boutique advisory firm offering Capital Raising, Corporate Development, and M&A services to clients primarily in the tech, media, and retail sectors. The firm was the exclusive corporate finance advisor to NorthRow.