[1][2] Digital Reasoning was founded in 2000 by Tim Estes, a Knoxville-born philosophy senior at the University of Virginia with investment support from his mother, Dot Curry.

[3] Financial institutions use Synthesys to scan internal communications in search of unfamiliar patterns between employees, in terms of word-specific content, frequency and interpersonal connections.

[1] The software served as an electronic forsenics investigatory tool and automated communications monitoring to detect fraud, insider trading and other white collar crimes in order to comply with SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley financial regulations.

Previous investors Goldman Sachs, Nasdaq, Lemhi Ventures, HCA, and the Partnership Fund for New York City also joined the round.

[8] Simultaneously, senior executive leaders responsible for operations, including CEO Jackson and COO Marten den Haring, departed the company.