This partnership integrates District 4 Labs' DARKSIDE intelligence into Blackdot’s Videris platform, helping government and law enforcement investigators uncover hidden connections and build intelligence faster.
LONDON, UK & NEW YORK CITY, NY 16 September 2026: Blackdot Solutions and District 4 Labs today announced a strategic partnership that integrates District 4 Labs' DARKSIDE intelligence into the Videris investigations platform, giving government and law enforcement investigators access to an additional trusted data source within a single investigative environment.
About the partnership
Modern investigations rarely rely on a single source of information. Analysts investigating fraud, cybercrime, sanctions evasion, insider threat and organised crime are often required to piece together intelligence from multiple datasets before they can establish meaningful links between individuals, organisations and digital identities.
The integration brings District 4 Labs' identity intelligence into Videris, strengthening the platform’s data coverage. Drawing on decades of compromised records and person-of-interest intelligence from the deep and dark web, DARKSIDE collates and structures this data to give analysts the definitive context required for complex investigations. By combining this data with the breadth of other open-source, commercial and proprietary intelligence sources available to search in Videris, investigators can use a single platform to build a more complete understanding of the people, entities and networks at the heart of their cases.
Why this partnership matters
For the investigations and intelligence teams who need it most, the integration makes this data accessible through a centralised platform with inbuilt audit, where every query is logged. In regulated and law enforcement settings, this trail is necessary for responsible, defensible use of breach and leak data. Videris makes it easier to achieve than ever before, automating the audit and removing the guesswork.
The value of the partnership is clear: high-quality data paired with an expansive intelligence platform, enabling investigators to surface hidden connections, strengthen attribution and accelerate investigative decision-making, all in one place. A powerful integration, built on a mutual understanding of responsible, meaningful use of DARKSIDE data.
Stuart Clarke, CEO of Blackdot Solutions, commented: “Investigators are increasingly expected to uncover complex relationships between people, organisations and digital identities, but the intelligence needed to establish those connections is often fragmented. By integrating District 4 Labs' intelligence into Videris, we're continuing to help government and law enforcement investigators uncover hidden links faster and build a more complete understanding of the networks they're investigating. This partnership strengthens our commitment to empowering customers to generate actionable intelligence more efficiently, with greater confidence, and responsibly.”
Matteo Tomasini, Founder and CEO of District 4 Labs, added: "The investigators who get the most from DARKSIDE are those who can act on what they find immediately, within the tools they already use every day. Blackdot has built exactly the kind of environment where that becomes possible -structured, auditable, and designed around how real investigations actually work. This partnership means our data reaches investigators at the moment it matters most."
What the integration delivers
Videris users benefit from a single, connected investigative workflow spanning the full lifecycle of an investigation:
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Identity resolution and account attribution
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Faster subject profiling from a single identifier
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More effective network analysis through integrated intelligence sources
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Audit-ready investigative workflows
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Support for financial crime, sanctions, cyber investigations, insider threat, due diligence and serious and organised crime investigations
The partnership forms part of Blackdot's continued investment in expanding the intelligence sources available through Videris, helping investigators access trusted data within a single investigative platform while reducing the need to move between multiple specialist tools.
About Blackdot Solutions
Blackdot Solutions develops intelligence and investigations software for organisations that need to act on open-source data quickly and responsibly. Its Videris platform is used by government bodies, law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and major corporations to gather, analyse, and visualise OSINT across financial crime, fraud, sanctions, serious and organised crime, and due diligence use cases. Videris Automate and the Videris Investigative Assistant (VIA) extend the platform with agentic AI and LLM-powered analysis, enabling teams to work faster without compromising accuracy, auditability, or ethical standards.
About District 4 Labs
District 4 Labs builds the OSINT tools and technologies that serious investigators rely on. Its flagship product, DARKSIDE, is the industry's most comprehensive repository of breached data, compromised records, and person-of-interest intelligence. Built by investigators, for investigators, DARKSIDE is essential for any investigation requiring attribution, identity resolution, or deep online account identification.
