Escrow Release
Written by Christopher Krassnig - Founder - Kairos Exchange and ZenoX Media.
Published
- Checks in every memo8
- Automatic on day one3 of 8
- Read by handad spend and processor payouts
- Tracked ecom salesEUR 200M+ZenoX ad-management figures, not Kairos deal volume - Kairos hasn't closed a deal yet.
Escrow Release is the moment held funds pay out to the seller. It happens once every closing step is done: the buyer has funded the full amount, both sides have signed the purchase agreement, every key asset has moved, and the buyer confirms the handover worked. On Kairos, the success fee comes out of that same payout, before the seller is paid.
The Release Sequence
Most platforms describe this loosely. The Kairos rule is published and checkable, in this exact order: Funds release only after the full amount is funded in escrow, the APA is signed, every critical asset is handed over, and the buyer confirms the transfer. Our fee is auto-deducted at that moment, before the seller is paid. The same four conditions gate the deal room itself, so the published rule cannot quietly drift looser than what the code actually enforces. Nothing pays out on a partial handover, and nothing pays out on the seller's word alone - only on the buyer's own confirmation that the transfer is complete. If a holdback was agreed, that slice stays behind on its own separate schedule instead of releasing with the rest.