Checkr

Checkr is a leading HR technology company powering the future of work.

Checkr provides a platform that returns automatically generated background checks, including information related to a person's national and county criminal records, driving history and previous addresses.

Checkr was founded in 2014 by Daniel Yanisse and Jonathan Perichon. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

 

Checkr offers screening services, including identity checks, criminal records checks, driving records checks, employment verifications, international verifications, drug screening, and credit checks; compliance services; and security solutions etc. 

 

Checkr has an industry-leading web solution that offers quick configuration and customer flexibility. Screening candidates with the web-based product is as easy as sharing an invitation link and then checking and reviewing the results on the Checkr dashboard.

 

Checkr leverages automation to process over 30M background checks annually using artificial intelligence to make them faster, easier, more accurate and compliant. Customers include Lyft, Instacart, Netflix, Adecco, Airbnb, Drift, and Coinbase.

 

Checkr is backed by Accel, IVP, T. Rowe Price, Coatue, Durable Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Franklin Templeton, BOND Capital, Khosla Ventures, and others. The company raised $250M in Series E round on Sep 01, 2021. This brings Checkr's total funding to $559M to date. The new round more than doubled the company's valuation to $4.6B post-money. Checkr was previously valued at $2.2B from the Series D round raised in Sep 2019.

 

 

  • Year founded: 2014
  • Funding Info: $559M over 6 Rounds (Latest Funding Type: Series E)
  • Yearly Revenue: NA
  • Employee Size: 201-500
  • Business Valuation: Valued at $4.6B as of Sep 01, 2021
  • City/Town: San Francisco
  • State: California
  • Country: United States
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