Tech Company Financing Transactions
Checkr Funding Round
Checkr, operating out of San Francisco, received $160 million from T. Rowe Price, Accel Partners and Bond Capital.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
9/20/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$160,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
T. Rowe Price (Lead Investor) (Henry Ellenbogen)
Accel Partners (Richard Wong)
Proceeds Purpose
Checkr will use the capital in three key areas: Expanding the functionality of its platform, which allows businesses to reduce bias in their hiring process while onboarding the best talent in a safe, compliant manner; Improving accuracy and fairness while creating new products to better serve customers; and Developing new international capabilities to align with the expansion plans of our customers operating globally.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
1 Montgomery St. 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Yanisse
Chief Financial Officer
Naeem Ishaq
Chief Technical Officer
Jonathan Perichon
VP - Bus. Development
Marc Diouane
VP - Customer Service
Sumant Mauskar
VP - Engineering
Sridevi Pasumarthi
VP - Engineering
Gabe Westmaas
VP - Finance
Todd Freedman
VP - General Counsel
Jen Yeh
VP - Marketing
Prachi Gore
VP - Operations
Preethi Bhansali
VP - Operations
Linda Shaffer
VP - Sales
Matthew Curl
VP - Sales
Kristen Faris
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