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Overview
Certn provides fast, comprehensive background checks for businesses through a digital platform that includes biometric identity verification and integrations with ATS, HR, and onboarding systems. Checks can be run directly from a company’s existing workflows, helping to speed up the hiring process. The company stands out with a large global customer base, worldwide reach, biometric verification, flexible pricing with no setup fees, and strong system integrations. Its goal is to streamline hiring by offering a cost-effective, all-in-one background-screening solution for businesses globally.
About Certn
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$113.2M
Headquarters
Victoria, Canada
Founded
2016
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- $30M BDC Capital funding fuels AI-powered global expansion post-April 2026.
- Partnerships with Konfir and RemotePass enhance real-time employment verification worldwide.
- New CTO Saba El-Hilo drives AI fraud detection advancements in 2026.
What critics are saying
- OPC, BC OIPC, Alberta OIPC investigations impose PIPEDA fines within 6 months.
- Checkr captures Certn's North American customers via superior ATS integrations by 2027.
- UK ICO revokes DIATF certification, excluding Certn from UK market in 18 months.
What makes Certn unique
- Certn delivers background checks in 200+ countries via seamless ATS integrations like PageUp.
- Certn's mobile-first platform with NFC scanning completes checks in minutes.
- Certn's DIATF Gamma certification enables in-house Enhanced DBS verification.
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Funding
Total Funding
$113.2M
Meets
Industry Average
Funded Over
7 Rounds
Industry standards
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↑ 3%Saba El-Hilo has joined Certn as its new Chief Technology Officer.
This collaboration builds on an earlier pilot in 2024 and integrates Konfir's real-time employment verification capabilities into Certn's online background screening platform, offering a more efficient and accurate solution for hiring managers in the UK looking to enhance both speed and accuracy of employment verification.
Certn, a Victoria-based background-check technology startup, secured $30 million from BDC Capital’s Growth Venture Fund to expand its AI-powered background checks. This funding follows the departure of Certn's president, Sarah Miller Wright, less than a year into her role. The investment is part of BDC Capital's nearly $1 billion boost to its Growth Venture Fund and Growth Equity Partners program.
Let's stay together: Certn, a company providing online background screening, announced a new partnership with Canadian HR tech company VidCruiter.
VICTORIA, BC September 12, 2024 - Certn, a premier background screening vendor, has joined forces with SeeMeHired, an end-to-end talent acquisition software that helps in-house teams source, select, hire, and onboard talent at scale.
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About Certn
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$113.2M
Headquarters
Victoria, Canada
Founded
2016
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