Certn

Private

VictoriaEnterprise Softwarehttps://certn.co/

Last Round

VC Round

Feb 18, 2025

Est. Valuation

$450M

Total Funding Raised

$113.97M

Company Overview

Certn is a software company that provides AI-driven background screening and identity verification solutions for businesses.

Sector

Enterprise Software

Verticals

Compliance & Risk, Digital Identity, HR, Property Management, Workflow Automation

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Usage-Based SaaS, Subscription SaaS

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

background checkidentity verificationtenant screeningemployment screeningbackground screeningbiometric verificationAPIautomated hiringknow your customerKYCpre-employment screeningbackground check APIdigital identityHR techbackground check softwareID verification

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Certn Comps

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Certn comps — public and private peers by sector, stage, and business model
Company	Status	Est. Valuation	Rev Multiple
OpenAI	Private	$86.0B	~40x
Cohere	Private	$5.0B	--
Competitor 1	Public	$XX.XB	XXx
Competitor 2	Public	$XX.XB	XXx

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Certn Funding Rounds

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Data table
Round	Date	Amount Raised	Valuation	Investors	Sources
VC Round	Feb 18, 2025
Series B Extension	Apr 20, 2023
Series B	May 10, 2022
Series A Extension	Dec 1, 2020
Series A	Nov 1, 2020
Seed	Feb 1, 2020

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Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

CPA CA/US Owen Madrick

Co-Founder COO, Co-Founder C3O (COO CFO)

Founding Team

Andrew McLeod

CEO

Executive Team

Saba El-Hilo

Chief Technology Officer

Executive Team

Certn Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Certn investors
Investor	Rounds
Sidecut Ventures	Series B
New Ventures	Grant
Covalent Ventures	Series B Extension
01 Advisors	Series A
Panache Ventures	Series A, Seed
Owl Capital	Series A
B Capital Group	Series B Extension, Series A Extension, Series B

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Jan 1, 2026
Earned Deloitte Fast 50™ for three consecutive years.
Dec 9, 2025
Added Hrsummits, an events services SMB, as a customer.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersVictoria

Employee Range284

Year Founded2016

Last FundingFeb 18, 2025

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