Google Ventures participated in an Accel Partners-led round for the background checking service, which graduated from Y Combinator in August.
Checkr, a US-based start-up that delivers information on new hires to businesses, has raised $9m from investors including Google Ventures, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Google Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of internet company Google, was joined by Accel Partners, which led the round, Khosla Ventures, SV Angel, Data Collective and a host of angel investors.
Checkr will use the funds to hire more engineers and expand its application programming interface (API) to connect to more companies’ hiring…
