How Yardstik Is Moving Background Screening to Full Workforce Lifecycle Protection
The Minneapolis-based startup is using continuous monitoring, fraud detection and embedded screening to compete in a growing employment-screening market. Contractors and candidates typically undergo a background check before starting work. But the risks don’t end after that initial screening. Months later, a worker’s license could expire, they could commit an offense or could have been […]
APIs, AI and Embedded Finance: What We’re Watching at Money 20/20
As the industry converges on Las Vegas, we’re focusing on infrastructure that helps launch products faster, supports new use cases and durable companies. With Money 20/20 around the corner, the conversation is shifting from front-end apps to the infrastructure shaping fintech’s future. Fintech’s next wave won’t be defined by the next consumer-facing app. It will […]
Yardstik new to portfolio, closes $8M Series A
Yardstik is a technology company offering screening, verification, and training solutions tailored to gig marketplaces and SaaS platforms. Yardstik is new to the Great North Ventures Fund II portfolio. The company announced on Feb. 3rd, 2022 a $8 million Series A raise led by Grotech Ventures with participation from Great North Ventures and continued funding […]