Checkr
Hellman & Friedman is a major investor in Checkr, a background check platform used by gig economy companies including Uber and Lyft. Checkr settled FTC charges in 2023 for $5.5M for Fair Credit Reporting Act violations — including reporting inaccurate criminal records that caused workers to lose gig jobs.
- FOUNDED
- 2014
- ACQUIRED
- Hellman & Friedman, 2019
- WEB
- checkr.com
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2014
Checkr founded
2019
Acquired by Hellman & Friedman
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