ZippedScript Secures $3.15 Million in Funding to Transform Education and Employment Verification

ZippedScript, a technology company focused on transforming education and employment verification, has announced total funding of $3.15 million across two rounds. This investment supports the company's mission to eliminate outdated verification methods, leveraging its database of over 20 million pre-verified degrees to provide a solution that offers speed, accuracy, affordability, and global coverage simultaneously, unlike competitors who typically excel in only some of these areas.

The funding journey began with a $750,000 pre-seed round in December 2021, which was crucial for developing the core proprietary technology behind its seamless education verification platform. This round was backed by notable emerging technology investors, including Arcanum Capital, Right Side Capital, and New Stack Ventures. James McDowall, Founding Partner at Arcanum Capital, emphasized his confidence in the leadership, stating, "I invest in people, and I have full faith in Chris and the team he has built around him to execute their vision and grow ZippedScript into a world leader in the background check industry."

Building on this momentum, ZippedScript closed a $2.4 million seed round in Summer 2023, led by Work-Bench. Jessica Lin, Co-founder and General Partner at Work-Bench, highlighted the team's dedication, saying, "The ZippedScript team has an intense fire in their commitment to rethinking the future of education verification and building a market-transforming company here. We're thrilled to support them." Nick Moran, Founder and General Partner at New Stack Ventures, added that ZippedScript is innovating at the intersection of digital identity, intelligent APIs, and democratized authentication, comparing its impact to how Plaid revolutionized financial data connectivity.

Raising this seed round amid volatility following the Sam Bankman-Fried scandal demonstrated the resilience and skill of ZippedScript CEO Chris Harper, as investors became more cautious. Harper explained the company's origins, noting, "We saw an industry that was stuck in the past, using outdated and inefficient methods. Our goal was to create a seamless and global verification process that gets results in minutes, not days or weeks."

ZippedScript is set to expand into employment verification in 2025, addressing a critical gap in the hiring process by applying its proven technology to streamline employment history verification with the same efficiency as its education product. The company is exploring partnerships with major HR tech providers and background check firms to integrate its services into broader hiring workflows, meeting high demand from its existing customer base. This expansion underscores the importance of modernizing verification processes to enhance hiring efficiency and support global talent mobility.