Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
  • Primary Organization 
    Checkr
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Daniel co-founded Checkr in 2014 and has grown it from a background check API to a service used by tens of thousands of companies and millions of jobseekers. As CEO, he promotes the company, its products and its mission of building a fairer future for all through a better understanding of the past. The company offers safe, secure and fast

background checks based on API first technology. Daniel is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the company. Prior to Checkr, he worked on prototypes for Mars rovers at NASA and held engineering roles at startups in the transportation and mobile industries.

Number of Investments 3
Daniel Yanisse has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Dovetail on Jan 20, 2022, when Dovetail raised
$63M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jan 20, 2022
Dovetail
—
Series A - Dovetail
$63M
Apr 15, 2021
Openlytics
—
Pre Seed Round - Openlytics
$1.2M
May 20, 2020
Truework
—
Series B - Truework
$30M
Number of Partner Investments 3
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 5, 2024
Argyle
Checkr
—
Series C - Argyle
$30M
Mar 8, 2022
Argyle
Checkr
—
Series B - Argyle
$55M
Oct 14, 2020
Argyle
Checkr
—
Series A - Argyle
$20M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 6
Daniel Yanisse is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Checkr. Additionally, Daniel Yanisse has had 6 past jobs including Software Engineer at Deliv.
  • Checkr Co-Founder and Chief Executive OfficerMay 2014
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Deliv
Software EngineerJun 2013May 2014
Mogreet
Software EngineerMar 2012May 2013
Cisco
Intern Software EngineeringMay 2011Mar 2012
NASA Ames Research Center
Intern Software EngineeringSep 2010Mar 2011
Phonak AG
Intern Clinical ResearchJul 2009Aug 2010
Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne
Research AssistantMar 2007Sep 2008
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Daniel Yanisse is the Board of Directors at Argyle.
Number of News Articles 15
Funding Round•Jan 20, 2022
Dovetail raised $63,000,000 / Series A from Accel and 7 other investors
Funding Round•Apr 15, 2021
Openlytics raised $1,200,000 / Pre Seed from Ariel Poler and 5 other investors
Funding Round•May 20, 2020
Truework raised $30,000,000 / Series B from 9Yards Capital and 13 other investors
News•Sep 6, 2018
News•May 4, 2018
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News•Apr 27, 2018