Knockri secures seed financing led by Differential Ventures

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By CPE News

CPE News (4/27/2020) – Knockri has closed an oversubscribed seed round of financing led by Differential Ventures with participation of Bertelsmann Investments, MaRS IAF, Amplify Capital and others.

Nick Adams, Managing Partner of Differential Ventures, will join Knockri board of directors.

Founded by Faisal Ahmed, Jahanzaib Ansari, Maaz Rana, Knockri is an A.I. skills-based assessment tool that reduces bias and scientifically shortlists top performing candidates to interview. “Knockri’s algorithm is blind and has been trained not to account for skin colour, race, ethnicity, gender, appearance or sexual preference as measures of desirability for a hire.”

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