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About us

"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." Albert Einstein

Building trust one check at a time

Buying or renting a new house feels good. This is a significant life event that sticks with us forever no matter how smooth or complicated it is. The same can be said for many transactions such as getting a new car, boat, or caravan.

To make starting these significant life events peaceful, we are on a mission to remove risk from transactions. We do this using tech and data with a dash of common sense to make the initial interaction between clients and professionals secure and frictionless.

Meet the team of Checkers

Checkboard is on a mission to make the verification and onboarding journey truly simple.

The key drivers of our engine

Integrity

We place integrity first in whatever we do. As such, we always act with integrity in our interactions with both internal and external stakeholders.

Simplicity

We don’t use jargon and we put ourselves in our customers’ and partners’ shoes to ensure the message we want to share is clear and simple.

Trust

We strive to build trust with everyone we interact with and communicate our intentions clearly to reach mutually beneficial outcomes.

Innovation

Whether we create a new product, solve a problem for a customer, or help a member of the team, we love to innovate in everything we do.

Integrity

We place integrity first in whatever we do. As such, we always act with integrity in our interactions with both internal and external stakeholders.

Simplicity

We don’t use jargon and we put ourselves in our customers’ and partners’ shoes to ensure the message we want to share is clear and simple.

Trust

We strive to build trust with everyone we interact with and communicate our intentions clearly to reach mutually beneficial outcomes.

Innovation

Whether we create a new product, solve a problem for a customer, or help a member of the team, we love to innovate in everything we do.

Take a trip down our Memory Lane

OCT 2019

The Beginning

Whilst still working in financial services, James started Checkboard after losing £56,000 on a transaction that took 7 months.

FEB 2020

Pilot

We started building the app in February 2020 and collaborated with several landlords, estate agents, mortgage brokers and solicitors to run a pilot.

APR 2021

Fundraise

After 14 months of piloting, we raised a pre-seed round of £400,000 backed by SFC Capital, Cornerstone and Angel Investors.

SEPT 2021

Launch

We officially launched Checkboard and started serving buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants at the start of their property transaction.

APR 2022

FCA Authorisation

We officially got our license from the Financial Conduct Authority.

MAY 2022

LexisNexis Partnership

We became an official partner of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, allowing us to help more businesses and consumers with their onboarding journey at the start of a transaction.