Checkstep secures £4m in seed funding co-led by Dawn Capital and Form Ventures to develop content moderation technology.
The seed round was co-led by Dawn Capital and Form Ventures to support technology development and commercial expansion.
Checkstep provides artificial intelligence products for contextual content moderation to social media and enterprise platforms. The company develops machine learning models and toolsets to help moderate online harms and support human moderation teams.
Checkstep has secured £4m in a seed round co-led by Dawn Capital and Form Ventures, with additional participation from prominent tech founders. The capital will be deployed to advance the company technology stack and scale sales and marketing operations.
Founded in May 2020, the business provides an infrastructure layer designed to help online platforms manage trust and safety operations. The fresh funding arrives amid growing regulatory scrutiny and rising demand for reliable content moderation tools across digital services.
The investment builds on strong commercial momentum for the startup, which recently expanded its leadership team and gained recognition within the UK safety tech sector.
From the founder
"With the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, getting content moderation right is not only a priority for the democracies in the world, but also a business imperative for any platform hosting user content"
Guillaume Bouchard
CEO at Checkstep
Investor perspective
"Checkstep is a great example of technology being used for good"
Norman Fiore
General Partner, Dawn Capital
Use of funds
- 01Continue product development
- 02Invest in sales and marketing