ZippedScript

ZippedScript Ltd. is a Toronto-based technology company that automates education and employment verification for the background screening industry. Its core product verifies higher-education claims by drawing on a proprietary database of more than 20 million pre-verified degrees, primarily in the U.S. and Mexico, with coverage extending to 44+ countries and 70,000+ international institutions. The company positions its combination of speed, accuracy, cost and global coverage against incumbent providers that, in its description, deliver only some of those attributes.

Customers access the service either through ZSuite, a no-code web platform for sending verification requests to candidates and tracking progress in real time, or through a documented REST API (OpenAPI specification, version v1.0.1 as published) that embeds verification into an existing hiring workflow so candidates never leave it. In 2025 the company said it was extending its technology from education into employment history verification and exploring integrations with HR technology providers and background check firms.

Founding story

ZippedScript was co-founded by Chris Harper (CEO), a serial entrepreneur since age 17, and David Alexander (CTO), who holds mechanical engineering (MASc) and financial engineering (M.Eng) degrees from the University of Toronto and had nearly a decade of consulting experience in Canada's corporate sector. The founders' stated premise was that verifying a degree still relied on calling a registrar's office, an approach they set out to digitize.

Business model

ZippedScript sells verification services to background check companies, employers and recruiters, delivered through a web platform (ZSuite) and an API. The company advertises flat-rate pricing on education verifications regardless of country, and its lead investor describes the company as introducing a recurring revenue model to a sector traditionally built on per-case services.

Fee-based verification services with flat-rate pricing on education verifications across countries, sold to business customers via platform and API access; the lead investor characterizes the model as the industry's first recurring revenue approach to education verification.

Traction

Company-stated figures include 70,000+ international institutions covered, 20M+ degrees in its database, coverage of 44+ countries, and turnaround times it describes as 95% faster than average. Work-Bench states the company built the 20M+ degree database within a few years and is already working with leading background check companies worldwide.

Latest developments

In March 2025 ZippedScript disclosed total funding of $3.15 million across two rounds and said it planned to expand into employment verification during 2025 while pursuing partnerships with HR tech providers and background check firms. Also in March 2025, Work-Bench publicly announced it had led the company's seed round, which it described as $2.6 million with participation from existing investor New Stack Ventures.