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Andrew McLeod on the TechTO & TechVancouver stages

Andrew McLeod

CEO & Co-founder, Certn

HR TechVictoriaOn TechTO & TechVancouver stages since 2016

Andrew McLeod is co-founder and CEO of Certn, a Victoria background-screening company he started in 2016 with Owen Madrick and Evan Dalton. He was previously chief strategy officer at Vancouver rent-payments startup RentMoola. He spoke at TechVancouver in 2016 on fundraising and at TechTO's Founders & Funding in 2021 about building Certn.

On the TechTO & TechVancouver stages ×2

First seen on the TechTO & TechVancouver stages in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Andrew

In their words

always be closing that's that is the number one rule of a startup if you haven't been taught that rule you have not gone through the school of hard knocks

TechVancouver, Mar 2016 · watch at 1:01

are a company that is changing the way people look at human risk intelligence so basically background checks

TechTO Founders & Funding, Jun 2021 · watch at 2:47
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Quick answers

What is Certn?

A Victoria-based background-screening company McLeod co-founded in 2016, offering real-time criminal checks, identity verification, and ongoing risk monitoring.

What did Andrew McLeod do before Certn?

He was chief strategy officer at RentMoola, a Vancouver rent-payments startup, and spoke at TechVancouver in 2016 about fundraising.

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