Who invested in Knockri?

Investors on record for Knockri: 1745 Ventures, Amplify Capital, Bertelsmann Investments, Differential Ventures, Digital Technology Supercluster, Google for Startups Accelerator, Grand Ventures, Green Egg Ventures and 3 others.

Knockri was founded by Faisal Ahmed (Co-Founder & CTO), Jahanzaib Ansari and Maaz Rana.

Where is Knockri based?

Knockri is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Knockri

Knockri is a behavioural skills assessment tool that improves diversity without impacting work performance or hiring efficiency.

HR and recruiting EducationGoogle for Startups Accelerator

Website: knockri.com.

X: @KnockriCo · 614 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: HR and recruiting Education.

Sectors: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Vision, Human Resources, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing.

Based in: Toronto, Ontario.

X account age: 9 years.

Domain age: 10 years.

On Recent Funding since: Oct 11, 2026.

About Knockri

Knockri helps diversity focused talent acquisition teams shortlist and find the best fit candidates for an interview.

Knockri is a company based in Toronto, Ontario. Recent Funding lists it under HR and recruiting (also Education). It went through Google for Startups Accelerator (Canada). Investors on record for it include 1745 Ventures, Amplify Capital, Bertelsmann Investments, Differential Ventures and 6 others. It was founded by Faisal Ahmed, Jahanzaib Ansari and Maaz Rana.

Funding rounds

June 1, 2017
X account created
February 13, 2016
Website created
Canada
GGoogle for Startups Accelerator · batch
Source: startup.google.com

Founders and team

FA
Faisal Ahmed Co-Founder & CTO

source: knockri.com
JA
Jahanzaib Ansari Cofounder

@_Jansari · source: knockri.com
MR
Maaz Rana Founder
MS
Michael Skupien Engineering Lead

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Questions and sources

Knockri: questions and answers

Who invested in Knockri?: Investors on record for Knockri: 1745 Ventures, Amplify Capital, Bertelsmann Investments, Differential Ventures, Digital Technology Supercluster, Google for Startups Accelerator, Grand Ventures, Green Egg Ventures and 3 others.
Who founded Knockri?: Knockri was founded by Faisal Ahmed (Co-Founder & CTO), Jahanzaib Ansari and Maaz Rana.
Where is Knockri based?: Knockri is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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