Yardstik Raises $30M in Series B to Tackle the Post-Hire Blind Spots and Workforce Fraud

The funding brings the platform's total capital raised to $65M and will deliver new fraud prevention, continuous monitoring and credential management capabilities

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Yardstik, the Human Trust Platform for employers, today announced $30 million in new funding, led by Harbert Growth Partners, bringing its total capital raised to $65 million. Yardstik's existing investors, Rally Ventures, MissionOG, Crosslink Capital, Grotech Ventures, and Great North Ventures all participated in this round. Yardstik will use the capital to accelerate the development of new fraud prevention defenses and monitoring technology, including motor vehicle reports and OIG exclusion monitoring, and automated alerts that notify employers when a worker's license, insurance or certification expires.

The typical occupational fraud scheme lasts 12 months before detection, with 43% of cases uncovered through a tip, according to a 2026 report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Traditional background screening typically happens only at the time of hire, leaving organizations with limited visibility into risks that emerge throughout a worker's tenure. Yardstik is closing that gap by combining fraud detection, background screening and ongoing monitoring across the entire workforce lifecycle. Its platform helps organizations surface risk signals earlier and identify relevant changes after someone has been hired.

"The legacy background check industry was built around a single moment in time, even though workforce risk changes every day," said Andrew Johnson, CEO of Yardstik. "This investment allows us to move faster toward our goal of equalizing access to modern workforce protection. Fraud signals before a check runs, monitoring after someone is hired and real-time credential visibility should not be premium add-ons. They should be the foundation of every trust program."

The company recently released new Fraud Insights and Continuous Monitoring features, making it the standard for every customer at no additional cost. Fraud Insights provides a live view of aggregate fraud risk signals across a workforce, while Continuous Monitoring automatically enrolls screened workers in post-hire monitoring, reducing manual rechecks and missed windows. Together, the capabilities provide layered protection before hiring and throughout a worker's employment.

"If a motor vehicle report comes back with something disqualifying, we don't wait for the next renewal cycle to find out," Johnson said. "If a license lapses the day after someone's hired, an employer should know that day, not at the next annual review. That's the difference between a photograph and a live feed."

"Yardstik's growth shows employers want a way to manage risk that doesn't stop the day someone's hired," said Brian Carney, General Partner of Harbert Growth Partners. "Its 98% account retention rate over the past three years shows that customers continue to see value in the layered protection they provide beyond the background checks at hire. We are excited to support Andrew and the team as they continue to expand the platform."

The funding follows the company's 149% YoY revenue growth and a 99.4% customer satisfaction rating. Yardstik partners with organizations across gig marketplaces, staffing, healthcare, transportation and logistics, childcare and other industries, with customers including, Gopuff, Liveops, Sharetown, Task Rabbit, and HUNGRY. The company was also recently named No. 861 (top 17%) on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.

"Background screening remains a crucial part of our hiring process, but the risks employers face evolved significantly over the past decade," said Nic DeHaan, SR Director of Agent Experience at Liveops. "Yardstik has helped us take a more proactive approach to identifying fake identities and credentials. It has helped us recognize and prevent a significant number of bad actors trying to exploit our hiring process. Their technology gives us greater confidence that the people joining our platform are who they claim to be."

Yardstik can be used directly or through pre-built integrations with ATS and HR platforms including Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, Fountain, Bullhorn, Avionte and Paylocity, allowing screening and ongoing monitoring to operate within employers' existing workflows. Its API-first infrastructure also enables gig marketplaces and technology platforms to embed and white-label Yardstik's fraud prevention, identity verification, screening and monitoring capabilities within their own products and brands.

To learn more about Yardstik or request a demo, visit yardstik.com.

About Yardstik
Yardstik is a Human Trust Platform built to help organizations move beyond one-time background checks toward a continuous and transparent workforce lifecycle. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Yardstik combines fraud prevention and background verification into a single, cost-efficient platform used by customers including HR Block and Gopuff. Yardstik operates in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), providing full transparency to the individuals it monitors.

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