People Data Company Pipl Raises $19 Million

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Israel-based people data startup Pipl Search Ltd. raised $19 million from growth stage venture capital firm IGP Lichtman and Shani Ltd. (Israel Growth Partners), the companies announced Monday. Founded in 2004 and based in Petach Tikva, east of Tel Aviv, with additional offices in Idaho, Pipl develops a search engine for background checks based on data mined from available digital resources. In a statement, Pipl founder and CEO Matthew Hertz said the company’s services are used for customer relations management and background checks on job candidates. “Pipl finds the real person behind the online persona,” he said in a phone interview with Calcalist on Monday. Founded in 2013, by Haim Shani, former CEO of Nasdaq listed NICE Systems Ltd. and Moshe Lichtman, former corporate VP at Microsoft, Israel-based IGP has raised $250 million in equity and is focused on growth stage Israeli startups with sales of over $10 million.

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Amount $19.0M Total raised
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Date January 15, 2018 Announcement date
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Investors Israel Growth Partners Lead investors
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Company http://www.pipl.com Funded company

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Identity Verification Software Fraud Prevention Software SaaS

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Pipl
$10M to $25M