"The funding round, led by Peter Bauer, the founder of cybersecurity giant Mimecast, marks the largest in Willo's history and takes total investment in the fast-scaling platform to £5.9 million ($8 million). Bauer, who took Mimecast from start-up to Nasdaq IPO, has invested £3.7 million ($5 million) into Willo over the past 18 months and will support its strategy for US expansion."
"Employers tell us they are inundated with AI-generated CVs that are hard to verify. That's making it increasingly difficult for genuine, qualified candidates to stand out. With Willo Verified Profiles, we're building a new layer of trust into the hiring process - verifying identity, qualifications, skills, and experience using automation, data, and video interaction. It will be like a 'blue tick' for credentials."
Willo raised £3 million ($4 million) to fight AI-generated job applications and launched Willo Verified Profiles to automatically verify candidate credentials. The funding round was led by Peter Bauer, founder of Mimecast, and brings total investment to £5.9 million ($8 million), with Bauer having invested £3.7 million ($5 million) over 18 months. Willo was founded in 2020 by Euan Cameron, Andrew Wood, and Hamish Livingston and has achieved 64x revenue growth since launch, with revenues rising 70% in 2025. The platform serves clients including Toyota, Samsung, DPD Group, and the NHS across 195 countries and processes millions of candidate interviews annually. Willo Verified Profiles aggregates third-party data to confirm identity, education, work history, and skills to reduce application fraud and help hiring teams identify genuine candidates.
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