Checkstep, a content moderation platform for online platforms, has raised £3 million in funding led by Alea Capital Partners, with participation from Slow Ventures and LookAI. The platform provides end-to-end moderation for user-generated content and helps companies automate policy enforcement and compliance with global regulations. The funding will support continued product development, commercial expansion, and strategic partnerships.
Designed to manage large volumes of online content, the platform combines artificial intelligence with Trust and Safety expertise to automate moderation decisions and enforce policies at scale. Organisations use Checkstep to manage risk, maintain compliance, and operate across multiple jurisdictions including the EU and US, where regulatory requirements are becoming more complex.
Processing more than 60 million pieces of content each month, the platform supports customers including Trustpilot, JustGiving, Daily Mail, and MoneySavingExpert. Automation handles over 98% of moderation decisions while maintaining auditability, allowing platforms to scale operations while retaining oversight and accountability.
Founded by Guillaume Bouchard, who previously co-founded Bloomsbury AI acquired by Facebook in 2018, Checkstep builds on experience in Trust and Safety operations. Growth over the past 12 months includes strong net revenue retention and increasing demand from enterprise customers.
Trust and Safety is a critical function for any online platform. Checkstep is building the Trust and Safety infrastructure that makes it possible to keep users safe at scale. As platforms grow and regulations are increasingly enforced, this can’t be managed through fragmented tools or manual processes - it requires a unified system to enforce policy, manage risk, and operate globally. This funding allows us to accelerate our mission to power a safer digital world.
Checkstep combines deep Trust and Safety domain expertise with strong, scalable technology and exceptional customer entrenchment. With rapid, capital-efficient growth and a product embedded in mission-critical workflows, the team has all the ingredients of a category leader as regulation turns Trust and Safety into core infrastructure for global digital platforms and defines the standard for industry.
