Zinc

Zinc is a UK-founded, Y Combinator and Seedcamp-backed background checking platform that automates pre-employment screening for HR and talent teams. It runs criminal record checks across 195 countries, employment and reference verification, financial and adverse-media screening, right-to-work and qualification checks, delivering results in hours rather than weeks with an average three-day turnaround. Zinc integrates with major ATS and HRIS platforms (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, SmartRecruiters, HiBob, SAP SuccessFactors and others) and is ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials, GDPR and FCRA aligned. This profile was surfaced as a VC portfolio company and enriched from Zinc's public web surface; no public developer API or OpenAPI specification is published at this time.

Zinc is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Background Checks, Employment Screening, Identity Verification, and Human Resources.

Zinc’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, getting-started guide, signup flow, and 7 more developer resources.

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20.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyBackground ChecksEmployment ScreeningIdentity VerificationHuman ResourcesRecruitingComplianceHR Tech

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 20.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Zinc Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Zinc Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 Compliance
Compliance
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 HelpCenter
HelpCenter

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: zinc
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zinc.png
name: Zinc
description: Zinc is a UK-founded, Y Combinator and Seedcamp-backed background checking platform that automates pre-employment
  screening for HR and talent teams. It runs criminal record checks across 195 countries, employment and reference verification,
  financial and adverse-media screening, right-to-work and qualification checks, delivering results in hours rather than weeks
  with an average three-day turnaround. Zinc integrates with major ATS and HRIS platforms (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, SmartRecruiters,
  HiBob, SAP SuccessFactors and others) and is ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials, GDPR and FCRA aligned. This profile was
  surfaced as a VC portfolio company and enriched from Zinc's public web surface; no public developer API or OpenAPI specification
  is published at this time.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zinc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- seedcamp
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Background Checks
- Employment Screening
- Identity Verification
- Human Resources
- Recruiting
- Compliance
- HR Tech
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://zincwork.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://zincwork.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://help.zincwork.com/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://help.zincwork.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://zincwork.com/get-started
- type: SignUp
  url: https://zincwork.com/demo
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://zincwork.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://zincwork.com/privacy
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/zinc-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.zincwork.com/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zinc-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 2
  pass: local-v1