Joblift

Market position

Joblift competed in the job-aggregation segment against Indeed, Adzuna, Jobrapido and Glassdoor. By 2017 it reported roughly 1.5 million monthly site visits and over 4,000 partner job boards, and its lead investor described it as building market share rapidly while profitable in core markets. Its acquisition by Adzuna in 2026 was presented as part of the consolidation of job search engines, giving the combined group a presence in the USA, UK, Germany and France.

Joblift positioned itself on the recency of its technology stack and the relevance of its results: a platform built from scratch in 2015 using a micro-service structure with search and machine-learning technology, in contrast to competing aggregators whose platforms were developed between 2006 and 2010. Its investor DN Capital cited product engineering quality, rapid market-share growth and profitability in core markets. In Germany, its acquirer highlighted decade-long local traffic partnerships and market expertise, and a specialisation in blue- and grey-collar hiring.

Technology

Joblift's platform aggregates and normalises job data from thousands of partner boards, corporates and recruiters, applying data-driven matching to rank results for users. The company described its stack as built on a greenfield basis in 2015 using a micro-service architecture with search and machine-learning technology. Following the Adzuna acquisition, Joblift.de runs on Adzuna's platform, which the acquirer describes as using AI matching technology at scale.

Go-to-market

Joblift acquired job-seeker traffic through search and traffic partnerships with job boards and other channel partners, and planned its first television advertising campaign starting in Germany following its 2017 financing, with campaigns in other markets to follow. On the employer side it maintained relationships with employers, job boards and recruiters, served by local sales and customer success teams, and is distributed to employers via multiposting platforms as an organic and paid channel.

Job seekers searching across aggregated vacancy listings, with a particular focus on blue- and grey-collar candidates in Germany, and on the demand side employers, recruiting companies, staffing firms and job boards advertising vacancies.

Geography

Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Joblift operated as a European job site covering the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands, and by 2026 its markets also included the USA, Belgium and Italy. A third-party job-board directory lists Joblift's coverage as France, Germany and the Netherlands. Germany was its largest and most strategic market, where Adzuna retained a Joblift sales office.

History

Founded in 2015 in Berlin, Joblift raised a total of €12 million by December 2017, including a €10 million round led by DN Capital with participation from Picus Capital and existing investors Cherry Ventures, btov and TruVenturo. It expanded beyond its initial European markets and, over roughly a decade, built local traffic partnerships and market expertise in Germany. In July 2026, Adzuna acquired key assets of the business; Joblift.de continues to operate as a standalone brand and company in Germany, while operations in the UK, USA, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands and France are being merged into Adzuna.