Future of Work Startups

Ema builds "Universal AI Employees" — AI agents designed to perform business tasks and automate repetitive work across an organization. The company positions its product as agentic AI for enterprises.

4 investors

Entelo provides recruiting software, including a candidate communication product called ConveyIQ.

4 investors

Ento (Humanforce) offers a workforce management platform with six integrated modules — WFM, HR, learning, talent, AI/analytics, and communications — built for US stadiums, arenas, and event-driven organizations that manage large frontline workforces. It handles compliance-embedded scheduling, GPS-verified time and attendance, FLSA overtime, leave/PTO, and onboarding documentation.

4 investors

Epoch is a platform for managing company-wide events including town halls, all-hands meetings, and employee gatherings. It provides tools for event scheduling, registration, analytics, and communications integration with Slack and email.

4 investors

ExecThread operates a marketplace connecting senior professionals with confidential, recruiter-led executive job openings sourced from retained executive search firms. It offers members access to executive-level roles, weekly updates based on preferences, and connections with recruiters and hiring managers.

4 investors

Fathom provides AI-powered meeting intelligence that automatically captures notes, summaries, and transcripts while surfacing decisions and action items across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. The platform integrates with enterprise tools like Slack, Salesforce, and HubSpot to help teams—particularly sales, operations, marketing, and customer success—maintain shared context and reduce administrative overhead.

4 investors

Zuper offers a platform that connects businesses with customers by unifying interactions across office and field teams in real time. It provides a single login and shared source of truth for different roles in a business.

4 investors

Fireflies.ai provides a voice assistant and transcription platform that automates team workflows by converting conversations into actionable insights. The platform serves enterprise teams looking to optimize meeting and call management through AI-powered transcription and automation.

4 investors

FirstUp provides a platform for internal employee communications and workforce engagement in enterprises. The company helps organizations transform their digital employee experience through workforce mobilization solutions.

4 investors

FlowEQ is a no-code workflow automation platform that embeds within existing business systems to automate recurring processes and support customer service, quality tracking, and member services operations. It provides integrations with 100+ business applications including CRMs, fulfillment systems, and e-signature platforms.

4 investors

Flowly provides a virtual clinic platform using VR and guided sessions to help employees manage nonstructural pain and related conditions including anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders. The offering combines immersive relaxation training, breathwork, support groups, and educational workshops for workplace wellness.

4 investors

Fond was an employee rewards and recognition platform (originally launched as AnyPerk) that offered perks, discounts, and peer recognition tools for companies. Acquired by Reward Gateway in 2023.

4 investors

Fringe is an employee experience platform that consolidates rewards, wellbeing, and perks into a single tool for HR and People teams. It supports remote, in-office, and hybrid workforces and offers options for organizations with or without dedicated budgets.

4 investors

Fuel50 provides skills intelligence software that helps organizations map the skills they have and the capabilities they need, then powers an internal talent marketplace connecting employees to roles, projects, and career paths. It is aimed at HR and workforce leaders managing skills and talent mobility amid AI-driven change.

4 investors

Galvanize provides customized technical education and training programs to help enterprise teams build skills in AI, machine learning, XP and Agile practices, data pipelines, and cloud operations. It focuses on onboarding, reskilling, upskilling, and assessments aimed at improving software delivery and business outcomes.

4 investors

GigSafe provides a platform that manages the work-readiness and compliance workflows for independent contractor networks in delivery and logistics operations. The platform automates recruiting, onboarding, tax, benefits, and compliance processes for carrier companies and gig delivery operators.

4 investors

Gloat provides an "Agentic HR" platform that uses autonomous AI agents to interpret workforce context, reason through decisions, and take action within existing HR tools. It targets HR teams and managers seeking real-time workforce decision-making rather than periodic review cycles.

4 investors

GroWrk is a platform that automates the full IT device lifecycle — procurement, deployment, recovery, storage, and recycling — across 150+ countries with local compliance. It serves IT and finance teams managing equipment for distributed and remote workforces, offering unified global inventory management, integrations, and SOC 2 Type 2 certified security.

4 investors

Help Scout builds a customer communication platform for growing businesses that want to provide personalized support at scale. The software powers customer-facing teams across organizations of all sizes, enabling them to manage incoming customer conversations while maintaining a people-centric approach to customer service.

4 investors

HF0 is a residency program for repeat founders, providing a cohort-based batch structure that culminates in a demo day.

4 investors

HireAnEsquire (HAE) is an online marketplace that connects law firms and corporate legal departments with vetted freelance legal professionals for contract engagements. It handles candidate vetting and matching for legal staffing needs.

4 investors

Hive provides a work management platform for enterprises to align and execute work across teams, with features for portfolio planning, workflow standardization, governance, and reporting.

4 investors

Homebase is a management platform for small businesses that includes team messaging, scheduling, shift tracking, onboarding, and payroll features. It serves restaurants, retail, and other hourly-wage businesses with tools for employee communication, scheduling, and performance tracking.

4 investors

Hum provides white-label internet shopping and enrollment solutions for residential property managers and operators, allowing them to offer internet services to residents while retaining brand control and revenue.

4 investors