HR Tech Startups

WhenIWork provides software for shift-based workplaces to manage scheduling, communications, and team coordination. The platform serves restaurants, retail, hospitality, and other hourly-wage businesses looking to improve operational efficiency and employee engagement.

5 investors

Yardstik provides AI-powered workforce trust infrastructure combining fraud prevention, background screening, credential verification, and continuous monitoring for employers and platforms. The platform offers layered protection across the full employee lifecycle through integrations with ATS/HRIS/HCM systems and white-label APIs.

5 investors

YOUTRUST operates a network-based recruiting and career platform in Japan, connecting users through their professional networks for hiring and job changes. It targets Japanese companies and professionals looking to address structural challenges in the job-change market.

5 investors

Zebec builds blockchain-powered financial products including payroll, cards, and payments solutions for individuals, businesses, and teams. The company operates a family of subsidiaries serving traditional and digital economies across payroll processing, compliance infrastructure, and fintech services.

5 investors

Ichirou operates a caregiving workforce sharing platform and provides home care support and facility referral services for the elderly care market in Japan.

5 investors

Grooves is a Japanese "WorkTech" company that builds internet-based services to connect working people with companies, aiming to improve how individuals find jobs and new work opportunities. It operates in the HR and recruitment technology space serving Japan's labor market.

5 investors

1Doc3 offers employers an unlimited-consultation telehealth service covering general medicine, psychology, nutrition, pediatrics, sexual health, and veterinary care with no copays or wait times, aimed at improving employee wellbeing and reducing absenteeism. It adds wellness programs, step challenges, prevention campaigns, and online reporting on health program usage and impact.

4 investors

5Mins.ai is an AI-powered microlearning platform that delivers compliance, leadership, onboarding, and role-based training through short, TikTok-style lessons and gamification. It serves organizations' L&D and HR teams with a library of over 20,000 micro-lessons, AI-personalized learning pathways, and integrations with tools like Slack, Teams, and HRIS systems.

4 investors

Adept Talent is the healthcare staffing arm of AdeptID, combining matching-model technology with a relationship-first staffing model to place clinicians and allied health professionals at healthcare facilities. It specializes in travel allied health placements for health systems facing workforce shortages.

4 investors

ADP provides cloud-based human capital management solutions that integrate payroll, HR, talent management, time and attendance, tax, and benefits administration for businesses globally. The company serves as a comprehensive provider of HCM software and business outsourcing services with analytics and compliance expertise.

4 investors

Anuvi provides COBRA administration software for brokers and employers, handling enrollment, payments, compliance, and carrier reinstatement through a mobile-first platform. The platform automates COBRA management with real-time reporting and ensures compliance with Department of Labor and HIPAA regulations.

4 investors

Apryl (Progyny Global) offers a fertility benefits platform that connects employees with fertility experts, clinics, and treatments including IVF, egg and sperm freezing, surrogacy, adoption, and menopause management. It serves companies as an employee benefit to support talent attraction, retention, and DEI strategies, with coverage across Europe, Asia, and Australia.

4 investors

Arcade is an AI coaching platform for frontline sales teams that converts a company's existing playbooks, briefs, and decks into AI-powered training, roleplay practice, certifications, and weekly manager coaching. It targets enterprise sales organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, and includes an AI Coach Co-pilot that scores manager 1:1s and produces rep scorecards.

4 investors

Assembly is an employee recognition and rewards platform that helps organizations celebrate achievements, milestones, and team contributions to build stronger culture and retention. The platform serves HR and people teams across small to enterprise organizations.

4 investors

Atalan offers a Clinician Retention Intelligence (CRI) platform that predicts clinician resignations up to 12 months in advance by analyzing EHR, HR, and workforce data signals. It serves U.S. health systems, providing turnover predictions and recommended interventions to reduce clinician turnover and protect revenue and patient care.

4 investors

Aware Health offers an app-based musculoskeletal (MSK) care program that uses an AI engine to analyze claims and symptoms, identify at-risk members, and match them with licensed physical therapists for personalized recovery plans delivered via telehealth, coaching, and guided exercises. It serves employers, providing enterprise analytics that track MSK cost savings, clinical outcomes, and member engagement.

4 investors

Beatrust provides a comprehensive solution that uses generative AI to visualize employee skills and experience from internal information, enabling collaboration and optimizing human capital allocation within organizations.

4 investors

Benefitfocus provides cloud-based software solutions for benefits and health care administration, serving employers, health plans, and brokers. The platform simplifies benefits administration and reduces health care and benefits costs.

4 investors

Betterteem is an AI-powered platform that analyzes employee experience and performance data from multiple systems (HRIS, payroll, ATS, LMS, CRM, productivity tools) to predict employee attrition risk and help organizations take proactive steps to reduce workforce churn. The platform provides behavioral, operational, and sentiment insights for HR and executive teams to mitigate workforce risks in advance.

4 investors

Betterworks offers enterprise performance management and talent intelligence software that connects employee performance, skills, and potential data into a real-time view of the workforce. It uses AI to support decisions on growth, internal mobility, succession planning, and calibration for large organizations.

4 investors

Blink provides a unified mobile communications platform designed for frontline workers who lack traditional corporate email and desk access. The platform enables two-way communication, content management, and collaboration for distributed workforces across industries like healthcare and retail.

4 investors

Bonusly provides an employee engagement and recognition platform that helps organizations connect their workforce through meaningful recognition tied to company values. The platform enables peer-to-peer recognition and engagement across enterprises.

4 investors

BrightHire provides an AI-powered recruiting platform that analyzes hiring conversations to deliver real-time insights and automate talent decisions for enterprise recruiting teams. The platform helps companies build diverse, talented teams by transforming interview data into actionable intelligence that improves hiring outcomes.

4 investors

Caju offers a single platform for Brazilian companies to manage employee benefits (including CLT, PAT and flexible benefits), corporate expenses via a card and app, and HR/people processes. It targets HR teams, including small and medium-sized businesses, in Brazil.

4 investors