HR Tech Startups

Knockri builds AI-powered, skills-based assessment tools that measure candidates' skills to reduce bias and improve fairness in hiring for organizations. The technology aims to standardize evaluations and support more equitable, inclusive recruitment decisions.

4 investors

Koru Kids operates an online platform that helps UK families find, hire, and legally employ part-time and full-time nannies, handling vetting, matching, contracts, payroll, and HMRC and pension administration. It serves busy parents seeking after-school care, daytime childcare, and career nannies across cities in the UK and home counties.

4 investors

Laborup is a hiring platform that combines AI software with expert recruiters to source, screen, and vet skilled manufacturing workers such as machinists, welders, and engineering technicians. It serves US manufacturing companies of all sizes, offering a proprietary talent network as a lower-cost, faster alternative to traditional staffing firms.

4 investors

Lano offers a unified platform for global payroll, contractor and employee payments, and international compliance across 170+ countries, letting companies employ talent worldwide without setting up local entities. It centralizes payroll data from multiple providers and integrates with HR and finance tools such as HiBob, Workday, Personio, and Sage.

4 investors

Lantum offers AI-powered workforce management tools designed to help organizations handle staffing more efficiently and cost-effectively.

4 investors

Lapzo is an AI-powered talent development platform that maps competencies, personalizes learning plans, and evaluates employee performance for organizations. The platform combines skills assessments, personalized development pathways, and performance management tools to align employee growth with business objectives.

4 investors

Lendis rents out preconfigured IT equipment (laptops, smartphones, monitors, accessories) delivered directly to employees' home offices, handling configuration, shipping, replacement and returns. It serves companies with 10+ employees managing remote or distributed teams, and includes a management system to track devices across locations.

4 investors

Lingo Live provides language and communication coaching to ESL employees and leaders to improve English proficiency, workplace communication skills, and cross-cultural collaboration. The platform serves enterprises looking to enhance employee retention, job satisfaction, and team productivity through one-on-one coaching and custom skills programs.

4 investors

lizzyAI automates large-scale candidate screening, running structured interviews to produce data-backed shortlists for hiring teams and recruitment clients. It focuses on assessing candidate potential across industries ranging from tech startups to global retail networks.

4 investors

AdmitHub provides AI-powered success coaching and conversation tools for higher education institutions to improve student engagement, retention, and outcomes. The platform uses behavioral science and personalized messaging to help students succeed and staff manage student interactions at scale.

4 investors

MedZero provides employee benefits solutions focused on reproductive health and fertility coverage. The company serves benefits decision-makers and employers seeking to address infertility support and reproductive healthcare needs.

4 investors

Mentor Spaces provides a structured mentorship platform for nonprofits, universities, and companies to automate mentor-mentee matching, scheduling, and outcome tracking. The platform helps organizations establish and manage mentorship programs to improve career outcomes and demonstrate measurable impact.

4 investors

Modus is an AI-powered sales planning and performance platform that integrates data from HRIS, ATS, Salesforce, and other sources to provide real-time sales intelligence for enterprise sales teams. The platform detects revenue gaps, ramp delays, territory misalignments, and rep underperformance while benchmarking compensation and capacity against industry data.

4 investors

Navro provides payment infrastructure for cross-border payroll, handling salary, statutory, and tax payments through a single API or file-based flow across 200+ territories and 130+ currencies. It targets payroll, HRIS, and EOR platforms as well as CFOs and compliance teams, offering local payment rails, beneficiary validation, sanctions screening, and audit-ready proof of payment.

4 investors

Nimble is a platform that connects teachers with K-12 schools and districts to improve hiring and workforce management. The platform serves education leaders, school administrators, teachers, and policymakers with tools for job matching, vacancy tracking, and talent development.

4 investors

NodeFlair operates a careers platform focused on technology workers in Asia, combining job listings with salary and company research information. The service is meant to help engineers and other technical candidates compare opportunities and apply to roles that match their skills.

4 investors

Nursegrid is a mobile app for nurses to manage their work schedules, connect with colleagues, and stay organized. Built by nurses, it serves registered nurses across the United States.

4 investors

Onaroll is a platform for restaurant and retail franchises that sets performance goals for hourly workers and rewards them with gift cards to 500+ brands for hitting targets like on-time arrival, upsells, and speed of service. It integrates with existing operational tools to improve employee productivity and reduce staff turnover.

4 investors

One Model provides a platform for HR teams to extract, analyze, and visualize workforce data through explainable AI and analytics tools. The company serves large organizations seeking to unlock insights from complex HR data.

4 investors

OnShift provides workforce management software purpose-built for senior care organizations, covering talent acquisition, scheduling, payroll and HRIS integrations, employee engagement and retention, and compliance reporting. The platform aims to reduce staff turnover and costs while supporting consistent staffing and quality of care.

4 investors

Opolis is a member-owned digital employment cooperative that provides independent professionals — primarily S-Corp and C-Corp operators — with W-2 payroll, group health and retirement benefits, and tax compliance handling. Members receive cooperative ownership, governance rights, and $WORK token rewards in exchange for pooling employment infrastructure typically reserved for large employers.

4 investors

Pair AI offers practical coding competitions to assess software engineering candidates at scale, replacing traditional resume-based and LeetCode-style hiring. The platform targets companies seeking to hire top technical talent globally through performance-based assessments.

4 investors

Parabol is a platform for agile teams that provides retrospective meeting tools and team health measurement features, including mood checks, psychological safety assessments, and burnout monitoring integrated into sprint ceremonies.

4 investors

HiBob (Bob) is a people platform that connects HR, payroll, and finance, offering core HR records, workflows, talent management, compensation planning, payroll, and people analytics. It serves mid-market and growth companies, with AI features and integrations for HR, IT, finance, payroll, and business leaders.

4 investors