HR Tech Startups

Sling is an employee scheduling and workforce management platform that lets managers build shift schedules, track time and attendance, control labor costs, assign tasks, and communicate with staff. It targets small and medium businesses across industries such as restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, and retail stores.

2 investors

Smith System develops driver safety training and fleet safety programs based on The Smith5Keys®, a methodology focused on space, visibility, and time. The company serves fleet operators and driving schools worldwide, including more than half of Fortune 500 companies.

2 investors

Firstup provides an enterprise communication platform that delivers targeted, personalized messages to employees across multiple channels, including mobile, break room screens, and point-of-sale systems. It serves large organizations with dispersed and frontline workforces in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail.

2 investors

Sora is a labor compliance platform that digitizes and manages employee records for companies in Mexico, using AI agents to advise on labor decisions, generate documents based on the Federal Labor Law (LFT), and provide legally valid electronic signatures with facial biometrics. It centralizes contracts, receipts, and other documentation to serve as legal evidence before Mexican authorities such as the STPS, targeting HR and employers.

2 investors

Speak AI provides conversation intelligence for sales teams, automatically transcribing and analyzing sales calls across 100+ languages with AI-generated summaries, objection tracking, competitor mention detection, and multi-model AI Chat integration. The platform serves sales organizations of all sizes through automatic call recording via calendar integration with Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, positioning itself as a cost-effective alternative to enterprise solutions.

2 investors

Speak_ is an AI-powered resume screening platform that automatically evaluates job applicants against customizable criteria set by recruiters. It integrates with major ATS systems to help hiring teams identify qualified candidates quickly and reduce unconscious bias in the hiring process.

2 investors

Spine is a free HR and benefits platform that layers on top of existing HRIS tools like Rippling, Deel, Gusto, and ADP, using AI plus an in-house team to manage benefits, compliance, payroll, and people operations. It positions itself as an unbundled alternative to brokers and PEOs for tech companies, with a 24/7 concierge for employee healthcare questions and plan optimization that reduces healthcare costs.

2 investors

Squad is a recruiting platform that sources candidates through a trusted referral network and vets them via expert technical interviews conducted by senior engineers and operators. It serves companies hiring technical talent, presenting only candidates who match role requirements and pass screening.

2 investors

Stairling is a French business-and-employment cooperative that employs ride-hailing (VTC) drivers as salaried entrepreneurs, giving them a monthly payslip plus unemployment, retirement, health and disability coverage while keeping the freedom of independent work. It serves VTC drivers in France who work across platforms such as Uber, Heetch and Bolt.

2 investors

Starling Minds provides digital, self-guided mental health support and training aimed at reducing disability costs and extending care access for organizations and their employees. Its programs offer personalized, profession-based support and outcome data to help employers lower support costs and expand reach.

2 investors

Stationwise provides staffing solutions for fire departments, helping manage scheduling and administrative operations while supporting firefighter wellbeing.

2 investors

Shiny is an app designed for hospitality employees, built by founders with expertise in hospitality operations and behavior change.

2 investors

Stema operates a community and platform for engineers in Italy, with a network of over 100,000 members, connecting them with job opportunities and career guidance. It presents company and role stories alongside job descriptions and offers career advice on topics like salary, consulting, and freelancing.

2 investors

Stormwind Studios provides training and skill development platform for workforce teams, offering courses, learning paths, and skills assessments aligned with certifications and technology requirements. The platform helps organizations build structured training programs tailored to roles and track employee progress through a centralized dashboard.

2 investors

STRE.ME is an active learning platform that transforms book insights and knowledge into sustainable habits through daily micro-lessons, progress tracking, and cohort-based support. It helps users apply what they learn consistently through small daily actions and community accountability.

2 investors

Wagestream provides a financial wellness platform for employees that combines real-time earnings visibility, earned wage access, and financial education tools to help workers manage their finances and build long-term security. The platform is sold to employers as an employee benefit that improves retention, shift uptake, and reduces absenteeism.

2 investors

Stride is a compensation management platform that helps organizations plan, manage, and execute pay decisions while identifying and reducing pay gaps. It integrates with HRIS systems and provides HR leaders, managers, and financial analysts with data-driven insights, budgeting tools, and automation to streamline compensation workflows and support equitable pay practices.

2 investors

Strove builds a platform that enables insurers and employers to engage members through preventive health initiatives and continuous health data tracking, rather than reactive care. The platform focuses on improving health outcomes and member engagement through daily engagement rather than annual interactions.

2 investors

Stunio connects students with flexible, paid local work opportunities while providing employers and institutions a platform to recruit and engage student talent. The company operates a workforce network designed to establish career foundations for students while retaining talent in their communities.

2 investors

Suitable AI runs an AI-assisted hiring platform that sources, screens, and vets engineers, developers, and IT specialists from a bench of pre-vetted candidates, handling payroll, compliance, and onboarding for cross-border hires. It offers on-demand talent deployment, permanent placement, executive search, and a conversational AI interviewer called AMPO AI for employers to screen their own candidates.

2 investors

2 investors

Superb offers an AI-powered platform for onboarding, credentialing, staffing, and scheduling of healthcare workers, with quick-pay options for professionals. It serves post-acute care providers and caregivers.

2 investors

Supermood provides employee listening and engagement software for large enterprises, with historical clients including Fnac-Darty, BPCE, and Boulanger. Following a merger with ZestMeUp, it forms part of a "Management Tech" suite covering the full employee journey from listening to performance management, using AI and data.

2 investors

Superunit provides AI agents that autonomously contact HR departments, payroll systems, and managers via phone, email, and fax to verify employment, income, educational credentials, and other background check information. The platform serves hiring, lending, and leasing companies needing FCRA-compliant employment verification at scale.

2 investors