Recruiting Startups

Gem builds a talent engagement platform that unifies recruiting data from sources like email, applicant tracking systems, and LinkedIn, providing analytics, outreach automation, and collaboration tools for talent acquisition teams. It serves corporate recruiting teams at companies such as Wayfair, Dropbox, and Cisco.

12 investors

Humanly builds conversational AI and automated interviewing technology for high-volume hiring, helping organizations qualify candidates and conduct structured interviews at scale. The platform serves recruiting and talent teams seeking to accelerate hiring processes while maintaining fairness and consistency.

12 investors

Henry is a coding bootcamp offering intensive online programs in full-stack development, data science, data engineering, and AI automation for learners seeking employment in technology. The academy focuses on practical, project-based learning with live classes, mentorship, and job placement support across Latin America.

11 investors

The Muse is a values-based careers site that helps Gen Z and millennial job seekers find career paths and roles at companies whose people, benefits, and values match their needs. For employers, it operates as a hiring marketplace aimed at better candidate matches and improved retention.

11 investors

Fiber AI provides API access to a database of 40M+ companies, 850M+ professionals, and 30M+ jobs, enabling services like email-to-person reverse lookup, contact enrichment, company and people search with advanced filters, and real-time LinkedIn data fetch. The platform serves sales teams, recruiters, and AI agents building prospecting and staffing workflows.

10 investors

Emi Labs builds an AI-powered SaaS recruitment platform that helps companies manage high-volume hiring of frontline workers, engaging candidates via text to speed up the recruiting process. It serves large employers with significant frontline workforces, operating in the HR and recruitment technology space.

9 investors

Landed uses generative AI to help businesses recruit and hire frontline workers. It operates as a hiring marketplace connecting employers with frontline job candidates.

9 investors

Ashby builds recruiting software that bundles an applicant tracking system, sourcing, scheduling automation, and recruiting-specific analytics. It targets operationally minded hiring and recruiting teams.

8 investors

Dover provides startups with recruiting tools and access to vetted fractional recruiters who work on-demand as an extension of a company's hiring team, charging by the hour rather than per-placement agency fees. Its Recruiting Partners service matches companies with experienced recruiters for specific roles, backed by an ATS, sourcing tools, and transparent cost-per-hire and fill-rate metrics.

7 investors

Elpha operates an online professional network for women, offering a community for personal and professional development, job searching, and networking. It serves women in the workforce.

7 investors

Howdy.com connects US technology companies with software engineers across Latin America who operate within US business hours, and provides recruitment, equipment, benefits administration, and office space management to support distributed engineering teams.

7 investors

Jopwell is a career advancement platform that helps companies recruit, market to, and retain Black, Latinx, and Native American professionals. It serves employers seeking to build more inclusive workplaces and connects members of color with career opportunities.

7 investors

Alex is a recruitment automation platform that conducts candidate screening, interviews, and scoring using standardized questions and objective criteria. It engages applicants 24/7 to reduce hiring time and improve candidate experience for enterprise employers.

6 investors

HackerRank operates an AI-powered platform for technical hiring and upskilling, letting companies assess, interview, and grow developer talent based on demonstrated skills. It serves recruiters and hiring teams and hosts a community of over 26 million developers who learn, certify skills, and find jobs.

6 investors

ModernLoop provides recruitment automation technology that enhances the candidate experience for companies of all sizes. The platform helps organizations streamline and optimize their hiring processes.

6 investors

Awesomic is a talent marketplace that connects businesses with freelance contractors and creative talent to complete projects and tasks. The platform serves companies looking to hire independent workers for work assignments.

5 investors

Bluecrew runs an on-demand, data-driven staffing platform that connects businesses with hourly blue-collar workers for temporary, seasonal, and temp-to-hire roles such as warehouse staff, drivers, forklift operators, and event staff. It handles screening, matching, dispatching, and time tracking as a technology-based alternative to traditional temp agencies, operating in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and Reno.

5 investors

Bolto combines AI-powered screening with a network of local recruiters to help companies hire global talent faster. The platform also handles payroll, compliance, and workforce management for distributed teams across multiple countries.

5 investors

Contrario is a recruitment platform that uses AI agents and a network of expert recruiters to source and deliver qualified candidates to companies. It integrates with existing ATS systems and handles candidate screening, scheduling, and coordination to reduce hiring time and overhead.

5 investors

DirectShifts provides a workforce and operational platform for telehealth, digital health, hospitals, and physician groups to recruit clinicians and handle multi-state licensing, credentialing, payer enrollment, physician supervision, and scheduling. It serves healthcare organizations in the United States expanding their clinical workforce nationwide.

5 investors

Juicebox is an AI recruiting platform that helps talent acquisition teams discover, evaluate, and outreach to candidates at scale using AI search across 800M+ global profiles, alongside AI agents that automate sourcing and follow-up workflows.

5 investors

Kalibrr runs a two-sided online job marketplace connecting employers with white-collar, high-skill talent in Southeast Asia, primarily the Philippines and Indonesia. It lets companies recruit and build remote sales, product, engineering, or design teams in the region.

5 investors

Adni operates a platform connecting healthcare workers with employment opportunities while providing tools for credential management and professional networking; the platform also serves healthcare employers seeking to identify and screen clinical talent through AI-powered recruiting capabilities.

4 investors

Crew is a recruiting software platform that combines applicant tracking and customer relationship management features for staffing agencies and independent recruiters, with built-in sourcing tools, automation capabilities, and LinkedIn integration.

4 investors