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TurboHire

Hyderabad, IN Β· Founded 2019 Β· 81 employees on LinkedIn Β· 3 known investors

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TurboHire provides enterprise hiring software and services. The company serves global organizations looking to streamline their recruitment and talent acquisition processes.

Also known as TurboHire Technologies Private Limited Β· TurboHire Technologies Pvt Ltd

Founders & leadership

TurboHire was founded in 2019 by Deepak Agrawal, Gaurav Kumar, and Rakesh Ranjan Nayak.

DADeepak Agrawal
Deepak AgrawalinCEO & Co-founderDeepak Agrawal has worked in talent acquisition and education for nine years at ISB and held roles as co-founder and CTO in digital marketing and campaign analytics before founding TurboHire. He has studied natural language processing, search infrastructure, and data science.
GKGaurav Kumar
Gaurav KumarinCTO & Co-founderPreviously, he spent over five years at Microsoft working on large-scale products including Visio, Bing, and MSN Health, and is a graduate of NIT Trichy.
RRRakesh Ranjan Nayak
Rakesh Ranjan NayakinCIO & Co-founderRakesh Ranjan Nayak is co-founder and CIO of TurboHire, overseeing platform and engineering for an AI-native hiring software platform. He has spent six years in startup environments developing expertise in infrastructure architecture, product design, and data-driven systems.

Investors Β· 3

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

TurboHire is an enterprise recruitment automation platform based in Hyderabad, India, that centralises the hiring process from job requisition through to offer letter release while allowing customers to configure their own workflows. The company positions its product as an AI-native recruitment execution platform aimed at high-volume hiring, covering white-, grey- and blue-collar roles across industries including automotive, BFSI, BPO/KPO, FMCG, global capability centres, healthcare, hospitality, ITES, logistics, manufacturing, QSR and retail. It supports hiring scenarios such as field sales and field operations hiring, referral hiring, walk-in hiring, campus hiring, lateral hiring, blue- and grey-collar hiring and leadership hiring.

The platform includes an applicant tracking system and distinct interfaces for the stakeholders involved in hiring β€” recruiters, candidates, interviewers, approvers, leadership and administrators β€” delivered through a login-less, mobile-first design. Its "SuperAgent" component is described as an execution layer that performs candidate evaluation against defined criteria, automated workflow progression, candidate outreach and coordination, and approval capture, with the company stating it can process more than 10,000 candidates in parallel. Additional capabilities cited include structured assessments and skill-based testing, automated interview scheduling and notifications, analytics dashboards, and audit trails for compliance.

TurboHire integrates with major HR management systems including SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM and Workday, and has built customer-specific integrations such as CIBIL checks, PAN validation and duplicate detection. It also lists integrations with partners such as MyAnatomy and a partnership with 91springboard.

Founding story

TurboHire was founded in 2019 in Hyderabad, with the company's own timeline placing its founding in March 2019, followed by its first customer win and angel investment from Prashant Gupta and PV in the same year. Press coverage names Deepak Agrawal, Rakesh Nayak and Gaurav Kumar as founders, who set out to address inefficiencies in enterprise recruitment; other listings additionally name Abhishek Kabra and Aman Gour among the founding team.

Business model

TurboHire operates a B2B software-as-a-service model in which enterprises subscribe to the platform to automate and streamline recruitment, reduce time-to-hire and improve efficiency. Revenue streams are described as licensing and subscription.

Subscription and licensing fees paid by enterprise customers for access to the recruitment platform. Inc42 reports revenue of INR 7.2 Cr in FY25, up 8.6% from INR 6.6 Cr in FY24.

Traction

TurboHire reports a client base of more than 120 organisations, including Cipla, Tata Motors, PwC, Lenskart, Britannia, RPG Group, Motilal Oswal Group and Ola, with Deloitte SA adopting the platform in July 2025 and GreyOrange becoming a customer in September 2022. One customer CHRO cites more than 18,000 offer letters issued through the platform. Inc42 lists FY25 revenue of INR 7.2 Cr, 82 employees and a 4.8 Glassdoor rating.

Latest developments

In August 2025 TurboHire raised $6 million in Series A funding led by IvyCap Ventures, taking reported total funding to about $9 million; proceeds are earmarked for global expansion, product development and deeper HR-tech integrations. The company's current product positioning centres on its SuperAgent agentic-AI execution layer for high-volume hiring.

β–ΈFull profile β€” market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

TurboHire describes itself as a recruitment automation platform rather than a recruitment agency, and its founders position the product as a layer that can sit over existing HRMS or ATS systems. Press coverage characterises it as an enterprise recruitment automation startup with over 120 client organisations, and investor IvyCap Ventures cites its configurability and ability to serve large, complex organisations.

Differentiators described include a login-less, mobile-first experience covering six stakeholder groups, high configurability and integrability with enterprise HR systems (SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, Workday), agentic AI that autonomously orchestrates hiring steps from requisition to offer, support for both bulk recruitment events and senior executive searches in a single interface, and enterprise-specific integrations such as CIBIL and PAN validation and duplicate detection.

Technology

The platform applies AI, machine learning and natural language processing to structure candidate databases and to match and screen candidates, converting resume repositories into searchable networks. Its SuperAgent uses agentic AI to evaluate candidates against defined criteria, execute workflow transitions, generate candidate communication and capture approvals, alongside advanced analytics and GenAI assistance for interviewers. It integrates with SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM and Workday.

Go-to-market

The company sells directly to enterprises through demo requests on its website, supported by published customer case studies (for example Repos Energy, Hanu and Avanse) and customer testimonials. It has grown through named enterprise logo wins and partnerships, and plans to use its Series A capital to expand global presence, enhance product capabilities and strengthen HR-tech ecosystem integrations.

Large enterprises and their talent acquisition stakeholders β€” recruiters, hiring managers, interviewers, approvers, leadership and administrators β€” particularly organisations running high-volume or distributed hiring across industries such as automotive, BFSI, BPO/KPO, FMCG, healthcare, hospitality, ITES, logistics, manufacturing, QSR, retail and global capability centres.

Geography

Headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, with enterprise customers described as global; the Series A is intended to fund expansion of the company's global presence, and the founders have stated an intent to scale into other geographies. Deloitte SA is cited as a 2025 customer.

History

After its 2019 founding, TurboHire announced a partnership with 91springboard in November 2019 and an integration with MyAnatomy in September 2020. It raised $1 million in seed funding from Pentathlon and others in October/November 2020, and was ranked #17 on a global list of AI startups in December 2020. Through 2021 and 2022 the company collected software marketplace recognitions including G2 High Performer badges, GetApp Category Leader 2022 and Capterra Noteworthy Product, plus the Technology Innovator Awards 2021 Best Talent Intelligence Software. In September 2022 it raised $2 million in a pre-Series A round. From March 2023 the company shifted focus entirely to the enterprise segment, adding customers such as Ola (June 2023), Tata Motors (August 2023), Britannia (January 2024), Lenskart (May 2024) and Cipla (July 2024). In July 2025 Deloitte SA selected the platform for its hiring, and in August 2025 IvyCap Ventures led a $6 million Series A.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources β€” announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Employee countJan 202682 employees
Enterprise customersAug 2025120 organisations
Funding roundsAug 20254 rounds
Glassdoor ratingJan 20264.8 out of 5 (42 reviews)
Offer letters issued by a single customer via the platformJan 202518,000 offer letters
Revenue (FY25)Jan 202572,000,000 INR
Total funding raisedAug 2025$9M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β€” not independently audited.

Timeline Β· 20

launches, deals, and filings
Aug 2025
$6M Series A led by IvyCap Ventures

Funds earmarked for global expansion, product capability enhancement and deeper integration with HR technology ecosystems.

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Jul 2025
Deloitte SA adopts TurboHire for all its hiring

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Jul 2024
Cipla becomes a customer

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May 2024
Lenskart becomes a customer

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Jan 2024
Britannia becomes a customer

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Aug 2023
Tata Motors becomes a customer

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Jun 2023
Ola becomes a customer

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Mar 2023
Strategic shift to focus entirely on the enterprise segment

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Sep 2022
Winner of Great Companies Global Business Award

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Sep 2022
$2M pre-Series A round

Pre-Series A round led by Mumbai Angels, Pentathlon VC and The Chennai Angels.

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Sep 2022
GreyOrange becomes a customer

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Aug 2022
GetApp Category Leader 2022

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Jan 2022
Named Leading Performer across Asia by G2

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Aug 2021
Listed among Top 10 AI-based Recruiting Tools by Analytics India Magazine

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Jul 2021
Best Talent Intelligence Software, Technology Innovator Awards 2021

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Dec 2020
Ranked #17 on global list of AI startups

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Oct 2020
$1 million seed round from Pentathlon and others

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Sep 2020
Integration with MyAnatomy

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Nov 2019
Partnership with 91springboard

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Jan 2019
Angel investment from Prashant Gupta and PV

TurboHire received angel investment from Prashant Gupta and PV in its founding year, alongside its first customer win.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

β–ΈResearch sources Β· 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does TurboHire do?
TurboHire is a Hyderabad-based AI recruitment automation platform for enterprise high-volume hiring.
Who founded TurboHire?
TurboHire was founded by Deepak Agrawal, Gaurav Kumar, Rakesh Ranjan Nayak in 2019.
Who are TurboHire's investors?
TurboHire's investors include Hyderabad Angels, IvyCap Ventures, Pentathlon Ventures.
Where is TurboHire headquartered?
TurboHire is headquartered in Hyderabad, IN.