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    Recent transactions in the domain of recruitment

    Country Funding round Date
    Stema srl
    Platform to automate and enhance STEM recruitment.
    Italy N/A
    EUR 1,600,000
    16 Oct 2024
    Symbiosis Search
    Acquisition
    23 Nov 2022
    Prelude
    Recruiting operations platform designed to build an efficient and delightful hiring process.
    Acquisition
    28 Sep 2022
    Ashby Inc
    All-in-one recruiting software for high growth companies.
    United States Series B
    USD 21,500,000 (USD 21,500,000)
    13 Sep 2022
    LANDED
    Provider of a recruitment engine for the restaurant and hospitality industries.
    United States Seed
    USD 7,000,000 (USD 7,000,000)
    7 Apr 2022
    Gupy Ltd
    Recruitment and selection platform that uses artificial intelligence to make the process faster and more assertive.
    Cayman Islands N/A
    USD 90,000,000 (USD 90,000,000)
    31 Jan 2022
    Canvas Talent Inc
    San Francisco based diversity recruitment platform.
    United States Series C
    USD 50,000,000 (USD 50,000,000)
    16 Sep 2021
    Unibuddy Ltd
    Peer-to-peer university recruitment platform.
    United Kingdom Series B
    USD 20,000,000 (USD 20,000,000)
    7 Jul 2021
    Prelude
    Recruiting operations platform designed to build an efficient and delightful hiring process.
    Seed
    USD 1,200,000 (USD 1,200,000)
    28 Jun 2021
    Teamtailor
    The way to seamlessly manage your applicant tracking and recruiting practices.
    N/A
    31 Dec 2020
    Stryder Corp
    Recruitment platform.
    United States Series D
    USD 80,000,000 (USD 80,000,000)
    20 Oct 2020
    Prelude
    Recruiting operations platform designed to build an efficient and delightful hiring process.
    Pre Seed
    USD 1,200,000 (USD 1,200,000)
    1 Nov 2019
    Pickr Ltd
    United Kingdom Seed
    GBP 1,000,000
    4 Mar 2019
    Adaface
    Building a conversational AI, Ada, for first round tech interviews.
    Singapore Pre Seed
    31 Dec 2018
    Stryder Corp
    Recruitment platform.
    United States Series C
    USD 40,000,000 (USD 40,000,000) at USD 235,000,000 (USD 235,000,000) valuation.
    31 Oct 2018
    Pickr Ltd
    United Kingdom Seed
    1 Apr 2018
    70 Million Jobs
    For-profit recruitment platform that connects companies with applicants.
    United States Seed
    USD 120,000 (USD 120,000)
    1 Jul 2017
    10 By 10
    Marketplace in the recruiting agency industry.
    United States Seed
    USD 120,000 (USD 120,000)
    1 Jul 2017
    Stryder Corp
    Recruitment platform.
    United States Series B
    USD 20,000,000 (USD 20,000,000)
    17 Nov 2016
    Stryder Corp
    Recruitment platform.
    United States Series A
    USD 10,500,000 (USD 10,500,000)
    3 Feb 2016
    Stryder Corp
    Recruitment platform.
    United States Seed
    USD 3,500,000 (USD 3,500,000)
    15 Mar 2015
    AIA Worldwide
    United Kingdom Acquisition
    1 Sep 2012
    Simply Hired Inc
    Vertical search engine company building the world’s largest online jobs database.
    United States Series C
    1 Aug 2009
    Simply Hired Inc
    Vertical search engine company building the world’s largest online jobs database.
    United States Series B
    12 Mar 2006
    Simply Hired Inc
    Vertical search engine company building the world’s largest online jobs database.
    United States Series A
    1 Aug 2005

    Best funded companies in recruitment





    Recruitment platform.

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    Recruitment and selection platform that uses artificial intelligence to make the process faster and more assertive.

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    San Francisco based diversity recruitment platform.





    All-in-one recruiting software for high growth companies.

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    Peer-to-peer university recruitment platform.

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    Provider of a recruitment engine for the restaurant and hospitality industries.

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    Recruiting operations platform designed to build an efficient and delightful hiring process.

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    For-profit recruitment platform that connects companies with applicants.





    The way to seamlessly manage your applicant tracking and recruiting practices.

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    Talent directory for climate jobs.

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    Platform to automate and enhance STEM recruitment.

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    Access jobs with the world’s leading enterprises.

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    Building a conversational AI, Ada, for first round tech interviews.

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    Next-generation online job recruitment product.

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    Vertical search engine company building the world’s largest online jobs database.

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    Top investors in the domain of recruitment

    Profile Country Investments
    Lightspeed Management Co LLC Multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the enterprise and consumer sectors. United States 6
    True Ventures Management Co LLC Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology startups. United States 5
    Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC Venture capital firm. United States 4
    Spark Capital Early and growth stage venture capital firm. United States 3
    Lowercase Capital LLC Venture capital firm managed by Chris Sacca United States 3
    Annox Capital 2
    Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 2
    Garage Technology Ventures LLC United States 2
    EQT Ventures Sweden 2
    Elad Gil 2
    Y Combinator American technology startup accelerator. United States 2
    Softbank Group Corp Japanese multinational conglomerate. Japan 1
    Rajeev Motwani 1
    Highland Europe 1
    Gaingels United States 1
    HighSage Ventures United States 1
    Endeavor Catalyst 1
    United Ventures SGR SpA 1
    Episode 1 Partners Ltd Venture capital firm specialising in early stage investments in technology and information services. United Kingdom 1
    Fuel Capital Early-stage venture capital firm focused on consumer, SaaS, and cloud infrastructure companies. United States 1
    Fifth Down Capital 1
    Imaginable Futures 1
    Maya Capital United States 1
    IDG Ventures SF United States 1
    Coinbase Ventures The corporate venturing arm of Coinbase investing in companies building the open financial system. United States 1
    Menlo Ventures Bay Area venture capital firm that invests early stage across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technologies. United States 1
    Blockchain Capital LLC Venture capital fund with a focus on blockchain enabled technologies. United States 1
    Omidyar Network Philanthropic investment firm founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and wife Pam United States 1
    Owl Ventures 1
    Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP Tehnology incubator that invests in individuals “pre-team, pre-idea” to help create new technology startups. United Kingdom 1
    Guy Kawasaki United States 1
    Good Friends Fund 1
    GSV Advisors LLC United States 1
    Base Case Capital Early-stage venture capital firm supporting the next generation of enterprise software. 1
    Zoom Technologies Inc United States 1
    Riverwood Capital Group LLC United States 1
    Ron Conway United States 1
    Stride.VC LLP United Kingdom 1
    Sam Altman United States 1
    BAM Elevate 1
    Emerson Collective United States 1
    Oria Capital 1
    Foundation Capital Venture capital firm located in the Silicon Valley. United States 1
    Sprints Capital Management Ltd United States 1
    New Enterprise Associates Inc Global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. United States 1
    Javelin Venture Partners Venture capital firm based in San Francisco. 1
    GGV Capital Holdings LLC Venture capital firm based in the Silicon Valley and China. United States 1
    Reach Capital United States 1
    F Prime Inc Global venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology. 1
    Nova Capital Management USA LLC United States 1

    Top acquirers in the domain of recruitment

    Profile Country Acquisitions
    Calendly LLC Scheduling platform for teams and individuals. United States 1
    Radancy 1
    Sheffield Haworth Ltd United Kingdom 1

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