18 Best Employment Startups to Watch in 2025

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There are 18 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $3.1b. The average funding per company in this subset is $173.4m.

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Funding Rounds

$87.5m

Money raised

CodeSignal is developing a skills-based assessment platform for unbiased hiring within companies.

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$39.7m

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Also known as the Daily Muse, The Muse is a company developing an online career platform that provides job listings and career advice to people. It participated in the W12 cohort of Y Combinator. It was founded in 2011 and is located in New York City, New York.

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$697.0m

Money raised

Rippling is a software company providing cloud-based employee management solutions. It combines human resources, information technology, and operations. It was founded in 2016 and has locations in San Francisco, California and Bangalore, India.

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$1.5b

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Jobandtalent is a linguistic analysis recruitment platform founded in 2009 by Felipe Navio.

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$25.4m

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Fetcher is a New York-based company founded in 2012 by Andres Blank, Chris Calmeyn, Genevieve Wolff Lydstone, Genevieve Jurvetson, Javier Castiarena, Natan Santolo and Santi Aimetta.

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$1.8m

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A company in Switzerland that creates livestreaming between employers and employees for the former to communicate their mission.

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$14.3m

Money raised

Veremark Ltd is a pre-employment screening startup founded in 2018 by Daniel Callaghan.

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Funding Rounds

$43.8m

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Harver is a company founded in 2013 by Barend Raaff.

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Funding Rounds

$39.6m

Money raised

Joblift is a job search platform providing candidates with the most intuitive and frictionless experience during the recruiting process.

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$31.5m

Money raised

Vangst is a cannabis industry recruiting platform.

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$1.6m

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Whitetruffle is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2011 by Alex Deve, Lucas Scavone and Joseph Liu.

3

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$118.5m

Money raised

Jobcase is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2009.

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$400.0m

Money raised

Velocity Global is a Denver-based company founded in 2014 by Ben Wright.

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$10.0m

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HourWork makes recruiting hourly employees easy and fast. We double your applicant flow by maximizing your talent pool. Get started today!

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Joberator provides a search, recruitment and talent acquisition platform. It connects skilled professionals with employers.

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$3.0m

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Platform that simplifies HR, payroll, benefits, and tax compliance for international remote teams.

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$59.0m

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Douban is a Beijing-based company founded in 2005 by Yang Bo.

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$12.6m

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