28 Best Recruiting Startups to Watch in 2025

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There are 29 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.8b. The average funding per company in this subset is $98.4m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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$1.1b

Money raised

Deel is a technology company offering a human resources management system solution for businesses working with global remote contractors.

6

Funding Rounds

$693.8m

Money raised

Workrise is a workforce management solution for skilled trades.

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6

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$32.9m

Money raised

Hackajob is a technical hiring platform founded in 2014 by Razvan Creanga.

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9

Funding Rounds

$157.2m

Money raised

Turing is a Palo Alto, California-based technology company that provides a hiring platform utilizing AI to match companies with engineers and software developers.

4

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$118.4m

Money raised

Marketplace connecting vacant care home shifts with local nurses and carers seeking extra work.

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Wepow is a company founded in 2014 by Rodrigo Martinez, Imo Udom and Jaime Romero.

5

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$25.4m

Money raised

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.

1

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$35.0m

Money raised

Icims is the leading provider of ats applicant tracking systems and hr recruiting software.

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1

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$2.5m

Money raised

Outdefine is a web3 hiring network built for engineers

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4

Funding Rounds

$17.5m

Money raised

Applied is a company founded in 2015 by Richard Marr, Kate Glazebrook and Theo Fellgett.

3

Funding Rounds

$22.1m

Money raised

Platform for technical blue-collar workers to advance their careers and find better job opportunities.

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2

Funding Rounds

$9.1m

Money raised

Talentry offers an enterprise-ready SaaS recruiting solution based on employee referrals.

3

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$2.8m

Money raised

We connect you with hard-working workers from countries like Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, while taking care of the whole recruitment and relocation process. No more hiring through shady middlemen and risking fines and delays.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Advantage Club is a company founded in 2014 by Sourabh Deorah.

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1

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$4.0m

Money raised

Bite Ninja is a Memphis-based software company offering software and AI for remote teams and remote training for the hospitality industry, including virtual staffing and technology solutions.

1

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$3.0m

Money raised

Developer of an enterprise SaaS platform designed to reinvent industry-specific talent acquisition and HR technology through the use of AI. The company's platform offers job opportunities for people and makes the hiring process for companies simple, thereby helping companies to hire the talent which is a right fit for them.

1

Funding Rounds

$24.0m

Money raised

Developer of a workforce management platform intended to offer digital support for blue-collar workforce management throughout the entire value chain. The company's platform allows users to build a trusting relationship between the blue and grey-collar workforce and their employers.

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1

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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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$6.0m

Money raised

HUNTY is a Bogotá-based company founded in 2020 by Francisco Camacho, Santiago Lafaurie, Sebastian Caro and Valentina Smith.

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2

Funding Rounds

$42.1m

Money raised

JobGet is a Boston-based company founded in 2019 by Tony Liu.

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1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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

1

Funding Rounds

$630.0k

Money raised

Gyfted is a discover hidden talent.

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$1.0m

Money raised

EarlyDay is a job site specifically for early childhood educators founded by James Watling.

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Genomawork is a Santiago-based company founded in 2018 by Daniel La Roche Contreras, Fabian Martinez, Juan Pablo Garcia and Robert Cercós.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.2m

Money raised

nCore is a platform for video-based applicant tracking and interviews.

4

Funding Rounds

$327.0k

Money raised

Malqart is a sales Intelligence + Global Investors founded in 2020 by Karim Mokhtar.

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2

Funding Rounds

$16.5m

Money raised

WorkWhile is a San Francisco-based company founded by Jarah Euston.

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HeadFirst Group is an Hoofddorp-based company.

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