69 Best Recruitment Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Recruitment Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 747 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $8.3b. The average funding per company in this subset is $120.9m.

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

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Deel (company) logo

Deel (company)

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

10

Funding Rounds

$1.1b

Money raised

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Hirect

Hirect is a chat-based hiring application designed for high-growth start-ups and small- to medium- sized enterprises.

1

Funding Rounds

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Eightfold.ai (Company)

AI software platform for recruiting and talent management

4

Funding Rounds

$176.8m

Money raised

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HireEZ

HireEZ, formerly Hiretual, is a Mountain View, California-based developer of an artificial intelligence-powered recruitment platform to help companies find employees.

4

Funding Rounds

$45.5m

Money raised

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The Muse (company)

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.

6

Funding Rounds

$39.7m

Money raised

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Handshake (software company)

Handshake is a Caliornia-based college career recruiting network for college students, career centers, and employers.

7

Funding Rounds

$448.0m

Money raised

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Notch (company)

Notch is a talent platform that focuses on software developers.

1

Funding Rounds

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Pave (company)

Pave is a software company specializing in developing compensation documenting solutions for businesses.

4

Funding Rounds

$24.0m

Money raised

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XOR

XOR is an artificial intelligence powered recruiting chatbot founded in 2016 by Aida Fazylova.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.4m

Money raised

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ConveyIQ

Company

6

Funding Rounds

$17.4m

Money raised

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Brilliant

Brilliant is a San Francisco-based educational technology company.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Mercu

Mercu is a Singapore-based software-as-a-service company developing an artificially intelligent platform for hiring, training, and engaging remote workforces.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

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Personio

Personio is a software company in Munich, Germany founded in 2015.

10

Funding Rounds

$750.5m

Money raised

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Jobandtalent (company)

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

30

Funding Rounds

$1.5b

Money raised

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HubbleHQ

An online marketplace to find co-working, private, and shared office spaces

2

Funding Rounds

$6.7m

Money raised

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Envoy (company)

A company offering an enterprise workplace visitor management software platform.

3

Funding Rounds

$169.0m

Money raised

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Comet

Founded in 2017, Comet provides tools that assist in the development of machine learning and deep learning models for other organizations and enterprises.

5

Funding Rounds

$74.1m

Money raised

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Good&Co

A software company offering an online job marketplace for connecting job seekers, employers, and employees.

1

Funding Rounds

$118.0k

Money raised

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Workstream (company)

Workstream is a company and job platform that enables business owners to recruit and hire workers, focusing on gig jobs and the fast food industry.

3

Funding Rounds

$106.0m

Money raised

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Codility

Codility is a company that looks to develop recruitment software

2

Funding Rounds

$22.1m

Money raised

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Bark (company)

A software company that specializes in making products that monitor children's usage of the internet, social media, and other communication devices. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Atlanta, Georgia.

2

Funding Rounds

$39.0m

Money raised

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Wade & Wendy

Wade & Wendy is a conversational AI based hiring and recruiting company founded in 2015 by Drew Austin.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.6m

Money raised

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Greenhouse Software

Greenhouse is an applicant tracking system and recruitment tool.

3

Funding Rounds

$52.7m

Money raised

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Sonovate

A financial services and technology company. It was founded in 2012 and is located in London, United Kingdom.

3

Funding Rounds

$24.2m

Money raised

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Talview

Talview is a San Jose-based recruitment company.

3

Funding Rounds

$28.5m

Money raised

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Jobster

Jobster is a Seattle-based company.

4

Funding Rounds

$52.5m

Money raised

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CSPA

CSPA (Computer Science Proficiency Assessment) is a company providing standardized assessment for software engineers. It is located in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2017.The Computer Science Proficiency Assessment (CSPA™) is a comprehensive standardized exam for software engineers.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Mirror (company)

A company offering live streaming and on-demand fitness classes for users in their homes that is headquartered in New York City.

2

Funding Rounds

$59.0m

Money raised

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Owler

Owler is a business information and insights platform providing company data and real-times news and updates.

4

Funding Rounds

$31.8m

Money raised

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Entelo

Entelo is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2011 by Jon Bischke.

3

Funding Rounds

$23.7m

Money raised

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Workable

Workable is the world's leading hiring platform, where companies find, evaluate and hire better candidates, faster.

1

Funding Rounds

$50.0m

Money raised

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HackerRank

HackerRank is a website and business enterprise founded in 2012 by Vivek Ravisankar.

3

Funding Rounds

$90.2m

Money raised

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Beamery

Beamery is a talent acquisition, engagement, and retention platform founded in 2014 by Abakar Saidov, Sultan Murad Saidov and Michael Paterson.

9

Funding Rounds

$395.0m

Money raised

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Checkr

Checkr is a company developing an API to automate professional background checking.

4

Funding Rounds

$520.0m

Money raised

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OpenSesame

OpenSesame is a Portland-based company focusing on e-learning courses for workforce development.

4

Funding Rounds

$95.0m

Money raised

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Filtered

Filtered is a platform designed to help companies hire engineers based on ability, founded by Oliver Weng and Paul Bilodeau.

4

Funding Rounds

$17.2m

Money raised

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Gtmhub

Gtmhub is a cloud-based strategy execution platform that builds OKR software for enterprises and not-for-profits.

7

Funding Rounds

$280.3m

Money raised

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Thismoment

Thismoment is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2008 by Vince Broady, Scott Bedard and Ankarino Lara.

7

Funding Rounds

$51.5m

Money raised

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WayUp

WayUp is a company connecting students with jobs during and after college. It participated in the W15 cohort of Y Combinator.

1

Funding Rounds

$18.5m

Money raised

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Mya Systems

Mya Systems is a company that has developed Mya, a conversational AI platform.

4

Funding Rounds

$61.0m

Money raised

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SmartRecruiters (company)

SmartRecruiters is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2010.

6

Funding Rounds

$225.0m

Money raised

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JobTeaser

A software company that has created a mobile application that is a recruitment platform working with students, universities, and companies. It was founded in 2008 and is located in Paris, France.

2

Funding Rounds

$71.7m

Money raised

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Accredible

A company offering a digital credential platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.7m

Money raised

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Fuel50

Fuel50 is a company that provides a career path and coaching platform built with artifical intelligence and machine learning.

3

Funding Rounds

$32.0m

Money raised

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Kalibrr

Kalibrr is a recruitment company connecting talents to companies. It provides end-to-end services including a jobs portal, recruitment system, employer branding and online assessment.

8

Funding Rounds

$8.3m

Money raised

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Outtalent

A company helping software engineering professionals acquire jobs abroad.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

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AllyO

AllyO is AI-based recruiting company.

4

Funding Rounds

$78.0m

Money raised

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Academia.edu

Academia.edu is a social networking website founded in 2008.

5

Funding Rounds

$33.8m

Money raised

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RolePoint

Applicant tracking platform that enables employee referrals through automation, analytics, and intelligence.

1

Funding Rounds

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Neol

Decentralized and tokenized cohort-based learning and on-demand talent platform, powered by a curated global creative community.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.2m

Money raised

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BEAMSTART

BEAMSTART is a Startup Accelerator and online platform for Startup News, Business Networking, and Entrepreneurial Resources founded in 2016 by Kenneth Ho, Wallace Ho, and Benjamin Tan.

1

Funding Rounds

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Jopwell

Career advancement platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

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Jazzhr

JazzHR is easy, powerful, and affordable recruiting software purpose-build for SMBs. SaaS ATS for masses.

8

Funding Rounds

$24.6m

Money raised

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Doostang

Doostang is a New York City-based company founded in 2005.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.8m

Money raised

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Jazz (company)

Jazz is a company founded in 2009 by Don Charlton.

7

Funding Rounds

$24.6m

Money raised

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Alongside

Alongside is a company founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

$11.0m

Money raised

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Sourceress

Sourceress is an artificial Intelligence job recruiter company founded by Kanjun Qiu and Josh Albrecht in 2015.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

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Hackajob

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

6

Funding Rounds

$32.9m

Money raised

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Remote.com

Remote is a global payroll, tax, HR and compliance solution for distributed teams.

3

Funding Rounds

$760.1m

Money raised

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Brazen (company)

Brazen is a virtual events and virtual career fair platform provider.

7

Funding Rounds

$13.4m

Money raised

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Turing

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

9

Funding Rounds

$157.2m

Money raised

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360Learning

Collaborative learning platform that helps companies unlock knowledge based on shared expertise.

4

Funding Rounds

$283.5m

Money raised

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Gustav (company)

Powering the next‑generation of staffing agencies and recruiters to run their business online.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Inbenta

Artificial intelligence company providing AI-powered chatbots and semantic search to boost self-service and e-commerce conversions.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.0m

Money raised

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WhoKnows (company)

WhoKnows developed an omni-channel lead generation platform, powered by AI, for use in startup companies.

5

Funding Rounds

$4.8m

Money raised

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Jobbatical

Jobbatical is on a mission to help the world work together. Working towards making relocation fully paperless.

3

Funding Rounds

$17.7m

Money raised

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Graduateland

Career network connecting students and recent graduates with job opportunities.

2

Funding Rounds

$15.0k

Money raised

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Crew (company)

Crew is a workforce management and solutions platform and software developed to improve communication on teams.

2

Funding Rounds

$60.0m

Money raised

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Proven.com

Proven.com is a company founded in 2009 by Sean Falconer.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised