Top HR Tech & Recruiting Startups (2026)

Mercor

Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics

•California

$350MSeries C

Mercor, a marketplace for domain experts training AI models, raised a $350 million Series C led by Felicis Ventures with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood Ventures.

Deel

Administrative Services • Financial Services

•California

$300MSeries E

Global payroll platform Deel raised a $300 million Series E round co-led by Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Coatue Management and General Catalyst.

Gojob

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

$140.8MEquity

Digital staffing platform Gojob raised a €120 million funding round led by Japanese HR group Persol.

Multiverse

Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics

•England

$70MSeries E

Multiverse, a London-based edtech workforce training company, raised $70M in a Series E led by Schroders Capital with participation from General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures, BOND, StepStone Group and D1 Capital Partners at a $2.1B valuation.

Naboo

Administrative Services • Events

•Ile-de-France

$70MSeries B

Naboo, an AI-driven corporate events procurement platform, secured a $70 million Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Notion Capital, ISAI and Ternel.

Findem

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•California

$51MSeries C

AI talent-tech startup Findem secured $51 million in new funding, comprising a Series C led by SLW with Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital, Four Rivers Group, and growth financing from J.P. Morgan.

GoTu Technology

Administrative Services • Apps

•Florida

$45MEquity

Dental staffing marketplace GoTu Technology raised a $45 million growth equity round led by Long Ridge Equity Partners with participation from institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Paraform

Commerce and Shopping • Internet Services

•California

$40MSeries B

Paraform, a San Francisco-based AI recruitment marketplace, raised $40M in a Series B led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Felicis, A Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures and individual investors including the CTO of Palantir, the COO of Stripe, the President of Shopify, and co-founders from Canva and YouTube

Scorability

Professional Services • Software

•Texas

$40MEquity

College-recruiting platform Scorability raised a $40 million equity round led by Bluestone Equity Partners with participation from Next Coast Ventures, Silverton Partners, affiliates of Luther King Capital Management, and founder Brian Cruver.

Emversity

Education • Professional Services

•Karnataka

$30MSeries A

Workforce-training startup Emversity raised a $30 million all-equity Series A round led by Premji Invest with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Z47.

Veremark

Administrative Services • Energy

•England

$26MSeries B

Workplace trust platform Veremark raised a $26 million Series B round led by Gresham House Ventures with Samaipata, ACF Investors and Stage 2 Capital participating, alongside a multi-million-dollar debt facility from Salica Partners.

Humanly.io

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•Washington

$25MSeries B

Humanly.io, an AI-powered interviewing and hiring automation company, raised $25M in a Series B with participation from SEEK Investments, Drive Capital, Zeal Capital Partners, Converge and others.

TERN Group

Health Care • Information Technology

•England

$24MSeries A

Clinical AI workforce platform TERN Group raised a $24M Series A led by Notion Capital; RTP Global, LocalGlobe, EQ2 Ventures and others participated.

Ethos

Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics

•England

$22.8MSeries A

Ethos, a London-based expert network startup using voice-powered onboarding and AI matching, raised $22.75M in a Series A led by a16z with participation from General Catalyst, XTX Markets, Evantic Capital, and Common Magic

Orbio

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•Madrid

$21MSeries A

Orbio AI, an AI-powered frontline workforce management platform, raised $21 million from Visionaries, Dawn Capital, Plus Partners, Enzo Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, 2100 Ventures, and GP Compas

Clasp

Administrative Services • Education

•Massachusetts

$20MSeries B

Clasp, a workforce infrastructure company connecting clinicians and healthcare employers via loan-linked hiring, raised a $20M Series B led by Crosslink Capital and Digitalis Ventures with participation from Juvo, Strada Education and prior investors.

Jack & Jill

Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics

•England

$20MSeed

Conversational recruiting startup Jack & Jill raised a $20 million seed round led by Creandum.

RemotePass

Administrative Services • Financial Services

•Massachusetts

$17.4MSeries B

RemotePass, a global employment, payroll, and spend platform, raised $17.4M in a Series B led by EBRD Venture Capital with participation from 500 Global, Oraseya Capital, 212 VC, Access Bridge Ventures, and Khwarizmi Ventures.

Comp

Administrative Services • Information Technology

•Sao Paulo

$17.3MSeries A

AI HR platform Comp raised a $17.25 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures, with Kaszek, Canary, Abstract Ventures, and Endeavor Catalyst participating.

Pintarnya

Administrative Services • Apps

•Sumatera Utara

$16.7MSeries A

Jobs and financial services platform Pintarnya raised a $16.7M Series A led by Square Peg; Vertex Venture Southeast Asia & India and East Ventures participated.

Diverse Recruitment Group

Administrative Services • Professional Services

•England

$15.7MEquity

Diverse Recruitment Group, a technology-enabled staffing firm, secured a $15.7 M funding round from undisclosed investors.

Take2 AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Education

•New York

$14MSeries A

AI healthcare recruiting startup Take2 raised a $14 million Series A led by Human Capital with participation from Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Reach Capital, SemperVirens VC, and Honeystone Ventures.

Cosmico

Administrative Services • Content and Publishing

•Lombardia

$13.9MSeries B

Cosmico, a future-of-work holding company, raised €12M in a Series B round combining equity and debt led by P101 SGR with participation from existing investors including Prana Ventures

Flexzo AI

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•Milton Keynes

$12MSeries A

Flexzo AI, a provider of an agentic AI workforce system for healthcare providers, raised $12M in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Fuel Ventures.

Bolto

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•New York

$12MSeries A

Bolto, an AI-native HR platform combining full-cycle recruiting, payroll, and HRIS, raised $12M in a Series A round.

WorkIndia

Administrative Services • Professional Services

•Karnataka

$10.8MSeries B

Blue- and grey-collar job portal WorkIndia raised a Rs 97 crore (~$10.8 M) Series B led by Aavishkaar Capital with participation from BEENEXT.

SeamlessHR

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•Lagos

$9MSeries A Extension

SeamlessHR, an HR tech startup, raised a $9 million Series A extension from the Gates Foundation and Helios Digital Ventures.

Everyset

Administrative Services • Media and Entertainment

•California

$9MEquity

Everyset, a background-performer payroll platform, raised a $9 million funding round led by Crosslink Capital and Haven Ventures.

Ababa

Administrative Services • Professional Services

•Tokyo

$8MSeries B

HR-matching startup ABABA raised a ¥1.25 billion Series B round, structured as equity and debt, from megabank-affiliated investors and lenders.

Refer

Professional Services

•California

$7.5MEquity

Refer, a recruiting startup that charges workers for placement, raised $7.5M in a funding round led by early-stage venture firm Canary.

Definity

Administrative Services • Software

•Kentucky

$7MSeries A

Definity, a vendor-neutral healthcare workforce platform, raised $7 million in a Series A led by Accrete Health Partners with participation from other investors.

HrFlow.ai (Riminder)

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•Ile-de-France

$7MPre-Series A

HrFlow.ai, an AI HR data infrastructure provider, raised $7M in a Pre-Series A round led by 115K and EmergingTech Ventures with participation from Xavier Niel, Jean-Baptiste Rudelle, Romain Niccoli, Franck Le Ouay, Flavien Kulawik, Allen Penn, Dominique Vidal and Thibaud Elzière.

Slash intérim

Administrative Services

•Pays de la Loire

$7MEquity

Recruitment-marketplace startup Slash Intérim raised a €6 million equity round led by Réflexion Capital with participation from business angels Malik Benrejdal, Laurent Delaporte, and returning investors Guillaume Sarkozy and Marc Brimeux.

OptimHire

Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Commerce and Shopping

•California

$6MEquity

AI recruitment startup OptimHire raised a $6 million funding round led by Mucker Capital with SparkLabs, Citta Capital, Pitbull Ventures and VSC Ventures participating.

HeyMilo

Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics

•New York

$6MSeed

HeyMilo, an agentic recruiting platform for high-volume hiring, raised $6 million led by Category Ventures with participation from Canaan Partners, Alumni Ventures, and ERA.

TurboHire

Administrative Services • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

•Andhra Pradesh

$6MSeries A

Indian recruitment automation startup TurboHire raised a $6M Series A led by IvyCap Ventures.