Introduction
As we reach the end of Q3, the fundraising scene is showing new momentum.
In August and September, 16 HrTech companies raised a whopping $152 million in funding.
This is a clear sign of renewed investor confidence in AI-powered hiring, onboarding, and workforce management solutions.
From healthcare recruitment to scheduling optimization, these rounds highlight growing interest in the next wave of talent-tech innovators.
Below is the full breakdown of fundraises, funding rounds, and key investors.
Juicebox is an AI-powered search engine that leverages natural language to analyze professional profiles. It enables recruiters and companies to discover top talent faster by decoding context and skills beyond traditional keyword matching.
- Amount Raised: $36M
- Funding Round: Series A + Seed
- Investor: NFDG, Sequoia Capital
Tern is an AI workforce platform focused on healthcare recruitment. Tern uses advanced AI to match healthcare professionals, like doctors, nurses, and specialists, with hospitals and clinics, streamlining the hiring process while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations.
- Amount Raised: $24M (€20M)
- Funding Round: Series A
- Investor: Notion Capital
Swing Education is an online marketplace connecting schools with qualified substitute teachers. Swing Education simplifies the hiring process for schools facing last-minute staffing needs, offering vetted educators and real-time availability to maintain instructional continuity.
- Amount Raised: $20M
- Funding Round: Conventional Debt
- Investor: Runway Growth Capital
Alex AI is an AI recruiter built to automate job recruiting and interviewing processes. By streamlining candidate screening and assessments, Alex AI helps companies save time and improve hiring decisions.
- Amount Raised: $17M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Investor: Peak XV Partners
Pintarnya is an Indonesian job board platform providing job seekers with curated listings while offering employers tools for screening and managing applicants. Its localized approach supports the country’s growing gig and formal workforce.
- Amount Raised: $16.7M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Investor: Square Peg
Laborup is an AI-powered platform that connects manufacturers with a network of vetted, skilled laborers. By leveraging machine learning to match production requirements with worker skills, Laborup reduces downtime and hiring inefficiencies in the industrial sector.
- Amount Raised: $5.8M
- Funding Round: Seed
- Investor: Torch Capital
Wokfully is a recruitment platform designed to help companies hire and upskill talent globally. Workfully combines AI screening with interactive training modules, enabling employers to build talent pipelines and retain employees in competitive markets.
- Amount Raised: $4.71M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Investor: Shilling
Pack is an all-in-one HR platform offering recruitment, onboarding, and employee engagement tools. Pack centralizes HR processes for growing companies, providing analytics dashboards to improve retention and track workforce performance across departments.
- Amount Raised: $4.14M (€3.5M)
- Funding Round: Series A
- Investor: Rialto VC
Diana HR is an AI-driven onboarding platform tailored for startups and scaling companies.
Diana HR provides automated workflows, compliance tracking, and intelligent insights to help small teams bring new hires up to speed efficiently.
- Amount Raised: $3.7M
- Funding Round: Seed
- Investor: Kevin Mahaffey of SNR Ventures
Mappa is a behavioral-intelligence recruitment platform using AI-powered vocal mapping to decode candidate communication styles and predict workplace fit.
Mappa aims to improve hiring outcomes by focusing on behavioral data rather than just CVs.
- Amount Raised: $3.4M
- Funding Round: Seed
- Investor: Draper Associates
RefAssured is a cloud-based reference check platform built for staffing agencies. It automates the verification process, ensuring reliable insights into candidates’ past performance.
- Amount Raised: $3.18M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Investor: --
Pactos is an AI-powered platform for managing contingent workforce operations. It ensures compliance and efficiency for businesses handling external and freelance talent.
- Amount Raised: $3.17M (€2.7M)
- Funding Round: Seed
- Investor: HGTF
SalesDraft is an automated sales recruiting platform that identifies and qualifies top-performing sales professionals. SalesDraft integrates data from multiple sources to help businesses quickly scale their sales teams with proven talent.
- Amount Raised: $3M
- Funding Round: Seed
- Investor: Tower Research Capital
Willo is a candidate assessment platform that helps employers evaluate applicants with video-first technology. It aims to improve hiring fairness while reducing time-to-hire.
- Amount Raised: ~$3M (£3M)
- Funding Round: Angel
- Investor: Peter Bauer
Hubert is an AI-first hiring platform specializing in high-volume recruitment. Hubert uses conversational AI to screen large applicant pools, conduct initial interviews, and deliver shortlists of qualified candidates to recruiters.
- Amount Raised: €2.5M (~$2.7M)
- Funding Round: Pre-seed
- Investor: Spintop Ventures
Resume Wallet is a career management application providing AI-driven job support and document management.
Resume Wallet enables users to securely store credentials, tailor their CVs for specific opportunities, and access personalized job recommendations.
- Amount Raised: $1.5M
- Funding Round: Angel
- Investor: --
These fundraisings wouldn’t have been possible without these investors:
- Sequoia Capital : One of the most influential VC firms worldwide, known for investing early in iconic technology companies and scaling them into global leaders.
- Bessemer Venture Partners: A global VC powerhouse with decades of experience, Bessemer backs category-defining companies in SaaS, cloud, and enterprise technology. Their portfolio includes Shopify, LinkedIn, and Twilio.
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA): One of the world’s largest venture capital firms, NEA partners with founders from seed to IPO. It has a strong track record in scaling enterprise, consumer, and healthcare technology companies.
- Peak XV Partners: An independent investment firm spun out from Sequoia Capital, Peak XV backs high-growth companies across India, Southeast Asia, and beyond, with a focus on ambitious technology ventures.
- Notion Capital: A leading European venture capital fund specializing in B2B SaaS and cloud-first startups. Notion is well-known for supporting founders building international software companies.
- Draper Associates : Founded by Tim Draper, Draper Associates is a well-known Silicon Valley VC firm that backs early-stage companies with disruptive technologies and bold visions for the future.
- Torch Capital: An early-stage venture firm focused on mission-driven consumer and enterprise startups. Torch looks for companies that reshape industries and consumer experiences.
- Runway Growth Capital : A growth debt financing provider supporting late-stage and pre-IPO companies. Runway enables startups to scale while minimizing equity dilution.
- Shilling VC : A Portugal-based VC fund that invests in early-stage European startups across technology and digital industries, supporting founders through hands-on mentorship and capital.
- HGTF (High-Tech Gründerfonds): Germany’s largest seed-stage venture capital firm, backing innovative, technology-driven startups with strong growth potential at their earliest stages.
- Rialto VC : An Italian growth equity fund that invests in startups and scale-ups across Europe, with a focus on innovative HR, tech, and digital platforms.
- Spintop Ventures : A Nordic VC investing in early-stage technology companies with global ambitions, supporting founders across Sweden and the broader Nordic region.
- Tower Research Capital: Primarily a quantitative trading firm, Tower also invests in select early-stage technology companies. Its venture activity is smaller compared to traditional VC firms.
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