HrTech Fundraising of the month - June 2025
Introduction
June 2025 was a heated month for the HrTech.
9 companies secured a combined total of $102.7 million in funding.
June's round focused on AI-powered recruitment tools, advanced ATS platforms, and solutions for network referrals.
Since recruitment processes are growing more global and nuanced, investors are bringing their focus to platforms that streamline operations, surface overlooked talent, and track employee development.
Here’s the breakdown.
Metaview is an AI-powered recruiting platform that helps companies streamline their interview processes through AI agents.
- Amount Raised: $35M
- Funding Round: Series B
- Lead Investors: Google Ventures
WorkWhile is a recruitment application designed to source and manage contract and hourly workers for businesses.
- Amount Raised: $23M
- Funding Round: Series B
- Lead Investors: Rethink Impact, Lap
Paraform is an enterprise referral network platform that leverages internal and external networks to drive talent acquisition through referrals.
- Amount Raised: $20M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Lead Investors: Felicis
Acorn is a performance and learning management software enabling organizations to track employee development and optimize training programs.
- Amount Raised: $13.1M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Lead Investor: Level Equity
Nova is an online talent network combining recruitment services with a community platform to connect employers with qualified candidates.
- Amount Raised: $3.65M (€3.2M)
- Funding Round: Series A
- Lead Investor: CDP Ventures Capital
Jobright is an AI–native job platform providing Jobright Agent, an AI career agent that finds, customizes, and submits applications on behalf of job seekers.
- Amount Raised: $3.2M
- Funding Round: Seed
- Lead Investor: Translink Capital
Teal is a cloud-based applicant tracking platform helping companies manage job applications and streamline recruitment workflows.
- Amount Raised: $1.89M (€1.65M)
- Funding Round: Seed
- Lead Investor: Flybridge Capital Partners
Candid Hospitality is a recruitment platform specialized in sourcing and hiring solutions for the hospitality industry.
- Amount Raised: $1.1M (£785k)
- Funding Round: Seed
- Lead Investor: Mercia
PaidHR is an HR and payroll management solution provider offering businesses tools to simplify employee administration.
- Amount Raised: $1.8M
- Funding Round: Seed
- Lead Investor: Expert DOJO
These fundraisings wouldn’t have been possible without these investors:
- Google Ventures : Invests in innovative startups across AI, healthcare, and enterprise software.
- Rethink Impact Lap: An impact-focused VC firm backing female and diverse-led tech companies driving social change.
- Felicis: A Silicon Valley VC known for backing transformative early-stage companies like Shopify, Notion, and Canva.
- Drive Capital: AI-focused venture capital firm investing in high-growth startups that redefine productivity, ethical AI and automation in HRTech.
- Level Equity: A growth equity firm investing in fast-growing software and data service companies.
- CDP Venture Capital : An Italian VC supporting startups that promote national innovation and economic development.
- Translink Capital: An early-stage VC that helps U.S. startups expand globally by connecting them with strategic partners in Asia.
- Flybridge Capital Partners : An early-stage venture firm investing in SaaS, consumer tech, and marketplaces.
- Mercia : A UK-based investor supporting high-growth startups outside of major tech hubs, with a focus on innovation.
- Expert DOJO : A Santa Monica accelerator and investor focused on scaling early-stage startups with funding and growth support.
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