Global Work Tech VC Quarterly Reports
Q4 2017 HR Tech VC Update
2017 has been another strong year for VC investment in HR technology. While companies around the world wrestle with what work of the future will look like, HR technologists rush to provide the answers and the technology to support it. Many of them, startups. Venture...
HR Tech Venture Capital in 2017 – Q3 Update
HR tech VC investment swelled to $839.3 million year-to-date through Q3, which ended September 30. We've done our best to keep track of all of the venture capital investments flowing into our market in 2017. We have tracked 89 deals around the world so far this year,...
HR Tech Venture Capital In 2017: Podcast AND Infographic
HR tech has been a hot-bed for venture capital investment for years. We've been doing our best to keep track of all of the venture capital investments flowing into the market in 2017. So far this year we've tracked 35 deals for a total of $402 million. I'm sharing my...
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Scotland-based Candidate.ID Raises USD $965K for Its Recruitment Marketing App
Scotland-based Candidate.ID raised an additional USD $965K of Seed funding from an existing investor for its recruitment marketing app. Candidate.ID helps employers develop candidate pipelines and nurture campaigns. This brings its total raised to USD $3.2 million....
Degreed Raises $153 Million for Its Learning and Upskilling Platform and Becomes Work Tech’s Latest Unicorn With a $1.4 Billion Valuation
Degreed became work tech's newest unicorn with a $153 million Series D round of venture capital for its learning and upskilling platform. This brings its total raised to $360.2 million. Degreed started as a hybrid consumer and corporate learning platform with a...
Phenom Raises $100 Million for Its Recruitment Marketing Platform Focused on Experience Becomes Latest HR Tech Unicorn
Phenom People announced a $100 million Series D round of venture capital, which brings its total raised to $167 million. Phenom also announced a valuation of $1.36 billion which makes them HR tech's latest unicorn. Launched in 2010, Phenom delivers a recruitment...
Visage Raises $7M for Its Sourcer-in-the Loop AI-based Recruiting Tech
Visage.jobs announced a $7 million Series A round of VC for its AI-powered recruitment sourcer marketplace, where talent sourcers compete to fill jobs matched to them by AI. AI also expedites the candidate matching process after sourcing. Visage reportedly has a...
Celential.ai Raises $9.5 Million for Its AI-powered Recruitment Sourcing Tool for Engineers
Celential announced a $9.5 million Series A round of VC funding for its AI-powered recruitment sourcing tool focused on engineers. The firm reported 7X revenue growth in 2020 and plans to leverage the funding to extend its product and operationalize the business at...
Datapeople Raises $3 Million for Equitable and Inclusive Recruiting Through Data
Datapeople, formerly TapRecruit, announced an additional $3 million of capital raised, bringing its total raised to $8 million. Datapeople provides job description and recruiter email optimization focusing on equity and inclusion, leveraging language analytics and...
Bunch Raises $1M for Its AI-powered Leadership Coach
Bunch announced a $1 million Seed round of venture capital for its AI-powered leadership coach. This brings its total raised to $4.4 million. Bunch offers vetted and curated "bite-sized chunks" of leadership knowledge and personalizes them for users on a daily basis,...
New HR Tech Seed VC Fund: Jason Corsello Announces Acadian Ventures Fund I
Acadian Ventures announced a new VC fund for HR technology providers at pre-Seed and Seed stages, expecting to invest more than $20 million over the next few years. Jason Corsello, Acadian's founder and General Partner spoke with WorkTech founder George LaRocque about...
Workchew Raise $2.5M for On-Demand Flex Workplaces
Workchew announced a $2.5 million Seed round of venture capital to give teams and employers access to on-demand flexible workplaces by leveraging available hotel and restaurant space. The company offers a member-based subscription model providing access to workspaces...
Vyopta Raises $8 Million For Employee Collaboration Performance Management
Vyopta announced an $8 million growth funding investment round, bringing its total raised to $22 million. Vyopta develops a collaboration performance management tool that actively monitors the use of virtual and physical meeting space, providing reports on utilization...
VIDEO: UK-based The Happiness Index Raises USD $1.46M to Couple Emotional Intelligence with Engagement
The Happiness Index announced a USD $1.46 million Seed round of venture capital to couple emotional intelligence with employee engagement. In their product they leverage a combination of data science, AI and neuroscience to give immediate visibility into the key...
UK-based Arbolus Raises USD $6M for Its Expert Advisory Marketplace
UK-based Arbolus announced a USD $6m Series A round of venture capital for its expert advisory marketplace, bringing its total raised to $9.3 million. Expert advisory networks like Arbolus, GLG, and Guidepoint have been leveraged for years as part of market research...
TREND NOTE: Germany-based Kontist Raises USD $29.5M for Its Freelancer-focused Neobank and Tax Service
Germany-based Kontist raised a USD $29.5 million B round of venture capital for its neobank (the buzz-term for an online-only bank) and tax service for the self-employed. While Kontist appears to be currently focused on the German market, it represents what we predict...
Belgium-based Ambassify Raises USD $2.4 Million to Turn Employee Engagement Into Brand Advocacy
Belgium-based Ambassify raised a USD $2.4 million Seed Round of VC for its employee brand advocacy app. The app leverages polls and surveys to engage employees and motivate them to share via social channels. Leveraging employee voices for amplification of the brand is...
Teamflow Raises $11 Million for Team Collaboration Via Its “Virtual HQ”
Teamflow announced an $11 million Series A round of VC to spur collaboration across teams, bringing its total raised to $14.9 million. Teamflow delivers a virtual office plan with integrated apps like Google Docs and whiteboards. It also attempts to provide a social...