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The HRTech Wire →This week's briefing →Submit newsPublish a sponsored article — $300Gen Z Recruiting Startup RippleMatch Raises $45 Million To Boost Job-Matching Technology
New York-based college recruiting startup RippleMatch raised $45 million in Series B funding, the company announced Wednesday. The investment values the company at $205 million as it bulks up to take on traditional job search giants like Li
Venture CapitalMultiverse Raises $220M Series D Funding to Expand Professional Apprenticeships
Editor's note: Multiverse - UK’s first ever EdTech unicorn - is building an outstanding alternative to university and corporate training via professional apprenticeships. It has announced a $220 million Series D funding round at a valuation
Venture CapitalRetail Employment Marketplace Reflex gets $4.5M Seed Funding
AUSTIN — Reflex , the online marketplace that helps brands find and connect with retail superheroes on-demand, today emerged from stealth and announced its $4.5 million oversubscribed seed funding round. Indicator Ventures led the round, w
Venture CapitalModern Compliance Training Startup Ethena Announces $30 Million Series B
BROOKLYN, N.Y. , June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethena , a modern compliance training platform, announced it raised a $30 million Series B, led by Lachy Groom, with participation from existing investors including Felicis, Neo, Homebrew,
Venture CapitalOpal Raises $10M in Series A Funding
Opal continues to empower enterprises to scale their access management processes and boost their security posture. In 2020, we founded Opal to help organizations manage access with the principle of least privilege , where employees are gra
Venture CapitalTeal Raises $6.3 million Seed Round to Champion Career Growth and Optimize the Job Search
Funding will be used to expand Teal's job search tools and build a recommendation engine that helps people learn the right skills to grow in a career they love MIAMI , June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teal , a company that empowers people to
Venture CapitalHackNotice closes $7 million Series A Funding Round Led by Strategic Cyber Ventures
HackNotice will use the funds to expand the business and help companies fight the cybersecurity epidemic. HackNotice, the only company-wide threat awareness platform that enables employees to identify and defend against cyber threats, today
Venture CapitalGo1 nabs $100M at a $2B+ valuation to upgrade its curated enterprise learning platform
Editor's note：The market for online education receives a lot of attention in the wake of COVID-19. Australia-based Go1 — one of the rising stars in the world of enterprise learning — is announcing a significant $100 million funding round an
Venture CapitalGuild Closes $175 Million in Series F Financing to Accelerate Mission, Expand With New Employer Partners in Dynamic, In-Demand Sectors
Denver, CO, June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With competition for frontline workers fiercer than ever due to structural shifts in the labor market, Guild , a Career Opportunity Platform, today announced a $175 million Series F financing ro
Venture CapitalServiceNow to Acquire Hitch Works to Help Customers Address Talent Gaps
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Hitch Works, a skills mapping and intelligence company. Hitch will add a new layer of AI-powered skills insights to the indus
Venture CapitalHourWork Raises Additional $2.5 Million, Increasing Series A Round Fund Raise to $12.5 Million
BOSTON – HourWork, a SaaS recruitment and retention platform for quick-serve restaurant (QSR) franchise owners, today announced the closing of $2.5 million in additional Series A funding led by MassMutual’s MM Catalyst Fund (MMCF), which jo
Venture CapitalFlorence raises $35m (£28.5m) series B funding to revolutionise social care
LONDON – June 1st, 2022 : Florence , the UK-based tech innovator for social care, today announced it has raised $35 million (£28.5m) through a Series B funding round. Florence will use the investment for product expansion to support care i
Venture CapitalRealWear Raises $23.5M to Turn Successful Industrial Wearable into High Growth Assisted Intelligence Platform Business
New funding will allow RealWear to build a fully integrated software, hardware and cloud subscription platform to further empower frontline workers Santa Clara, CA – June 1, 2022 – At Augmented World Expo (AWE), RealWear, the world’s leadin
Venture CapitalHourly.io Announces $27M Series A
We have some very exciting news to share—we raised $27 million! It’s such an incredible accomplishment for all our team members who worked hard to get us here, and we’re grateful to our new and existing investors who believe in our vision t
Venture CapitalSkillPointe Secures $2.25 Million in Series B Funding
ATLANTA— SkillPointe, LLC, a three-sided marketplace helping to solve the country’s prevalent skilled worker shortage, today announced the closing of a $2.25 million Series B-3 financing round. The Presidio Group LLC (“Presidio”), the leadi
Venture CapitalFlexa Careers Raises £2.3M in Seed Funding
Flexa Careers , a London, UK – based platform bringing transparency to the hiring market, raised £2.3m ($2.9m/€2.7m) in seed funding. The round was led by Ada Ventures and joined by Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, angel syndicate HERmesa, and a
Venture CapitalGerman SaaS startup how.fm raises over €5 million to digitize training for warehouse talent
In the war for warehouse talent, how.fm is making sure warehouse workers are more skilled, trained and supported. German SaaS startup, how.fm, has just raised over €5 million in fresh funding. The round was led by Join Capital, with renew
Venture Capital$43M Series B brings Zip’s valuation to $1.2B
Before we founded Zip, we experienced firsthand the frustrations of the traditional procurement process and the friction it creates for businesses that are trying to innovate quickly— especially in a world where purchasing is becoming more
Assembled Raises $51 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Workforce Management Platform
Funding will bolster company's ability to assist leading companies across industries craft efficient, world-class customer experiences SAN FRANCISCO , May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Assembled, the leader in workforce management for modern s
Upflex Announces $30M Series A From Top Strategic & Venture Funds
NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Upflex —the premier global provider of hybrid workspace solutions—announced the closing of its $30 million Series A round. The raise was led by WeWork with participation from notable strategic investors Newm
Canadian human resources startup Humi secures $31 million Series B
Human resources tech startup Humi has secured $31 million CAD in a Series B funding round led by Kensington Capital Partners. With a focus on providing HR tech specifically tailored to Canadian companies, Humi is looking to expand its pla
RepVue closes $5 million in new funding to transform how sales professionals make career decisions
With so much of their income tied to performance, sales professionals across all industries want to make fully-informed career decisions. Likewise, in today's war for talent, employers need better data to help them target the right candida
Chattr raises $3.7 Million to Fix Hourly Hiring Through AI
TAMPA – Chattr , a leading end-to-end AI hiring automation software that delivers an easier and more efficient hiring process for hourly employees announced a new investment of $3.7 million. Chattr’s latest investment round is led by
Venture CapitalTorch Secures $40 Million in Series C Funding to Expand People Development Product Capabilities
Leading people development platform sees tremendous customer growth as the Great Resignation continues SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2022 – Torch , a leading people development platform that harnesses the power of trusted relationships to fuel em
Venture CapitalVelocity Global Raises $400M in Series B Round
Eldridge and Norwest Venture Partners lead funding round Achieves multi-billion dollar valuation, a 7x increase in one year Investment boosts the company’s Global Work Platform™ that enables businesses and talent to work with anyone, anywhe
Recruiting automation Platform-Fetcher Raises $27 Million in Series B Funding
Fetcher, a NYC-based full-service, recruiting automation platform, raised $27M in Series B funding.
Venture CapitalBCG:The $12 Billion Opportunity in HR Technology
A flood of new solutions is vying to help companies manage their workforce. In this crowded market, players can pursue three strategies to win share. Talent management is a large and growing challenge at many organizations, and talent manag
Venture CapitalRise Up raises €30M to Advance Employee Learning across Europe in round led by Connected Capital
Rise Up , the fast-growing employee learning software solution, has raised €30M with Connected Capital, a leading B2B SaaS-focused investment fund, its previous investor MAIF Avenir and its first shareholder Impact Partners. This second rou
Venture CapitalCompt Raises $13 Million Series A Financing Led by Battery Ventures
BOSTON-- Compt , an employee perk stipend software company optimized for today’s more-flexible workplace, today announced a $13 million Series A investment led by Battery Ventures. The funding comes after a year of rapid growth, nearly 500%
Venture CapitalNudge Security Raises $7 million in Seed Funding Led by Ballistic Ventures to Secure the Modern Workforce
AUSTIN, Texas, April 5, 2022 -- Nudge Security announced $7 million in seed funding led by Ballistic Ventures, reuniting a team that has transformed the cybersecurity industry for over three decades. The investment marks the first to be ann
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