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SAN FRANCISCO – SparkPlug , the leading incentive management and wage supplementation platform for frontline workers, today announced an $8 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Lightbank, with participation from Industry
Venture CapitalUKG Acquires Workforce Planning Startup
LOWELL, Mass. & WESTON, Fla. —- UKG Inc. , a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions for all people, today announced the acquisition of Quorbit , a U.K.-based startup specializing in long-term workforce plannin
Venture CapitalWorkstream Lands another $60 Million
Funding to support Workstream’s expansion into new industries and products for the burgeoning deskless workforce SAN FRANCISCO —- Workstream , the mobile-first hiring and onboarding platform for the deskless workforce, today announced it h
Venture CapitalTuned Raises $2.5M Seed Round to Radically Upend the Status Quo in Hearing Care
NEW YORK , Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuned , a hearing health company focused on providing hearing care for all, today announced that it raised $2.5 million in seed funding, led by Idealab NY and Elements Health Ventures. Followin
Venture CapitalMobile learning start-up doinstruct receives seven-figure funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds and Born2Grow.
Employee training, integration and communication rethought: doinstruct develops a low-threshold, multilingual, mobile training solution for frontline workers. The software enables companies to train their employees and service providers acr
Company NewsHireology Referrals Now Directly Integrates With 80+ Payroll and ATS Providers
The update empowers customers of Hireology Referrals, formerly EmployUs, to significantly speed up their hiring processes and fill open roles faster CHICAGO , Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hireology — the leading hiring and HR platform fo
Venture CapitalCompTrak Pursues Vision Of Better Compensation Management Software With Funding From BDC Capital
Toronto, CANADA – CompTrak , the award-winning Compensation Management software company is set for accelerated growth, having secured funding from BDC Capital, the investment arm of BDC. The injection of non-dilutive financing from BDC Capi
Venture CapitalCeresa Raises $3 Million to Help Companies Support Emerging Talent in Less Than 10 Minutes and $1 a Day
UNITED STATES, August 8, 2022 / EINPresswire.com / -- Ceresa , whose employee learning platform is used by globally leading companies such as Nordstrom, Walmart, Blackstone, today announced a $3M funding round led by TTCER Partners, EduLa
Venture CapitalGenuent and TekPartners, Announce Merger to Become INSPYR Solutions, a Leading Professional Staffing and Solutions Provider
Houston, Texas and Boca Raton, Florida (July 8, 2022) – Genuent Holdings, LLC (“Genuent”) and TekPartners, a subsidiary of P2P Staffing Corporation (“P2P”) announced today that the companies have merged to become INSPYR Solutions (“Company”
Venture CapitalWorkvivo Raises $22m Series B from Tiger Global as Employee Experience Market Booms
The new round sees Workvivo’s valuation more than triple. The company has year-on-year growth over 150% in the $300 billion employee experience market. Workvivo has more than 300 customers in 90 countries across the globe. Boston and Cork,
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 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 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
InfluencersHR Influencers: Tim Sackett
Human resources is an ever-growing field, and it is more interconnected with all sectors. We have compiled some influential people in the HR industry based on some online lists of HR influencers, such as the Human Resource Executive annual
Company NewsHow Chili Piper Won the TikTok Recruitment Game
Trying to get that TikTok recruitment strategy off the ground to reach more candidates and boost your employer brand? Meryoli Arias, Sr. Social Media and Community Manager at Chili Piper , shared how her organization’s TikTok presence help

Microsoft Releases Viva Goals: Performance Management Is Sexy Again
One of the most frustrating, tired, and archaic HR practices is performance management. Most of us have had horror stories with our “performance appraisals,” leading HR leaders to try to reinvent performance management all the time.
Venture CapitalBranch Raises $75M to Help Contract Workers Get Paid Faster
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Branch , a leading workforce payments platform, today announced it has closed a Series C funding round totaling $75 million. The round, led by Addition, includes participation from leading global growth equity investor Ge
Venture CapitalKoch Industries Completes Acquisition of Infor
NEW YORK – Koch Industries, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining portion of Infor from Golden Gate Capital. Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, has been a key component
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