Skip to content
News

Search results for “san francisco”

265 stories

The HRTech Wire →This week's briefing →Submit newsPublish a sponsored article — $300
Advertisement
Company News

UKG Launches Startup Ecosystem for Early Stage Companies

Early-stage companies from around the world with a focus on people and shared vision for Life-work Technology benefit from collaboration and co-creation with UKG UKG , a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions fo

Nov 8, 2022
Venture Capital

SparkPlug Secures $8M to Help Incentivize Frontline Workers

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

Nov 5, 2022
Venture Capital

Workstream 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

Sep 29, 2022
Venture Capital

Invisible AI Raises $15 Million Series A to Rapidly Scale Innovative Computer Vision Platform Across Manufacturing Facilities

PALO ALTO, Calif. ,  Sept. 28, 2022  -- Invisible AI , a leader in state-of-the-art AI solutions for manufacturing, today announced the close of a  $15 million  Series A funding round, bringing the company's total amount raised to  $21 mill

Sep 29, 2022
Venture Capital

Remofirst raised the largest Seed round in our industry - $14.1M to make Employer of Record affordable

SAN FRANCISCO —- Remofirst, an employer of record provider, today announced a $14.1 million Seed round – the largest of its kind in the industry. The round was co-lead by two leading fintech investors – Mouro Capital and QED Investors – wit

Sep 27, 2022
Venture Capital

Knoetic raises $36M Series B, empowering Chief People Officers to make better, data-driven decisions

Investors:  Knoetic's  new fundraise is led by EQT Ventures with participation from Menlo Ventures and Accel. Total raised:  Knoetic has raised over  $50M  to date for its People Analytics platform and Chief People Officer (CPO) community,

Sep 20, 2022
Venture Capital

Sense Acquires AI-Powered Recruitment Provider, Skillate

San Francisco, CA – September 8, 2022  – Today,  Sense , the market leader in AI-driven talent engagement solutions for recruiting, announced its acquisition of  Skillate , an AI recruitment platform incubated within  SAP Startup Studio . T

Sep 8, 2022
Venture Capital

HumanQ receives seed round of funding led by Kindred Ventures to unlock human potential through its digital platform

San Francisco -based HumanQ (formerly known as Experiential Insight) is excited to announce a  $2 million  seed round of funding, led by Kindred Ventures, to further expand on its technology products and grow a global team of coaches in the

Sep 2, 2022
Venture Capital

Incredible Health Raises $80M Series B, Reaching $1.65 Billion Unicorn Status as the Leader in Healthcare Hiring

Funding to fuel national expansion and continued innovation in nurse hiring amid widespread industry shortages and upheaval SAN FRANCISCO ,  Aug. 17, 2022  /PRNewswire/ --  Incredible Health , the fastest-growing career marketplace for perm

Aug 18, 2022
Venture Capital

Goldman Sachs and Thoma Bravo lead Aisera's $90 Million Series D Funding to Strengthen Employee and Customer Experiences with AI Service Experience Platform

Oversubscribed round comes at a time of unprecedented 300% year-over-year growth for Conversational AI & Automation leader PALO ALTO, Calif. ,  Aug. 3, 2022  /PRNewswire/ --  Aisera , the world's first AI-driven service experience platform

Aug 3, 2022
Venture Capital

Kona Announces $4M Seed Funding to Help Remote Teams Become "People-First"

[caption id="attachment_636" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Andrew Zhou, Co-Founder (left). Sid Pandiya, Co-Founder/CEO (middle). Corine Tan, Co-Founder (right)[/caption] Gusto, Canva, Masterclass and others tap startup to build empathetic

Jul 26, 2022
Venture Capital

Pulley Raises $40 Million Series B Led by Founders Fund

SAN FRANCISCO  --  Pulley  today announced a  $40 million  Series B led by  Keith Rabois  at Founders Fund. Existing investors, including Stripe and  Elad Gil , also participated. This latest round follows a year of rapid growth for the com

Jul 13, 2022
Company News

Lever Launches Talent Maturity Model to Help Organizations Understand their Current State of Recruiting

Model includes five stages of maturity, understanding an organization's levels of efficiency,  effectiveness, and sophistication in hiring processes SAN FRANCISCO ,  June 29, 2022  /PRNewswire/ --  Lever , a leading Talent Acquisition Suite

Jul 1, 2022
Venture Capital

Share Mobility raises $12M to help companies offer transportation to their employees

Share Mobility , which provides transportation solutions for companies, today announced that it closed a $12 million Series A led by Iron Gate Capital and Renewal Funds with participation from Employment Technology Fund, JobsOhio, Seamless

Jun 22, 2022
Topics

Inflation – Low-Cost Ways To Counter Its Impacts On Recruiting And Retention

(Steps for convincing applicants not to worry about low base compensation in their new job) This action piece…  is a scannable list of alternatives to raising employee pay during high inflation. This article covers a list of compensation se

Jun 20, 2022
Venture Capital

Fountain Raises an Additional $100M to Extend its Series C Funding

The new Series C extension, led by B Capital Group, enables Fountain to continue powering high volume hiring June 15, 2022 (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.)  –  Fountain , the world's leading applicant tracking system (ATS) for high volume hiring, to

Jun 15, 2022
Company News

How to Solve the Challenges of Headcount Reconciliation

Finance and HR routinely produce headcount numbers that don’t match—and that’s a problem. A simple count of employees should be a fairly straightforward process. After all, how difficult can it be to get an accurate number of the people you

Jun 10, 2022
Assembled Raises $51 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Workforce Management Platform
Venture Capital

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

May 26, 2022
Venture Capital

Torch 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

May 24, 2022
Venture Capital

Velocity 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

May 22, 2022
Venture Capital

WorkRamp Raises $40 Million for its All-in-One Learning Platform Built to Unlock the Growth Potential of Fast-Growing Businesses

SAN FRANCISCO  --  WorkRamp , the All-in-One Learning Platform helping businesses and their employees unlock their true growth potential – has raised a  $40 million  Series C funding round co-led by Salesforce Ventures, Slack Fund and Susa

Mar 23, 2022
Upwork Announces the Suspension of Business in Russia and Belarus and Withdraws First Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Guidance due to Uncertainties Related to Russian Invasion of Ukraine
News

Upwork Announces the Suspension of Business in Russia and Belarus and Withdraws First Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Guidance due to Uncertainties Related to Russian Invasion of Ukraine

SAN FRANCISCO – March  7, 2022  – Upwork Inc. (Nasdaq: UPWK), the world’s largest work marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent, as measured by gross services volume (“GSV”), today announced the suspension of all busines

Mar 7, 2022
Venture Capital

Xoxoday Raises US $30 Million From Giift and Apis Partners

SAN FRANCISCO-- Giift , a leading provider of loyalty management solutions around the globe, backed by Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners LLP , announced that it has acquired a significant strategic interest

Feb 23, 2022
Venture Capital

HR Tech Startup Sense Valued at $500 Million in SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led Funding

Sense , an HR tech startup that helps some of the world’s largest staffing and recruitment agencies timely find and hire talent, has grown its valuation to $500 million in a new financing round. The San Francisco-headquartered startup has r

Dec 6, 2021
Venture Capital

Koch 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

Apr 7, 2020
Upcoming

Events

All events →
The Brief · free weekly

Never miss what matters in HR tech.

The deals, launches, and decisions shaping the future of work — distilled every week.