RefAssured, a San Francisco-based provider of automated reference checking and talent performance insights, has raised a $3.3 million oversubscribed seed round led by Dogwood Ventures with support from HighSage Ventures and strategic investors. The company’s platform, designed for the staffing ind

WorkTrial AI has launched a groundbreaking hiring platform that replaces resumes and interviews with immersive real-work trials. Using its proprietary Signal Engine, the platform captures candidate actions across tools like GitHub, Slack, and Notion, transforming them into transparent, evidence-base