BOLD has officially acquired the job board assets of CareerBuilder and Monster through a Chapter 11 auction process, marking a major consolidation move in the HR tech space. The acquisition adds two iconic job board brands to BOLD's expanding portfolio, which already includes MyPerfectResume, FlexJ

Sparrow, the first end-to-end leave management platform designed for modern, global companies, has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by SLW, bringing its total funding to $64 million. The company leverages AI and compliance expertise to automate complex leave processes, aiming to improve bo

BetterComp, a compensation management software provider based in Walnut Creek, California, has secured $33 million in Series A funding led by Ten Coves Capital. This marks the company’s first institutional funding after years of bootstrapping. The capital will be used to scale operations, develop

Papaya Global and Worksome have formed a strategic partnership to transform how enterprises manage and pay their contingent workforce. As freelancers and contractors now make up 40% of the global labor market, this integration combines Papaya’s robust global payroll and payments infrastructure wit

Workleap, a Montreal-based HR technology leader, announced on July 7, 2025 the acquisition of Barley, an end-to-end compensation management platform. By integrating Barley into its AI-powered Workleap Suite—already used by over 20,000 companies across more than 100 countries—Workleap unifi

zvoove, a European leader in cloud solutions for the staffing and service industries, has announced its acquisition of mywage, a UK-based HR and payroll SaaS provider. This strategic move expands zvoove's presence into the UK — the third-largest temporary staffing market globally — and integrate

Wisq has raised a $15 million round from Norwest, Shasta Ventures, and True Ventures to accelerate the rise of Agentic HR—where AI supports, rather than replaces, the human side of HR. With its purpose-built AI HR Generalist “Harper” and proprietary HR language model “HRLM,” Wisq is enabli

DHI Group (NYSE: DHX), the parent of tech-focused job boards Dice and ClearanceJobs, announced a 25% workforce reduction as part of a strategic restructuring. This decision follows an earlier 8% layoff in January and will result in $4.2 million in charges and $14–16 million in expected annual cost

Acorn, a Vancouver-based AI-powered performance and learning management platform, has secured $12.3 million in Series A funding led by Level Equity. The funding will accelerate product innovation and global expansion, coinciding with the launch of Capabilities AI — a new tool that maps role-specif

WedgeHR, an HR tech innovator in video interviewing, has announced a new strategic funding round led by a consortium of HR tech veterans and growth investors. The round includes BDev Ventures and several seasoned operators, with new board appointments and executive hires signaling WedgeHR’s expans