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San Francisco-based Deskless AI Platform Humand Raises $66M Series A

Humand, USD 66M, Series A, non-desk workers, HR platform, United States market, Sammy, AI HR assistant, mobile-first, all-in-one app, 1.6 million employees, 1,500 companies, 50 countries, Siemens, PSBank, Viva Aerobus, workforce management,

Feb 23, 2026
Venture Capital

HelloBoss Secures Series A Funding Backed by Bertelsmann and BAI Capital to Launch Its Next-Gen AI Agent

HelloBoss , one of Asia’s fastest-growing AI-driven recruitment platforms, has secured a new Series A investment led by Bertelsmann—its first-ever strategic bet in Japan—alongside BAI Capital. The funding accelerates HelloBoss’s global expa

Nov 21, 2025
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Mercor Raises $350 Million Series C, Hits $10 Billion Valuation Amid AI Workforce Boom

In a major recent development, Mercor has announced a USD 350 million Series C round, led by Felicis with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood Ventures—bringing the company’s valuation to approximately USD 10 billion

Oct 27, 2025
Venture Capital

Viven Raises $35 Million Seed Round to Launch AI Digital Twins for Enterprises

Viven, founded by Eightfold’s co-founders Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, has emerged from stealth with $35 million seed funding from Khosla Ventures, Foundation Capital, FPV Ventures, and others. Based in Santa Clara, California, Viven i

Oct 15, 2025
Company News

“The Spy in the Slack Channel”: Inside the Silicon Valley Espionage Scandal Between Rippling and Deel

In a plot that feels more like the screenplay of a corporate thriller than a courtroom reality, two of Silicon Valley’s most celebrated HR tech unicorns—Rippling and Deel—are now locked in a high-stakes legal war involving secret communicat

Apr 4, 2025
Venture Capital

Jet HR Raises €12M in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Payroll Automation in Italy

Jet HR , an Italian startup, has secured €12 million in Seed funding, bringing its total funding to €16.7 million. Founded by Marco Ogliengo and Francesco Scalambrino, Jet HR aims to simplify payroll and HR processes for businesses in Italy

Sep 26, 2024
Venture Capital

Blockchain-Based Employment Platform Opolis Raises $6.6M in Bridge Fundraising Round

Opolis, a blockchain-based platform for independent workers, has secured a bridge fundraising round of $6.6M. The round was led by Berlin-based crypto investment firm Greenfield, with additional investment from the NEAR Foundation, Draper A

Jul 14, 2023
Venture Capital

SaaS Platform Rezolve.ai Raises $11M Series A led by SIG Venture Capital

Dublin, California-United States, Feb 9, 2023:  Rezolve.ai  , a leading  AI-powered service desk  provider based in CA, has just closed an $11 million Series A funding round led by SIG Venture Capital in association with Exfinity Venture Pa

Feb 9, 2023
Company News

13.86 billion -2022 Global Investment and Financing in HRTech

According to DHR statistics, 412+ investment and financing events were generated globally in the past 2022, with a total investment and financing amount of $13.86 billion in the global HRTech field. Among them, by quarter, we can see that Q

Jan 17, 2023
Venture Capital

DHR Highlights: Acquisitions & Funding News of December

We've gathered the most noteworthy funding and acquisition news in the HR sector of December. We have selected 7 funding news and 3 acquisition news. Among the investment news we selected, 2 companies have become unicorns after the investme

Dec 30, 2022
Venture Capital

retrain.ai, Named to Globes' Most Promising Israeli Startups, Reaches Total Funding of $34M, Raising an Additional $14M, Adding AI-focused Radical Ventures to its List of Backers

NYC / December 14, 2022 – retrain.ai , a leading AI-driven Talent Intelligence Platform, has been honored as one of the top 10 most promising startups for 2022 by Globes, as designated by Israel’s premier venture capital firms. The company

Dec 14, 2022
Venture Capital

Kadence announces $10M Seed Round

Kadence , a hybrid working software company, announced their raise of $10M in a Seed funding round. The investment round is led by Kickstart Fund with major participation from Manta Ray, Hambro Perks, and Vectr7 Investment Partners as well

Dec 8, 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

Capdesk joins Carta, supporting customers across the UK and Europe

London, 1 September 2022 —  Capdesk – Europe’s leading equity management solution – announced it has been acquired by Silicon Valley unicorn and equity giant Carta . Founded in 2015, London-based Capdesk is trusted by over 3500 of Europe’s

Sep 1, 2022
Venture Capital

Capdesk Joins Carta to Create a Global Equity Management solution

London -- Capdesk  – Europe’s leading equity management solution – is today announcing it has been acquired by Silicon Valley unicorn and equity giant  Carta . Founded in 2015, London-based Capdesk is trusted by over 3500 of Europe’s fastes

Sep 1, 2022
Venture Capital

Global Climate Career Platform Terra.do Raises $5 Million Seed Round Led by Avaana Capital

Company Raises  $5 Million  Round Led by Avaana Capital, with Participation from Notable VCs and 150+ Individuals in the Climate Community STANFORD, Calif. ,  June 13, 2022  /PRNewswire/ -- Terra.do, a global climate career platform with th

Jun 13, 2022
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