MentionFox lists 195 HR and recruiting companies. Of them, 177 are Y Combinator companies (the newest batch here is Fall 2026, with 2); 16 filed a Form D notice with the SEC; 2 won an SBIR or STTR award.
Companies195
Y Combinator177
Form D filers16
SBIR/STTR winners2
By year
- 2026: 29 companies (14 Y Combinator, 15 Form D filers); median amount sold $1.6M across 14 Form D notices
- 2022: 16 companies (16 Y Combinator)
- 2021: 30 companies (30 Y Combinator)
- 2020: 15 companies (15 Y Combinator)
HR and recruiting startups from other years
Companies from before 2020, or from a year with fewer than 15 of them. Every other year has its own full list, linked above.
| Company | What it does | Date | Amount | Round / stage | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83Bar, Inc. | Filed Dec 31, 2025 | $7.5M | SEC Form D | ||
| Betterup, Inc. | Betterup leadership coaching licenses - sbir phase iii | Award starts Sep 30, 2025 | $244,800 | SBIR Phase III | Federal award record |
| Mayflower | AI plug-in that automates HR immigration screening and compliance | Fall 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Openroll | The AI workforce for People and Finance teams | Fall 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Sorce | Tinder for jobs | Fall 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Clodo | Planet-scale people discovery. | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| QualGent | AI Mobile App Quality Assurance Tester | Spring 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Contrario | AI hiring platform powered by expert recruiters | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Elip AI | Cooking something sweet and salty! | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Gale | Fast and Data-Driven Immigration Platform | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Outship | Hire amazing engineers by seeing how they use AI | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Ovlo | Founder led hiring for London startups | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Spott | AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting firms | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| YouShift | The OS for hospital workforce management | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Dare Bioscience, Inc. | A first-in-class product for the clearance of high-risk human papillomaviruses - summary daré bioscience is developing dare-hpv, an… | Award starts Dec 17, 2024 | $2M | SBIR Phase II | Federal award record |
| Freestyle | The AI Assistant for Gmail | Fall 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Lightscreen AI | Voice + video AI interviewer | Fall 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Matcha | The best way to hire clinical talent. | Fall 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Symphony | Voice AI sims for next-gen employee training | Fall 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Bits to Atoms | Match job seekers to roles at deep technology startups. | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Central | Payroll, benefits, state compliance & other bullsh*t for startups | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Dataleap | AI Employees for the Enterprise | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| FirstWork | Rippling for seasonal workers | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Superunit | Faster, more profitable background checks with AI | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Village Labs | Helping America's businesses become employee owned | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Alex | Alex is the AI recruiter for hiring great people. | Winter 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Deep24 | AI coach for your entire life | Winter 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| malibou | the first all-in-one payroll and HR software for French SMBs | Winter 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Arcimus | A stream of engineering candidates who ship. | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Bolto | AI Powered All-In-One Payroll, HR + Recruiting | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| CandorIQ | Headcount & Compensation Management | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Cercli | AI powered HR and Recruitment for people teams | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Serra | Your 24/7 AI Recruiter | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Hammr | Rippling for the Construction Industry | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| LinkGrep | AI browser copilot for teams | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Vitalize | Transforming how health systems optimize labor | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Warp | AI-native Employee Management Platform for High-Growth Companies | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| DirectShifts | Workforce platform to recruit, license, credential & manage clinicians | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Dover | Your startup's all-in-one recruiting solution | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Flo | The talent platform for legal | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Hatchways | We make engineering interviewing look more like real work. | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Localyze | Global mobility platform for companies and employees | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Microverse | Training and connecting untapped talent with global opportunities | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Outtalent | We help top engineers from emerging markets get jobs abroad at… | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Pillar | All-In-One Creator Store | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Together Software | Learn from the experts at your company | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Vahan | AI recruiter for India's massive blue-collar workforce | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| AccioJob | Offline-first tech skilling and placement for India | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Ascen | EOR for the staffing industry | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Ashby | All-in-one recruiting platform that empowers hiring excellence in… | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Deel | The all-in-one HR and payroll platform for global teams | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Edyst | Edyst is a peer-to-peer online learning platform where students learn… | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Emi Labs | Helping great teams hire better frontline workers, faster. | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Landed | Generative AI for frontline worker hiring | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Pyxai | An assessment tool that evaluates people to predict future success | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Searchlight | Talent AI improving quality of hire | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| WorkClout | Safety & quality software for industrial sectors | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Leena AI | We at Leena AI build a virtual assistant that answers employee's… | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Names & Faces | Technology to create fast, visual indexes of people and organizations. | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Nestor | Skills-based talent management solutions for a dynamic workforce. | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Tall Poppy | Protecting your employees against online harassment | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Key Values | Helping software developers find teams that share their values | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Qulture.Rocks | The people, management, and culture operating system for your startup. | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Runa | Automating payroll for Latin America. | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Swayable | Swayable predicts consumer opinion and the impact of content | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| tEQuitable | tEQuitable's mission is to create work culture that works for everyone | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Worklytics | Analytics to improve how teams work and collaborate | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| YouTeam | We make it easy for startups to hire engineers. | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| 10 By 10 | 10by10 is a unique marketplace in the recruiting agency industry for… | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Candidately | The digital storefront for staffing and recruiting teams. | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Gem | Talent engagement platform | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Headstart | Headstart uses Machine Learning to help companies decide on who to… | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Py | Py is democratizing access to career opportunities in tech | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Extern | Professional Experience Anytime, Anywhere. | Winter 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Humi | Payroll, HR, and Health Benefits for Canada's SMB's | Winter 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Lively, Inc. | Modern employee benefits & health savings account (HSA) provider | Winter 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Loop Support | Predict job applicant performance for entry-level support roles | Winter 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Rippling | One place to run all your HR, IT, and Finance | Winter 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Lattice | Modern people management platform. | Winter 2016 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Plato | Plato is the mentorship platform for engineering leaders | Winter 2016 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Bluecrew | Bluecrew is a web based staffing agency. | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Eden | Workplace software for people-centric companies | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Fountain | High volume hiring made simple | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Gigster | Build and manage distributed teams | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Human Interest | The 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Instawork | A flexible work app that connects businesses with hourly workers. | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Interviewed | Job simulations and assessments | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Jopwell | Career advancement for Black, Latinx & Native American professionals. | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Mimir | A platform for STEM courses featuring automated grading, plagiarism… | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Triplebyte | Intelligent technical hiring. | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| HigherMe | Helping restaurant employers find & hire better employees faster | Winter 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Pomello | Analytics software that helps companies measure organizational… | Winter 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Checkr | People infrastructure for the future of work | Summer 2014 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Impraise | Enable managers to create an effective work environment for their team | Summer 2014 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Kalibrr | Kalibrr connects SEAsian talent to your local & global jobs. | Winter 2013 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Zenefits | HR for small businesses: onboarding, payroll and benefits. | Winter 2013 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Lever | Talent Acquisition Suite that combines ATS + Talent CRM | Summer 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| OctaveWealth | The 401(k) that helps you grow | Summer 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Fond | Rewards and recognition SaaS for HR leaders | Winter 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| HireArt | Gives businesses everything needed to hire & manage W2 contractors. | Winter 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Clerky | Makes legal paperwork easy for startups and their attorneys. | Summer 2011 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| HackerRank | Change the world to value skills over pedigree | Summer 2011 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| MixRank | Data products for sales, marketing, finance, recruiting, and more. | Summer 2011 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Recurse Center | The retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow | Summer 2010 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Scribd | World's largest online library. | Summer 2006 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing |
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