MentionFox lists 29 HR and recruiting companies for 2026. Of them, 14 are Y Combinator companies (the newest batch here is Fall 2026, with 2); 15 filed a Form D notice with the SEC. Across the 14 Form D notices in the table that report an amount sold, the median is $1.6M; the largest is $730M, by Fluidstack Ltd (its Form D, filed Jun 30, 2026).
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HR and recruiting startups in 2026
| Company | What it does | Date | Amount | Round / stage | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givinga, Inc. (funding history) | Filed Sep 9, 2026 | SEC Form D | |||
| Ignition Benefits | The AI-Native Benefits Brokerage | Fall 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Lantern AI | Turn Your Taste Into Hires | Fall 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Gravitas Tech & Solutions Inc | Filed Aug 31, 2026 | $260,000 | SEC Form D | ||
| Arist Holdings Inc. | Filed Jul 27, 2026 | $14.1M | SEC Form D | ||
| Fluidstack Ltd (funding history) | Filed Jun 30, 2026 | $730M | SEC Form D | ||
| Niural, Inc. (funding history) | Filed Jun 12, 2026 | $20.6M | SEC Form D | ||
| Venn Advisory LLC | Filed Jun 11, 2026 | $60,000 | SEC Form D | ||
| Entravia, Inc. | Filed Jun 8, 2026 | $2.6M | SEC Form D | ||
| BetterComp, Inc. (funding history) | Filed Jun 3, 2026 | $349,967 | SEC Form D | ||
| Litmus | Evals for humans | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Tsenta | AI career agent that finds matching jobs & applies on your behalf | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| everee, inc. | Filed Apr 23, 2026 | $4.5M | SEC Form D | ||
| ScrubSync, Inc. | Filed Apr 21, 2026 | $20,000 | SEC Form D | ||
| Parrot.MD Inc. (funding history) | Filed Apr 14, 2026 | $10,000 | SEC Form D | ||
| Asendia AI | AI recruiters for staffing agencies | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Dreach | staffing firms with dreach grow revenue faster. | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Light Anchor | AI-run consumer brands | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Prism | AI-native recruiting agency | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Saffron | Helping your company find 10x engineers | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Standout | Agentic hiring marketplace | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Carver Edison, Inc. (funding history) | Filed Mar 25, 2026 | $185,000 | SEC Form D | ||
| Sea12 Technologies Inc. | Filed Mar 17, 2026 | $24.9M | SEC Form D | ||
| Shadow Shifts, Inc. | Filed Feb 17, 2026 | $3M | SEC Form D | ||
| Inquoro, Inc. | Filed Jan 20, 2026 | $681,819 | SEC Form D | ||
| MochaCare | Agentic Management Service for Care Organizations | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Ndea | Building AGI that can innovate. | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Perfectly | The AI-native Recruiting OS | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Vela | AI Recruiting Coordinator for Executive Search | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing |
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