Searchlight
Acquired
What they do:
Talent AI improving quality of hire
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top HR Tech Startups
This list has 230 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 54 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (101), New York (29), and Toronto (10). Largest teams: Deel, Rippling, and Gusto. Latest round: Leela raised $4.6M (Oct 14, 2026).
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Quan
Acquired
What they do:
End-to-end platform to improve wellbeing and team performance.
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HQ: The Hague, Netherlands
Central
Acquired
What they do:
Payroll, benefits, state compliance & other bullsh*t for startups
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hackermeter
Acquired
What they do:
Replacing resume screening with code challenges.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Unsaddl
Acquired
What they do:
education benefits and leave of absence management
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Pomello
Acquired
What they do:
Analytics software that helps companies measure organizational…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Loop Support
Acquired
What they do:
Predict job applicant performance for entry-level support roles
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CSPA
Acquired
What they do:
The Computer Science Proficiency Assessment (CSPA™) is a…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Gather
Acquired
What they do:
Project management software for People Operations
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Taro
Acquired
What they do:
Help high-growth tech companies hire strong engineers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
eqtble
Acquired
What they do:
Turning HR data into actionable insights
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
SharpestMinds
Acquired
What they do:
Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.
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Onfolk
Acquired
What they do:
Gusto for the UK
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Py
Acquired
What they do:
Py is democratizing access to career opportunities in tech
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
VoiceGem
Acquired
What they do:
Voice messaging platform - Acquired by Palantir in 2013
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Interviewed
Acquired
What they do:
Job simulations and assessments. See candidates in action doing the…
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
YC S15Early stage
Torch
Shut down
What they do:
Torch is a learning and development company that helps employers manage and measure employee growth at scale. Customers can draw from a pool of over 6000…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
The Muse
Shut down
What they do:
The Muse is values-based job search & hiring for 7M+ monthly
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Alana
Shut down
What they do:
Staff management software for retail, manufacturing and hospitality
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HQ: Mexico City, Mexico
Teleborder
Shut down
What they do:
Dashboard for companies to manage immigration for their employees.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hickory
Shut down
What they do:
Hickory turns your employees into experts.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Compgun
Shut down
What they do:
Sales commission software that grows revenue.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
BuildStream
Shut down
What they do:
Workforce solutions for the construction industry
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
PeakPath
Shut down
What they do:
Smartwatch powered coaching to improve teams sustainable performance
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Zoios.
Shut down
What they do:
Help start- and scale-ups excel at People, Culture and Performance.
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HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
Degrees of Freedom
Shut down
What they do:
DoF provides a high quality, affordable higher education alternative.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Elpha
Shut down
What they do:
Professional network for women
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Goodly
Shut down
What they do:
Student loan repayment as an employee benefit.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Avion School
Shut down
What they do:
We teach Filipinos to become remote software engineers globally.
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HQ: Manila, Philippines
Mixr
Shut down
What they do:
Team building through online game tournaments.
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Fastpad
Shut down
What they do:
Hiring Software for India
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Talentdrop
Shut down
What they do:
Your personal hiring page.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Assembled
Shut down
What they do:
Pivoted to TenXList, a professional network of top college engineers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Snaptalent
Shut down
What they do:
Snaptalent powers a distributed job advertisement network primarily meant for developer listings. Job ads submitted to Snaptalent are displayed on the…
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Joberator
Shut down
What they do:
Joberator was formed to tackle head-on the growing challenges and connection-gap issues in the STEM employment and recruitment marketplace. Our goal is to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
MicroEval
Shut down
What they do:
Changing the way companies review employee performance with…
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HQ: Hamlin, NY, United States