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Minicorn
Comatch (2014, Berlin, $14.4M) – Marketplace for freelance management consultant and industry experts
Market: HRTech > Candidate Sourcing > Freelance Marketplaces > Expert Consulting
Analyst Picks
- Bravely (2017, New York City, $1.5M) – Mentor Solutions for Employees
Market: HRTech > Corporate Training Management > Mentors - Structural (2017, Indianapolis, $1.2M) – Employee success management software
Market: HRTech > HRMS > Employee Engagement - DineGigs (2017, Richmond, $57K) – Job Board for Foodservice Industry
Market: HRTech > Candidate Sourcing > Job Board > Vertical > Retail & Hospitality - Communo (2017, Calgary, $39K) – Online freelance marketplace
Market: HRTech > Candidate Sourcing > Freelance Marketplaces - Anaek (2017, Delhi) – Bot solutions provider for Slack teams
Market: HRTech > Contingent Workforce Management > Attendance Management and Time tracking
Funding Rounds
Conventional Debt, $175M
Asure Software (1985, Austin) – Workplace, resource management solutions
Series C, $100M
Checkr (2014, San Francisco, $150M) – Automated background screenings and driving records
Investors: T. Rowe Price, Accel Partners, Y Combinator
Series B, $26M
BetterUp (2013, San Francisco, $38.9M) – Mobile platform for social and emotional training in an organisation
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, DFJ, Crosslink Capital, Freestyle Capital
Series A, $14M
BlueCrew (2014, San Francisco, $14.1M) – Online platform for blue-collar jobs
Investors: Match, Tinder
Series B, $13.5M
Xinren Xinshi (2015, Beijing, $8M) – SaaS tool for payroll processing and HR management
Investors: Sequoia Capital, Alpha Startups
Series B, $13M
Wonolo (2013, San Francisco, $25M) – Marketplace for daily and hourly jobs
Investors: Sequoia Capital, CrunchFund, PivotNorth Capital, b10v.com
Series A, $11.8M
Qmerit (2015, Irvine, $16.8M) – Skill matching application for businesses
Investors: Strandview, Innogy Ventures, Schneider Electric
Series B, $9.8M
Comatch (2014, Berlin, $14.4M) – Marketplace for freelance management consultant and industry experts
Investors: Acton Capital Partners, Atlantic Labs, Btov
Seed, $9M
Breezy (2014, Jacksonville, $10.9M) – Collaborative approach to hiring
Investors: Monashees+, Grishin Robotics
Series D, $7.9M
Gongziqianbao (2015, Shanghai, $37.9M) – Online wallet and payroll management application
Investors: Marathon Venture Partners, Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital
Series A, $6.8M
Workana (2012, Buenos Aires, $6.8M) – Freelancer marketplace focussed on Latin America
Investors: SEEK
Series A, $6.2M
Andjaro (2015, Paris, $6.2M) – Workforce management solution
Investors: Balderton Capital, Edenred Capital Partners
Series B, $6.2M
Employment Hero (2012, Sydney, $13.5M) – HRMS
Investors: One Ventures, SEEK, AirTree Ventures, ampproject.org
Seed, $3.2M
Wurk (2015, Denver, $6.2M) – HRMS for the cannabis industry
Investors: Poseidon Asset Management, Phyto Partners, The Arcview Group, Arcadian Fund
Seed, $1.8M
Hunt Club (2014, Chicago, $1.8M) – Referral network
Investors: Brian Spaly, Godard Abel, Chris Hill, Coco Meers, Dave Knox, Mike Pykosz, New Coast Ventures, Network Ventures, Vine Street Ventures
M&A
- Adecco to buy U.S.-based General Assembly in deal valued at $412.5 million Reuters
- Asure Software Acquires Austin HR: Expanding HR Consulting Reach GlobeNewswire
- Asure Software Acquires OccupEye Limited; Building on an already impressive Internet of Things (IoT) Strategy GlobeNewswire
- PIXID Continues European Expansion with Acquisition of Dutch Staffing CRM Supplier Carerix Business Wire
- Qualtrics Acquires Delighted, Extending Its Market Leadership in Customer ExperiencePR Newswire
- Recruit Holdings Announced Today That It Will Acquire Canadian Job Site Workopolis.com Financial Post
- “Business Rockstars” Acquires CoFoundersLab PRWeb
- Veon to sell Beeline Tajikistan to local shareholder Telecompaper
- BI WORLDWIDE acquires Bunchball, strengthening its next generation gamification technology PR Newswire
- Was Microsoft’s Acquisition Of LinkedIn A Success? Forbes
IPO
- Ceridian steps closer to IPO Enterprise Times
- Chinese online recruitment platform seeks Hong Kong IPO Chinadaily
- India %2D HR firm Genius Consultants files for IPO Staffing Industry Analysts
- HeadHunter.ru files for Nasdaq IPO AIM Group
New Product Announcement
- iCIMS Launches Monthly Hiring Indicator for U.S. Job Growth and Hiring ActivityGlobeNewswire
- Textio aims to improve recruiting with new AI offer writing optimizer SiliconAngle
- Maritz Motivation Solutions Launches Cartwheel, New Creative Agency PR Newswire
- HireXP unveils app for recruitment solutions on the go Business Standard
- Kenya-based recruitment site to expand to Uganda AIM Group
- CYPHER LEARNING Announces Launch of Adaptive Learning Feature for its Products NEO and MATRIX Business PR News
- Castlight Boosts Wellbeing Solution with Claims-Based Insights PR Newswire
- FinancialForce Embraces XaaS Economy in Spring 2018 Release eWEEK
- Smart Pension preps app Finextra
- PandoLogic Unveils AI-Enabled Algorithm That Predicts Job Ad Performance PRWeb
- Ascendify Announces AI-Powered Talent Management Solution Technology-Signals
- HotSchedules Announces Clarifi™ Advanced Forecasting Engine, Partnering Restaurant Managers with Machine Learning to Increase Predictability and Reduce CostsGlobeNewswire
- Perks Worldwide Accelerates Innovation — Unveils Next-Generation MDF Solution Improving Management of Global MDF/Co-Op Programs ePRNews
- Beeline Announces Converged Platform Using Both Legacy Vendor Management Systems at Annual Customer Conference PR Newswire
- Beeline launches cloud infrastructure offer BeeCloud Telecompaper
- Paysa Launches Job Sense, A Smarter Job Search Engine AIThority
- Prositions Releases New Master Learning Series of Micro-Learning Courses Based on Best-Selling Books PRWeb
New Geo Entry
- Benefitfocus Expands Operations, Opens Office in New York City PR Newswire
- Workday Continues European Growth with Italy Launch GlobeNewswire
- FinancialForce expands in US and UK Enterprise Times
Secondary
- Asure Software Acquires Evolution HCM Customer Portfolio from Wells Fargo Business Payroll Services Citybizlist
Business Partnership
- BRIEF-Onex And Vista Equity Partners To Become Equal Partners In PowerschoolReuters
- Glint partners with HooYu to streamline onboarding Verdict
Company Announcement
- LG Smart Appliances Now Work With Both Amazon Alexa And The Google Assistant PR Newswire
- Asure Software Closes Two Strategic Transactions and Updates 2018 Guidance Citybizlist
Earnings Release
- Paychex, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results Business Wire
New Feature Release
- LinkedIn adds video for sponsored content and company pages Fierce Cable
- GIF search is coming to LinkedIn messaging through Google’s GIF engine TenorTechCrunch
Key People Movement
- Empyrean Benefit Solutions Announces New Executive Chairman Business Wire
Lawsuit
- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Shareholders of WageWorks, Inc. of a Class Action Lawsuit and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of May 8, 2018 GlobeNewswire