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Top 17 Recruiting Unicorn Companies in 2023

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We've decided to take a deep dive and put together a list containing 17 Recruiting unicorn startups, from highest to lowest valuation.

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1) Deel

Deel

Deel is an international payroll and compliance platform that allows you to pay your employees remotely, regardless of their country.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $12.00B (April 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Alex Bouaziz, Ofer Simon, Shuo Wang
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $625.15M
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 39

You can find their website here.

2) Personio

Personio

Personio is a cloud-based HR management and recruiting platform that empowers employers with the tools they need to attract, track, and build effective teams.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $8.50B (January 2021)
  • Country: Germany
  • City: Munich
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Arseniy Vershinin, Hanno Renner, Ignaz Forstmeier, Ignaz Forstmeier, Roman Schumacher
  • Number of employees: 500-1,000
  • Funding: $524.83M
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 20

You can find their website here.

3) Papaya Global

Papaya Global

Papaya Global offers a secure, integrated, and customizable HR and payroll platform that can be used anywhere in the world.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $3.70B (March 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: New York
  • City: New York
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Eynat Guez, Ofer Herman, Ruben Drong
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $438.00M
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 15

You can find their website here.

4) Handshake

Handshake

Handshake is a college career network that helps students and recent graduates find their next opportunity.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $3.50B (May 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Ben Christensen, Garrett Lord, Scott Ringwelski
  • Number of employees: 500-1,000
  • Funding: $430.50M
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 20

You can find their website here.

5) Remote

Remote

Remote offers international payroll, benefits, and compliance services for employees and contractors.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $3.00B (July 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Job van der Voort, Marcelo Lebre
  • Number of employees: 500-1,000
  • Funding: $315.00M
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 20

You can find their website here.

6) Eightfold.ai

Eightfold.ai

Eightfold is a professional organization that guides companies in their talent search.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $2.10B (October 2020)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: Santa Clara
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Ashutosh Garg, Varun Kacholia
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $397.00M
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

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7) Beisen

Beisen

Beisen specializes in talent management and measurement.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $2.00B (May 2021)
  • Country: China
  • State: Beijing
  • City: Beijing
  • Started in: 2002
  • Founders: Guoji Wei
  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
  • Funding: $421.18M
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

8) Incredible Health

Incredible Health

Incredible Health is a medical and health platform that connects hospitals and nurses.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.65B (August 2022)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Iman Abuzeid, Rome Portlock
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $97.28M
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

9) Lusha

Lusha

Lusha is a crowdsourced data platform for B2B sales and marketing that connects sales, business development, and HR professionals.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.50B (November 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: New York
  • City: New York
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Assaf Eisenstein, Yoni Tserruya
  • Number of employees: 100-250
  • Funding: $245.00M
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

10) SmartRecruiters

SmartRecruiters

SmartRecruiters is an end-to-end recruiting platform that helps companies with talent acquisition.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.50B (July 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Jerome Ternynck
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $274.15M
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

11) Phenom People

Phenom People

Phenom is a recruitment platform that leverages AI to help companies attract new talents.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.40B (April 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • City: Ambler
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Brad Goldoor, Hari Bayireddy, Mahe Bayireddi
  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
  • Funding: $163.02M
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

12) Gem

Gem

Gem is a recruiting platform that integrates with third-party applications such as LinkedIn, Gmail, etc.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.20B (September 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Nick Bushak, Steven Bartel
  • Number of employees: 100-250
  • Funding: $146.00M
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 15

You can find their website here.

13) SeekOut

SeekOut

SeekOut gives companies a competitive edge in recruiting hard-to-find and diverse talent.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.20B (January 2022)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Washington
  • City: Bellevue
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Aravind Bala, John Tippett, Vikas Manocha
  • Number of employees: 100-250
  • Funding: $188.20M
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

14) Karat

Karat

Karat develops an interviewing cloud platform to solve the multi-decade global shortage of software engineers.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.10B (October 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Washington
  • City: Seattle
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Jeffrey Spector, Mohit Bhende
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $151.60M
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 18

You can find their website here.

15) apna

apna

Apna is a professional networking and job placement platform that assists blue-collar and gray-collar workers in locating communities and securing employment.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.10B (September 2021)
  • Country: India
  • City: Bengaluru
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Nirmit Parikh
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $192.50M
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

16) Wheel

Wheel

Wheel is a healthcare technology firm that combines technology infrastructure and clinicians to power virtual care and telehealth.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.01B (January 2022)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Texas
  • City: Austin
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Griffin Mulcahey, Michelle Davey, Philip Johnson
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $215.60M
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

17) Beamery

Beamery

Beamery is a platform for talent acquisition, engagement, and retention that manages the sourcing, hiring, and retention of people.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.00B (December 2022)
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • State: England
  • City: London
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Abakar Saidov, Michael Paterson, Sultan Murad Saidov
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $223.00M
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 14

You can find their website here.

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