78 Best UK Hiring and Recruitement Startups to Watch in 2023 | Seedtable

78 Hiring and Recruitement Startups in UK to Watch in 2023

UK's Hiring and Recruitement sector is booming. This year’s list of the best 78 UK Hiring and Recruitement startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between.

The last update was made on March 14, 2023.

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Beamery

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

London   101 to 250   $170 Million   $140 Million  

Index Ventures   EQT Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Multiverse

Multiverse is a tech startup that matches talent who have not graduated from college with apprenticeship opportunities.

London   101 to 250   $410 Million   $16 Million  

Lightspeed Venture Partners   Index Ventures   General Catalyst   GV   Latitude  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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Unmind

Unmind is a B2B mental health platform providing clinically-backed tools and training.

London   11 to 50   $63 Million   $4 Million  

EQT Ventures   Project A Ventures   Felix Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

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Ravio

Real-time compensation benchmarking platform. Understand salary, equity and benefits in your market.

London     $10 Million   $10 Million  

Northzone   Cherry Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Omnipresent

Omnipresent provides a human resource and onboarding platform designed to help companies hire remote-working local teams worldwide.

London   101 to 250   $140 Million   $2 Million  

Entrepreneur First   TrueSight Ventures   Playfair Capital   Episode 1   Investment AB Kinnevik  

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Hofy

Global equipment for your teams in 1 click

London   11 to 50   $30 Million   $2.4 Million  

Kindred Capital   20VC   Stride VC   TrueSight Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Sona

Sona is the employee app for tomorrow's workforce.

London   11 to 50   $9 Million   $2.2 Million  

Speedinvest   Gradient Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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SteadyPay

SteadyPay is an income smoothing app for the modern economy.

London   11 to 50   $10 Million   $3.8 Million  

Ascension Ventures   TrueSight Ventures   Digital Horizon   Hambro Perks Ltd.  

B2B   B2C   SAAS  

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Humaans

The fastest way to onboard and manage your staff

London   11 to 50   $20 Million   $5 Million  

Moonfire Ventures   Y Combinator   Frontline Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Qatalog

The work hub for modern teams and knowledge workers.

London   11 to 50   $19 Million   $3.5 Million  

Atomico   Mosaic Ventures   Tiny VC  

B2B   SAAS  

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Ben

Make benefits work for everyone, everywhere

London   11 to 50   $19 Million   $2.4 Million  

Atomico   Seedcamp   Cherry Ventures   DN Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

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Otta

The better way to find a job in tech

London   51 to 100   $24 Million   $1.1 Million  

Local Globe  

B2B   SAAS  

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Vault Platform

Vault Platform is the next generation of misconduct reporting for employees.

London   11 to 50   $12 Million   $4.2 Million  

Kindred Capital   Gradient Ventures   Illuminate Financial  

B2B   SAAS  

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Arbolus

Arbolus is a networking platform that uses technology to help build and maintain advisory relationships.

London   101 to 250   $24 Million   $1.8 Million  

Element Ventures   Fuel Ventures   Plug and Play Spain  

B2B   SAAS  

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Metaview

Power People decisions with the Truth. Metaview develops technology to help ambitious companies run amazing interviews.

London   11 to 50   $7.6 Million   $1.6 Million  

Seedcamp   Fly Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Passionfruit

Passionfruit is the freelancing platform for Gen Z marketers

London   1 to 10   $5 Million   $700 Thousand  

Accel   Atomico   Notion Capital   Playfair Capital   Firstminute Capital   Portfolio Ventures   FJ Labs  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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Veremark

Veremark is a pre-employment screening startup.

London   51 to 100   $11 Million   $1 Million  

Atomico   Samaipata Ventures   Triple Point Ventures   ACF Investors  

B2B   SAAS  

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Lantum

Lantum is the online platform that enables healthcare providers to manage their clinical workforce.

London   51 to 100   $29 Million   $740 Thousand  

Finch Capital   Piton Capital   Samos Investments  

B2B   SAAS  

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Moonhub

Moonhub provides training for companies by immersing their staff in interactive virtual reality role-play scenarios.

London   1 to 10   $2.5 Million   $2.6 Million  

Ada Ventures   Pi Labs  

B2B   SAAS  

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Screenloop

Screenloop is a hiring intelligence platform that allows you to source candidates, analyze interviews, and automate the reference process.

London   11 to 50   $9.5 Million   $2.5 Million  

Stride VC   Concept Ventures   Passion Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

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Ryde

Ryde is the world's leading fully integrated, last-mile delivery management platform

London   11 to 50   $4.4 Million   $900 Thousand  

Seedcamp   Forward Partners   Triple Point Ventures   Swiss Founders Fund  

B2B  

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Distributed

Distributed is a software development company that provides an on-demand Elastic Team that allows getting things done faster.

London   11 to 50   $61 Million   $2 Million  

Fuel Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Code First Girls

Code First Girls works to increase the number of women in tech and entrepreneurship

London   1 to 10   $5.2 Million   $5.2 Million  

B2B   B2C  

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Learnerbly

Learnerbly is a Learning Development Platform.

London   51 to 100   $12 Million  

Frontline Ventures   Beringea   FJ Labs   Triple Point Ventures   Digital Horizon  

B2B   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

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Juggle Jobs

Juggle is an information technology company that offers a SaaS platform for the future of work.

London   11 to 50   $18 Million   $2.1 Million  

7percent Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Rest Less

Rest Less is a social impact business helping a generation of over 50s get the most from life.

London   11 to 50   $12 Million   $3.7 Million  

Octopus Ventures   Viola Ventures  

B2C  

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Florence

Florence is an online marketplace that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers looking for extra work

London   51 to 100   $45 Million   $6.3 Million  

AXA Venture Partners  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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Neol

Neol is a decentralized and tokenized cohort-based learning and on-demand talent platform, powered by a curated global creative community.

London   1 to 10   $5.2 Million   $5.2 Million  

FJ Labs  

B2B  

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Sova Assessment

Sova Assessment is a SaaS assessment provider that provides psychometric assessments for hiring or recruiting processes.

London   51 to 100   $13 Million   $4 Million  

Octopus Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Flexa Careers

The flexible working platform

London   1 to 10   $320 Thousand   $1.1 Million  

Ada Ventures   QVentures  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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Zelt

Zelt enables startups to manage their HR, payroll and IT in one place, in the cloud.

London   11 to 50   $3.8 Million   $1 Million  

Lakestar   Portfolio Ventures  

SAAS  

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Neucruit

Neucruit is transforming the efficiency, transparency and diversity of clinical trials

London   11 to 50   $1.6 Million   $100 Thousand  

Atomico   Nina Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

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Hubble

A platform to search, set up, and manage your hybrid workplace

London   51 to 100   $12 Million   $5.2 Million  

Pi Labs  

B2B   MARKETPLACE   SAAS  

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Deazy

Deazy is the smart, flexible and scalable way to engage stellar developers, fast.

London   11 to 50   $8.1 Million   $6.8 Million  

B2B   MARKETPLACE  

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BigChange

BigChange is the complete Job Management Platform built to help your business grow stronger.

Leeds   101 to 250   $100 Million   $100 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

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Konfir

Konfir is a B2B SaaS platform that provides instant employment and income verifications for UK-based workers.

London   11 to 50   $2.1 Million   $2.1 Million  

Triple Point Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Bright

Bright is an online recruitment network that connects graduates, undergraduates and professionals with suitable job opportunities.

London   1 to 10   $7.8 Million   $3.7 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

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Roleshare

Roleshare’s Enterprise Platform retains and attracts talent seeking flex through shared jobs.

London   1 to 10   $1.8 Million  

Atomico   Plug and Play Spain   Forward Partners  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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CloudPay

CloudPay provides global payroll, treasury, and on-demand pay solutions to multinational organizations.

Andover   501 to 1000   $260 Million   $35 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

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Guider

On a mission to create the best personal-development platform for employees worldwide, with mentoring and coaching at its core.

London   11 to 50   $3.3 Million   $560 Thousand  

Fuel Ventures  

B2B   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

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Encode club

Encode Club is a blockchain education platform that aims to educate the future generation of blockchain professionals.

London   1 to 10   $5 Million   $5 Million  

B2B   B2C  

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Teamed

Teamed support businesses as they swiftly and legally expand globally.

London   1 to 10   $0   $3 Million  

Blackfinch Ventures  

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Hinterview

Hinterview is the leading specialist video platform for the recruitment industry.

London   11 to 50   $7.1 Million   $1.9 Million  

Calculus Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

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Chatterbox

Chatterbox is a smart online language learning for professionals, powered by refugees.

London   1 to 10   $2.3 Million   $1.7 Million  

B2C   B2B  

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Placed App

Placed is a mobile-first recruitment platform helping the high labour churn, service industries access permanent staff.

London   11 to 50   $0   $4.8 Million  

Blackfinch Ventures   Praetura Ventures  

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Immigram

Immigram is a B2B/B2C talent immigration platform for IT professionals and tech entrepreneurs.

London   51 to 100   $500 Thousand   $500 Thousand  

B2C   SAAS  

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ARuVR

ARuVR (formerly VRtuoso) is an enterprise XR content creation, real-time guided content consumption, and live streaming SaaS platform.

London   11 to 50   $4.1 Million   $650 Thousand  

Business Growth Fund  

B2B   SAAS  

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Intrro

Hire more from employee referrals

London   11 to 50   $2.8 Million   $350 Thousand  

Signals Venture Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

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Job Protocol

Job Protocol operates as a digital recruitment platform.

London   1 to 10   $1.5 Million   $1.5 Million  

Tioga Capital Partners  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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myGwork

myGwork is a business community for LGBT+ professionals, graduates, inclusive employers and anyone who believes in workplace equality.

London   1 to 10   $3.1 Million   $990 Thousand  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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Sirenum

Sirenum is a WFM platform for employers to put the right shift worker in the right place at the right time and pay the right amount.

London   51 to 100   $4.1 Million   $1.3 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

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Skrap

B2B Marketplace for construction waste, bulky materials and equipment hire.

London   11 to 50   $2.9 Million   $1.6 Million  

MARKETPLACE  

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SonicJobs

SonicJobs is a job platform revolutionizing the way candidates search and apply for jobs.

London   11 to 50   $9.3 Million  

Triple Point Ventures   Portfolio Ventures   Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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Springpod

Springpod is an early careers attraction, engagement and recruitment technology that helps young people discover their futures.

London   11 to 50   $4.2 Million   $760 Thousand  

B2B   MARKETPLACE  

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Storm2

Storm2 operates as a recruitment marketplace for fintech.

London   11 to 50   $4.2 Million   $1.2 Million  

B2B   MARKETPLACE  

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The Happiness Index

The Happiness Index helps organisations measure their key employee engagement AND happiness drivers to power their people strategy.

London   11 to 50   $2.9 Million   $1.4 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

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Virtual Internships

Virtual Internship Partners provides transformative, 21st-century remote-work experiences for students and graduates

London   51 to 100   $17 Million  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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WorkBuzz

Professional ratings and reviews

London   1 to 10   $2.9 Million   $1.1 Million  

B2B   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

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Academy

Academy is a startup that trains talent and leadership roles for the tech industry.

Manchester   11 to 50   $4 Million   $4 Million  

Local Globe   Emerge Education  

B2B  

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Smart Recruit Online

Smart Recruit Online is a free online recruitment platform.

London   1 to 10   $890 Thousand   $890 Thousand  

B2B   SAAS  

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Gradfuel

Gradfuel is an online platform that personalizes job assistants for graduates to find jobs.

London   1 to 10   $0   $260 Thousand  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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Alvius

Alvius is a software business that uses technology to link people with opportunities.

London   11 to 50   $0   $1.3 Million  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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SquadPal

SquadPal is a Chief Happiness Officer as a Service helping remote companies onboard, engage and retain their employees.

London   1 to 10   $540 Thousand   $540 Thousand  

B2C   FREEMIUM  

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gigl

The 60-second job description and application platform!

London   11 to 50   $1.5 Million   $1.5 Million  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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UniTaskr

UniTaskr is a mobile and desktop app that connects households and businesses with a workforce of university students.

London   11 to 50   $1.7 Million   $1.7 Million  

B2B   MARKETPLACE  

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Fertifa

Fertifa is an innovative employer benefit solution making fertility care more accessible and affordable.

London   1 to 10   $1.3 Million   $1.3 Million  

Passion Capital  

B2B  

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PitchMe

PitchMe is a skills-based talent marketplace introducing multilayered profiling of skills and innovative matching algorithms.

London   11 to 50   $1.5 Million   $1.2 Million  

B2B   MARKETPLACE  

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Humley

Humley uses AI and Natural Language Processing to power enterprise conversational assistants, delivering significant efficiencies.

London   11 to 50   $900 Thousand   $910 Thousand  

B2B   SAAS  

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SkillReactor

Democratizing learning and work-experience for software engineers

London   1 to 10   $0  

Haatch  

B2B   SAAS  

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Workvivo

Workvivo provides companies with an internal communications platform designed to engage and connect with employees.

Cork   101 to 250   $38 Million   $550 Thousand  

Frontline Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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CGHero

Outsource 3D Modelling, Concept Art, Textures, VFX & More

Manchester   11 to 50   $6.9 Million   $1.2 Million  

Beringea   Fuel Ventures  

B2B   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

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Orka Technology Group

Orka Technology Group develops solutions that help hourly workers with sourcing, on-boarding, and getting paid for work.

Manchester   11 to 50   $47 Million   $2 Million  

Praetura Ventures  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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Staffcircle

StaffCircle provides a performance management and culture platform to help companies manage and motivate their remote employees.

Leicester   11 to 50   $7.8 Million   $1.5 Million  

Blackfinch Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Care Hires

Care Hires is a location-based app and cloud based software that allows health & social care providers to hire on demand Care Workers

Leicester   1 to 10   $3.2 Million   $620 Thousand  

West Hill Capital  

B2B   MARKETPLACE  

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Payaca

B2B SaaS for customer-focused service businesses.

Bristol   1 to 10   $2.1 Million   $1 Million  

Blackfinch Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

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Hitmarker

Hitmarker is the home of gaming and esports jobs.

Newcastle   11 to 50   $880 Thousand   $210 Thousand  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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CAPSLOCK

CAPSLOCK re-skill adults into cyber security professionals at no up-front costs. Voted as UK's most innovative cyber security start-up 2021.

Manchester   11 to 50   $1.4 Million   $400 Thousand  

B2B   B2C  

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Avail Technologies

Avail Technologies is a haulage recruitment company.

Manchester   1 to 10   $1.3 Million   $440 Thousand  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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