HiPeople gets $3M seed to automate referral checks

by RJ Shara | Jan 20, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups

HiPeople, a HR tech startup based in Berlin that wishes to automate the recommendation monitoring procedure, has actually raised $3 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Mattias Ljungman’s Moonfire, with involvement from Capnamic Ventures, and Cherry Ventures. It follows a $1.1 million pre-seed in late 2019. Notably, the seed round was closed completely remote, […] HiPeople says the investment will be utilized to support growth so that more recruiters can employ remotely utilizing automated referral checks. HiPeople currently solves this by automating prospect reference checks from request, to collection, and analysis. The concept behind the software-as-a-service is that HiPeople’s approach creates a smooth user experience for the employer, and “verified, thorough referral checks they can trust”. Gillmann and Schüller inform me that in Europe, HiPeople generally competes with the existing facilities and processes employers utilize to by hand conduct referrals checks. …