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BlueLearn is one of India's largest student platforms focused on enhancing skill development through hands-on guided projects and live interactive courses. It enables members to learn new skills, network with peers, and apply for internships via its dedicated portal. The platform has successfully facilitated hiring for over 4,000 companies, agencies, and individuals seeking remote interns and freelancers. In addition to skill acquisition, BlueLearn offers earning opportunities for students through online teaching, allowing them to generate income while pursuing their education. By combining learning and practical experience, BlueLearn aims to support students in accelerating their careers.

Aidaly is a platform that supports family caregivers by providing training, compensation, coaching, and financial services, and operates a recruitment platform to hire home-based caregivers. It trains and pays caregivers to deliver at-home care, offers coaching, community support, and financial services to strengthen social safety nets and mitigate the impact of financial shocks. By enabling trusted, in-home assistance for elderly or dependent individuals, Aidaly aims to professionalize informal caregiving and improve stability for both caregivers and those they help.

Personio develops an all-in-one HR software for small to medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. Its platform streamlines HR management, recruiting, talent management, and payroll processes.

Landed offers an end-to-end recruiting platform for hourly employers, with a focus on the restaurant and hospitality industry. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to connect candidates to employers based on customized criteria and to screen applicants using data points, enabling employers to hire stronger candidates more quickly and efficiently. By streamlining the hiring process for both job seekers and employers, Landed aims to improve match quality and reduce time-to-hire in high-turnover service environments.

Darwinbox is a cloud‑based human resources management platform that supports the entire employee lifecycle from hiring to retirement. The system combines a mobile‑first interface with AI and machine‑learning capabilities such as an HR voicebot, advanced talent analytics, automated candidate shortlisting, and OCR‑based expense scanning. Designed for mid‑to large‑sized enterprises, it offers e‑onboarding, merit planning, continuous feedback, performance journals, and insightful analytics to streamline core HR operations and boost engagement. Since its founding in 2015, the company has helped more than 350 global enterprises, including major brands, manage the lives of over 850,000 employees.

Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Personio develops an all-in-one HR software for small to medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. Its platform streamlines HR management, recruiting, talent management, and payroll processes.

Forage Pty. Ltd. operates an open-access virtual experience platform designed to help students explore various career paths through company-endorsed virtual internships. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the company, previously known as Insidesherpa, collaborates with prominent organizations to provide free training courses aimed at enhancing candidates' career skills and visibility. Students can enroll in these company-supported courses to gain practical experience and insight into different industries. With over one million students in its ecosystem, Forage connects learners with opportunities from leading firms such as KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Deloitte, among others.

BlueLearn is one of India's largest student platforms focused on enhancing skill development through hands-on guided projects and live interactive courses. It enables members to learn new skills, network with peers, and apply for internships via its dedicated portal. The platform has successfully facilitated hiring for over 4,000 companies, agencies, and individuals seeking remote interns and freelancers. In addition to skill acquisition, BlueLearn offers earning opportunities for students through online teaching, allowing them to generate income while pursuing their education. By combining learning and practical experience, BlueLearn aims to support students in accelerating their careers.

Founded in 2019, Apna is India's largest professional networking platform dedicated to helping the country's workforce unlock unique networking and skilling opportunities. With over 35 million users across 75 cities and more than two million employers on its platform, Apna connects job seekers with relevant opportunities while enabling employers to hire talent cost-effectively.

Eightfold develops an AI-driven talent intelligence platform that helps businesses find, recruit, and retain employees effectively. Founded in 2016, it's headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Founded in 2019, Apna is India's largest professional networking platform dedicated to helping the country's workforce unlock unique networking and skilling opportunities. With over 35 million users across 75 cities and more than two million employers on its platform, Apna connects job seekers with relevant opportunities while enabling employers to hire talent cost-effectively.

Personio develops an all-in-one HR software for small to medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. Its platform streamlines HR management, recruiting, talent management, and payroll processes.

Darwinbox is a cloud‑based human resources management platform that supports the entire employee lifecycle from hiring to retirement. The system combines a mobile‑first interface with AI and machine‑learning capabilities such as an HR voicebot, advanced talent analytics, automated candidate shortlisting, and OCR‑based expense scanning. Designed for mid‑to large‑sized enterprises, it offers e‑onboarding, merit planning, continuous feedback, performance journals, and insightful analytics to streamline core HR operations and boost engagement. Since its founding in 2015, the company has helped more than 350 global enterprises, including major brands, manage the lives of over 850,000 employees.

Flockjay, Inc. is an online sales academy based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in providing hands-on training services to aspiring sales professionals, focusing on both inbound and outbound sales techniques. Their curriculum includes lead qualification, time management, discovery calls, objection handling, and crafting persuasive communication. Flockjay also equips students with modern sales tools and offers additional support services, such as resume workshops, networking opportunities, and interview coaching. By connecting job seekers with high-paying positions in top companies, Flockjay aims to enhance upward mobility and make technology careers accessible to individuals from underrepresented communities. Through its remote learning platform, the company ensures that students from diverse backgrounds have the skills and opportunities necessary to succeed in the tech industry.

Eightfold develops an AI-driven talent intelligence platform that helps businesses find, recruit, and retain employees effectively. Founded in 2016, it's headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Forage Pty. Ltd. operates an open-access virtual experience platform designed to help students explore various career paths through company-endorsed virtual internships. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the company, previously known as Insidesherpa, collaborates with prominent organizations to provide free training courses aimed at enhancing candidates' career skills and visibility. Students can enroll in these company-supported courses to gain practical experience and insight into different industries. With over one million students in its ecosystem, Forage connects learners with opportunities from leading firms such as KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Deloitte, among others.

Founded in 2019, Apna is India's largest professional networking platform dedicated to helping the country's workforce unlock unique networking and skilling opportunities. With over 35 million users across 75 cities and more than two million employers on its platform, Apna connects job seekers with relevant opportunities while enabling employers to hire talent cost-effectively.

Turing.com operates an online platform that connects tech companies with remote software developers for both short- and long-term projects. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company specializes in vetting candidates through comprehensive assessments that evaluate their technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and communication proficiency. This rigorous selection process allows Turing to provide its clients with access to the top 1% of remote engineers across a variety of skill sets, including full stack, backend, frontend, DevOps, AI/ML, and mobile development. Turing serves a diverse clientele, including startups and Fortune 1000 companies, and has become a popular choice for developers, with over 180,000 professionals across 10,000 cities utilizing the platform to find remote job opportunities. Backed by prominent investors, Turing aims to streamline the hiring process for companies, enabling them to quickly and efficiently acquire Silicon Valley-caliber talent.

Personio develops an all-in-one HR software for small to medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. Its platform streamlines HR management, recruiting, talent management, and payroll processes.

Flockjay, Inc. is an online sales academy based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in providing hands-on training services to aspiring sales professionals, focusing on both inbound and outbound sales techniques. Their curriculum includes lead qualification, time management, discovery calls, objection handling, and crafting persuasive communication. Flockjay also equips students with modern sales tools and offers additional support services, such as resume workshops, networking opportunities, and interview coaching. By connecting job seekers with high-paying positions in top companies, Flockjay aims to enhance upward mobility and make technology careers accessible to individuals from underrepresented communities. Through its remote learning platform, the company ensures that students from diverse backgrounds have the skills and opportunities necessary to succeed in the tech industry.

Terminal Inc., established in 2017 with headquarters in San Francisco and offices across North America and Mexico, specializes in talent solutions for technology companies. The company facilitates the recruitment, onboarding, and management of remote global engineering teams, enabling businesses to scale efficiently. Terminal offers global talent acquisition services, market insights, operational support including HR, benefits, payroll, and stock option administration, along with access to a connected tech community.

Darwinbox is a cloud‑based human resources management platform that supports the entire employee lifecycle from hiring to retirement. The system combines a mobile‑first interface with AI and machine‑learning capabilities such as an HR voicebot, advanced talent analytics, automated candidate shortlisting, and OCR‑based expense scanning. Designed for mid‑to large‑sized enterprises, it offers e‑onboarding, merit planning, continuous feedback, performance journals, and insightful analytics to streamline core HR operations and boost engagement. Since its founding in 2015, the company has helped more than 350 global enterprises, including major brands, manage the lives of over 850,000 employees.

AllWork is a technology platform that connects freelance talent with businesses. It offers solutions for recruiting, scheduling, training, communication, payments, budgeting, planning, reporting, and HR administration. Its mobile application enables managers to optimize coverage and adjust schedules for freelancers.

Eightfold develops an AI-driven talent intelligence platform that helps businesses find, recruit, and retain employees effectively. Founded in 2016, it's headquartered in Mountain View, California.

ECheng (e成) is a B2B SaaS platform that provides HR matching and resume screening for enterprises. Using machine learning, data mining, and NLP (natural language processing), the company categorizes resumes that best fit the job requirements of the client company. The company was launched in 2013 by industry veterans from Baidu, IBM, and Microsoft, serving multinational conglomerates as well as small and medium-sized companies.

WorkTrans is a human resource management software developer based in China. The company offers a platform that supports various training modes and capabilities, enhancing developmental opportunities for its clients. Its software facilitates efficient attendance tracking, mobile scheduling, and unified management, enabling organizations to streamline payroll processing, roster management, recruitment, and training related to attendance. By improving these aspects, WorkTrans aims to enhance recruiting efficiency and overall workforce management for businesses.

Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Terminal Inc., established in 2017 with headquarters in San Francisco and offices across North America and Mexico, specializes in talent solutions for technology companies. The company facilitates the recruitment, onboarding, and management of remote global engineering teams, enabling businesses to scale efficiently. Terminal offers global talent acquisition services, market insights, operational support including HR, benefits, payroll, and stock option administration, along with access to a connected tech community.

Eightfold develops an AI-driven talent intelligence platform that helps businesses find, recruit, and retain employees effectively. Founded in 2016, it's headquartered in Mountain View, California.

WorkTrans is a human resource management software developer based in China. The company offers a platform that supports various training modes and capabilities, enhancing developmental opportunities for its clients. Its software facilitates efficient attendance tracking, mobile scheduling, and unified management, enabling organizations to streamline payroll processing, roster management, recruitment, and training related to attendance. By improving these aspects, WorkTrans aims to enhance recruiting efficiency and overall workforce management for businesses.

Sourceress is an AI recruiter that is reinventing how people find jobs. With tailor-made machine learning models, they rigorously define what a company is looking for in a role, identify great candidates, and engage candidates with highly personalized introductions. Their process creates a stream of interested candidates that hiring managers are excited about more than 85% of the time. Their mission is to accelerate human progress by helping people work in jobs that matter. They raised $3M from Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners and OpenAI researchers.

Drafted Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, operates a network recruiting platform designed to streamline the hiring process for companies. The platform, Drafted, allows businesses to source, qualify, and hire candidates efficiently by leveraging their employee networks for referrals and sourcing. It also offers Layoff Network, which helps laid-off individuals connect with hiring companies through nominations from friends and colleagues. The company's solutions are utilized by recruiters, managers, and employees to track candidates and measure performance, ultimately aiming to enhance the quality of hires and support both companies and job seekers in their networking efforts.

Darwinbox is a cloud‑based human resources management platform that supports the entire employee lifecycle from hiring to retirement. The system combines a mobile‑first interface with AI and machine‑learning capabilities such as an HR voicebot, advanced talent analytics, automated candidate shortlisting, and OCR‑based expense scanning. Designed for mid‑to large‑sized enterprises, it offers e‑onboarding, merit planning, continuous feedback, performance journals, and insightful analytics to streamline core HR operations and boost engagement. Since its founding in 2015, the company has helped more than 350 global enterprises, including major brands, manage the lives of over 850,000 employees.

Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

ECheng (e成) is a B2B SaaS platform that provides HR matching and resume screening for enterprises. Using machine learning, data mining, and NLP (natural language processing), the company categorizes resumes that best fit the job requirements of the client company. The company was launched in 2013 by industry veterans from Baidu, IBM, and Microsoft, serving multinational conglomerates as well as small and medium-sized companies.

Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

ECheng (e成) is a B2B SaaS platform that provides HR matching and resume screening for enterprises. Using machine learning, data mining, and NLP (natural language processing), the company categorizes resumes that best fit the job requirements of the client company. The company was launched in 2013 by industry veterans from Baidu, IBM, and Microsoft, serving multinational conglomerates as well as small and medium-sized companies.

Drafted Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, operates a network recruiting platform designed to streamline the hiring process for companies. The platform, Drafted, allows businesses to source, qualify, and hire candidates efficiently by leveraging their employee networks for referrals and sourcing. It also offers Layoff Network, which helps laid-off individuals connect with hiring companies through nominations from friends and colleagues. The company's solutions are utilized by recruiters, managers, and employees to track candidates and measure performance, ultimately aiming to enhance the quality of hires and support both companies and job seekers in their networking efforts.

MeiChai is a company that specializes in employment and employee services through its digital SaaS platform. It aims to streamline the recruiting process, making it more efficient for corporate customers to recruit and retain talent. The platform offers a range of services, including online recruitment, remote working solutions, personnel outsourcing, and HR SaaS tools. MeiChai primarily targets the blue-collar job market, focusing on improving housing conditions and wages for millions of workers. By facilitating quicker job placements, the company enhances opportunities for candidates to secure employment within a day.

Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

ECheng (e成) is a B2B SaaS platform that provides HR matching and resume screening for enterprises. Using machine learning, data mining, and NLP (natural language processing), the company categorizes resumes that best fit the job requirements of the client company. The company was launched in 2013 by industry veterans from Baidu, IBM, and Microsoft, serving multinational conglomerates as well as small and medium-sized companies.

Hirexperience is a new kind of call center recruiting and staffing solution focused on utilizing technology and standardized screening to identify applicants who exhibit characteristics statistically proven to drive business success in inbound and outbound call centers. Hirexperience acts as a fully-outsourced call center staffing solution, identifying and marketing to an expanded pool of potential call center agents, selectively screening and testing the most promising candidates, and providing these employees to their clients in a simple and well-aligned pricing model. Hirexperience was created by call center operations managers, who felt that employers needed a better solution for predicting and staffing reliable, high-performance call center agents. Hirexperience brings a fresh approach that answers the unmet needs of call center hiring managers who struggle to find and place capable agents.

SayHired facilitates the recruiting process by efficiently screening candidates for their sales abilities. Candidates apply to positions by recording responses to pitch prompts and/or question sets curated by recruiters. The responses are analyzed by our patent-pending engine for the qualities that the recruiter feels are most important to the position. Responses are ranked on a scale of 100 for each individual characteristic. Some examples of characteristics used to determine if a candidate is a good salesperson are empathy, friendliness, persuasiveness, or knowledgeability, among others. Once the scores have been released, both the candidate and the recruiter are able to view them. This way the candidate can learn from their previous applications to continually improve their sales abilities, while the recruiter can choose the best candidate for the position based on their scores. With SayHired, job applications go beyond the resume.