SV Angel

Founded in 2009, SV Angel is a San Francisco-based angel investment firm and service organization that backs early-stage startups, particularly in software and technology, by providing business development support, financing, strategic guidance on mergers and acquisitions, and other resources. It leverages a broad network to assist founders at critical inflection points, helping with market strategy, partnerships, and access to capital to build durable companies across the United States.

Ashvin Bachireddy

Managing Partner

Topher Conway

Managing Partner

Ronald Conway Sr.

Managing Partner

Ron Conway

Managing Partner

Sourav Gupta

Principal

Beth Turner

General Partner

Past deals in Human Resources

SESO

Series B in 2024
SESO Inc. is an online platform that specializes in agricultural labor recruitment, focusing on connecting U.S. farms with qualified seasonal workers through the H-2A visa program. Established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, SESO addresses the significant labor shortage in U.S. agriculture, which results in an annual loss of $15 billion. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including the recruitment, qualification, and training of workers, as well as workforce management software designed to help agricultural employers navigate complex local and federal compliance requirements. By streamlining the hiring process and enhancing workforce quality, SESO aims to provide agricultural employers with a cost-effective solution while offering meaningful and safe employment opportunities to workers.

Comprehensive

Seed Round in 2022
Comprehensive is a developer of an all-in-one employee compensation platform designed to assist organizations in making informed pay decisions. The platform integrates seamlessly with human resources tools, eliminating the need for spreadsheets traditionally used to manage employee compensation. By providing a centralized portal, Comprehensive enables companies to access vital information, data, and analytics, facilitating efficient, transparent, and equitable compensation decisions. This streamlined approach allows businesses to enhance their compensation strategies while reducing administrative burdens.

BetterUp

Series E in 2021
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development company that offers an innovative online platform aimed at enhancing the personal and professional growth of individuals and organizations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, BetterUp specializes in virtual coaching, providing users with personalized guidance through one-on-one sessions with a network of over 3,000 coaches available in 46 languages across more than 90 countries. The platform focuses on fostering mental fitness, career and leadership development, and social connection, thereby enabling employees to develop new behaviors and skills that promote high performance in a rapidly changing work environment. With a client base that includes prominent organizations such as NASA, Google, and Hilton, BetterUp has established itself as a leader in the field of mental health and coaching. The company is supported by a distinguished Science Board composed of experts in positive psychology and human performance, further enhancing its credibility and impact in the industry.

Instawork

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2015, Instawork operates a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It automates traditional recruitment processes for small businesses, connecting them with qualified hourly workers based on their schedules and availability.

Haystack

Seed Round in 2020
Haystack is an employee experience platform that centralizes an organization's communication, knowledge, and people into a single branded hub accessible via mobile and web. By unifying internal channels and resources, it helps organizations improve alignment, boost employee engagement, scale culture, and accelerate onboarding for new hires.

Talentdrop

Seed Round in 2020
Talentdrop is a recruiting software company that aims to improve the hiring process by enabling hiring managers and recruiters to tap into their personal networks for sourcing candidates. By facilitating the sharing of open roles across platforms like LinkedIn, Slack, and Twitter, Talentdrop enhances the recruitment experience through a more personalized approach. The platform allows users to create customized hiring pages and drop referrals into a private pipeline, thus incentivizing industry experts to assist in the recruitment process without incurring additional costs. Founded by experienced professionals from high-growth consumer tech companies, Talentdrop focuses on transforming traditional hiring methods by fostering a collaborative environment that prioritizes human connections and effective talent sourcing.

SESO

Seed Round in 2020
SESO Inc. is an online platform that specializes in agricultural labor recruitment, focusing on connecting U.S. farms with qualified seasonal workers through the H-2A visa program. Established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, SESO addresses the significant labor shortage in U.S. agriculture, which results in an annual loss of $15 billion. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including the recruitment, qualification, and training of workers, as well as workforce management software designed to help agricultural employers navigate complex local and federal compliance requirements. By streamlining the hiring process and enhancing workforce quality, SESO aims to provide agricultural employers with a cost-effective solution while offering meaningful and safe employment opportunities to workers.

The Org

Seed Round in 2019
The Org is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that operates an online platform showcasing public organizations. It specializes in creating crowdsourced organizational charts, which visually represent the managerial structures of various enterprises. By providing detailed insights into teams and their hierarchies, The Org assists companies in their hiring processes and helps individuals understand their colleagues and organizational dynamics. This platform not only enables users to stay informed about new hires but also facilitates recognition of professional contributions within organizations.

Cocoon

Seed Round in 2019
Cocoon is a leave management software company based in the Mission District of San Francisco. Established in 2020 by former employees of Stripe and Square, Cocoon aims to simplify the complexities associated with employee leave. The company partners with organizations such as Carta, Khan Academy, and Benchling to assist their employees during significant life events, including childbirth, caregiving, and personal health matters. By automating the processes related to compliance, claims, and payroll, Cocoon alleviates the confusion and stress often associated with managing leave, allowing human resources teams to focus on employee well-being. The company operates from a small studio space that reflects its commitment to designing exceptional digital experiences for small groups.

Instawork

Series B in 2019
Founded in 2015, Instawork operates a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It automates traditional recruitment processes for small businesses, connecting them with qualified hourly workers based on their schedules and availability.

Willow

Seed Round in 2018
Willow is a new kind of employee onboarding and continuous performance development software for employee-centric companies. Our software and services give both employees and HR the intuitive and seamless experiences they demand. We help HR teams attract and onboard talent, develop better leaders, and understand and improve their employee experience. As the partner of choice for leading businesses around the world including Cathay Pacific, Bupa, and the Australian Red Cross, our mission is to help make every employee more productive and successful. Get in touch to learn more: https://withwillow.co/contact

Lattice

Series A in 2017
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.

Rippling

Seed Round in 2017
Rippling provides an integrated platform that combines HR, IT, payroll, and spend management to streamline the entire employee lifecycle. It automates onboarding, offboarding, payroll processing, benefits administration, and tax forms, and centralizes employee data and access management (devices, software, and email accounts) to reduce administrative work. The platform supports compliance monitoring, real-time financial visibility, and dynamic spend policies, enabling seamless IT provisioning, access control, and unified management. By removing manual tasks and enabling faster onboarding, Rippling helps companies save time, cut costs, and focus on growth.

CodeSignal

Series A in 2016
CodeSignal is a cloud-based skills platform that helps organizations discover, assess, and develop technical talent. It provides custom tests aligned with interview processes and assessments that test more than data structures and algorithms, enabling employers to screen engineers more effectively. The platform also supports AI-powered learning solutions and strives to broaden access to opportunities by tapping into underrepresented candidate pools, helping teams save engineering resources and increase speed-to-hire. Used by major companies and learners worldwide, CodeSignal has powered millions of skills evaluations and supports both hiring and development initiatives across tech, finance, and other industries.

BetterUp

Series A in 2016
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development company that offers an innovative online platform aimed at enhancing the personal and professional growth of individuals and organizations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, BetterUp specializes in virtual coaching, providing users with personalized guidance through one-on-one sessions with a network of over 3,000 coaches available in 46 languages across more than 90 countries. The platform focuses on fostering mental fitness, career and leadership development, and social connection, thereby enabling employees to develop new behaviors and skills that promote high performance in a rapidly changing work environment. With a client base that includes prominent organizations such as NASA, Google, and Hilton, BetterUp has established itself as a leader in the field of mental health and coaching. The company is supported by a distinguished Science Board composed of experts in positive psychology and human performance, further enhancing its credibility and impact in the industry.

BetterUp

Seed Round in 2016
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development company that offers an innovative online platform aimed at enhancing the personal and professional growth of individuals and organizations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, BetterUp specializes in virtual coaching, providing users with personalized guidance through one-on-one sessions with a network of over 3,000 coaches available in 46 languages across more than 90 countries. The platform focuses on fostering mental fitness, career and leadership development, and social connection, thereby enabling employees to develop new behaviors and skills that promote high performance in a rapidly changing work environment. With a client base that includes prominent organizations such as NASA, Google, and Hilton, BetterUp has established itself as a leader in the field of mental health and coaching. The company is supported by a distinguished Science Board composed of experts in positive psychology and human performance, further enhancing its credibility and impact in the industry.

Polly

Seed Round in 2016
Polly is a survey platform established in 2015 by former Microsoft engineers Samir Diwan and Bilal Aijazi. The company specializes in employee engagement software, enabling businesses to create enterprise surveys and polls effectively. Polly's platform features a chatbot that users can customize to collect, connect, and analyze feedback from team members. This functionality allows organizations to swiftly gather insights and make data-driven decisions, enhancing both employee and customer experiences. Notable clients include Soylent, Auth0, and Grammarly. Polly is supported by investors such as Amplify Partners, Slack Fund, Fathom Capital, and Madrona Venture Group.

Lattice

Seed Round in 2016
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.

Human Interest

Seed Round in 2016
Human Interest is a retirement savings provider focused on small and medium-sized businesses, offering a 401(k) platform that simplifies administration and compliance through end-to-end technology. The platform automatically creates employee accounts, syncs payroll deductions, and provides personalized investment guidance, enabling SMBs to offer affordable, easy-to-manage retirement plans; the company has served thousands of businesses across the United States and was founded in 2015 in San Francisco by Paul Sawaya and Roger Lee.

Lattice

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.

Interviewed

Seed Round in 2015
Interviewed is a company that specializes in developing an employee assessment tool aimed at improving the hiring process for employers. By utilizing job simulations, Interviewed provides candidates with a realistic "day-in-the-life" experience of the roles they are applying for. This innovative approach allows hiring managers to observe candidates in action as they demonstrate their skills in real-world scenarios, such as managing simulated customer interactions while using a customer relationship management system. The assessments evaluate critical competencies including speed, accuracy, communication abilities, technical skills, adaptability, multitasking, and emotional intelligence. By streamlining the evaluation process, Interviewed enables employers to select the most suitable candidates efficiently and fairly, enhancing the overall quality of hiring while reducing associated costs.

Triplebyte

Venture Round in 2015
Triplebyte is a recruiting and technical screening platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. The company specializes in providing technical hiring solutions for tech companies, utilizing a credentials-blind process to evaluate candidates based on their technical skills rather than traditional qualifications. Through online coding tests and subsequent technical interviews, Triplebyte helps screen candidates, enabling engineers to showcase their strengths and find programming jobs that align with their skills and interests. By focusing on a more effective hiring process, Triplebyte aims to improve the way technical talent is matched with suitable job opportunities.

Human Interest

Seed Round in 2015
Human Interest is a retirement savings provider focused on small and medium-sized businesses, offering a 401(k) platform that simplifies administration and compliance through end-to-end technology. The platform automatically creates employee accounts, syncs payroll deductions, and provides personalized investment guidance, enabling SMBs to offer affordable, easy-to-manage retirement plans; the company has served thousands of businesses across the United States and was founded in 2015 in San Francisco by Paul Sawaya and Roger Lee.

Triplebyte

Seed Round in 2015
Triplebyte is a recruiting and technical screening platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. The company specializes in providing technical hiring solutions for tech companies, utilizing a credentials-blind process to evaluate candidates based on their technical skills rather than traditional qualifications. Through online coding tests and subsequent technical interviews, Triplebyte helps screen candidates, enabling engineers to showcase their strengths and find programming jobs that align with their skills and interests. By focusing on a more effective hiring process, Triplebyte aims to improve the way technical talent is matched with suitable job opportunities.

Instawork

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2015, Instawork operates a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It automates traditional recruitment processes for small businesses, connecting them with qualified hourly workers based on their schedules and availability.

Interviewing.io

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2015, Interviewing.io operates a platform that connects software engineers with senior engineers from top tech companies for anonymous mock interviews. This approach helps candidates prepare for technical job interviews and saves hiring managers time by fast-tracking strong performers.

Silversheet

Seed Round in 2015
Silversheet is a healthcare administration software platform designed to improve the collaboration and connection between medical facilities and practitioners. It focuses on streamlining the complex process of physician credentialing by reducing the cumbersome paperwork and administrative burden faced by healthcare facilities. With Silversheet's innovative tools, healthcare administrators can add new physicians quickly, verify their credentials automatically, and invite them to join their facilities seamlessly. This not only simplifies the credential renewal process for physicians but also empowers them to maintain their qualifications and ensures that medical facilities remain compliant with regulations. By transforming how healthcare professionals manage their careers and how facilities handle workforce management, Silversheet enhances overall efficiency in the healthcare industry.

Workpop

Series A in 2014
Workpop, Inc. is an online job posting and hiring platform based in Santa Monica, California, incorporated in 2014. The company specializes in the service industry, providing a comprehensive applicant hiring system that enhances the recruitment experience for both job seekers and employers. Workpop allows candidates to create detailed profiles, helping them target specific job opportunities. For employers, the platform streamlines candidate sourcing, applicant screening, and employee onboarding, while also fostering transparent communication through feedback mechanisms. Its user-friendly design and intuitive software engage candidates from the outset, facilitating a more effective hiring process. Additionally, Workpop’s paperless onboarding system reduces costs and allows new hires to contribute from their first day, ultimately aiming to attract and secure top talent in a competitive market. As of September 2018, Workpop operates as a subsidiary of Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.

Zenefits

Series B in 2014
Zenefits is an all-in-one digital HR platform tailored for small and medium businesses. It serves as a single source of truth for managing modern workforces, offering integrated applications like HR, Benefits, Time, Payroll, and Compliance. Zenefits empowers employees, facilitates change management, and ensures compliance.

Simpler

Seed Round in 2013
Simpler is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing solutions for managing and digitalizing employee onboarding processes. Recognizing the significance of effective onboarding for new hires' success, Simpler aims to address the challenges associated with traditional onboarding methods, which are often cumbersome and inadequately supported by available tools. By creating streamlined, user-friendly solutions, Simpler seeks to enhance the onboarding experience, ultimately improving employee integration and retention within organizations.

Gusto

Seed Round in 2012
Gusto is a SaaS company specializing in Human Capital Management. It offers a comprehensive suite of HR and payroll services, including payroll processing, benefits administration, time tracking, attendance management, and employee onboarding.

Sherpaa

Seed Round in 2012
Sherpaa, Inc. is an online medical practice founded in 2012 and based in Brooklyn, New York. The company provides a healthcare platform that connects employees with in-house doctors and insurance guides, allowing them to address non-emergency medical queries and resolve health, wellness, and insurance needs. By offering access to private physicians around the clock, Sherpaa aims to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and streamline healthcare access for users. Co-founded by Dr. Jay Parkinson, who has expertise in pediatrics and preventive medicine, and Cheryl Swirnow, with a strong background in human resources, Sherpaa combines medical knowledge with an understanding of employee needs to enhance the healthcare experience.

LearnUp

Seed Round in 2012
LearnUp, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers an online platform focused on job-specific skills training and career development. Founded in 2011, it caters primarily to entry-level job seekers in the United States by providing access to resources that enable them to learn relevant job skills, receive career coaching, and schedule interviews automatically. The platform empowers users to select job positions of interest and equips them with the necessary training to enhance their employability. LearnUp aims to streamline the hiring process for employers while reducing turnover and fostering long-term business success by ensuring that candidates are well-prepared for the workforce.

Fond

Seed Round in 2012
Fond is a cloud-based SaaS platform that consolidates employee rewards and recognition into a single solution, enabling colleagues to recognize achievements, redeem points for rewards, access corporate discounts, and track program effectiveness to help HR teams save time and drive results. The platform includes social recognition, service awards, performance analytics, and scalable discount programs, designed to motivate employees and boost productivity.

EmployInsight

Seed Round in 2012
EmployInsight is a web-based platform that measures and quantifies employees' soft skills. Its first product, HireInsight, focuses on evaluating interview candidates to help organizations hire individuals with suitable personalities for specific roles.

Career planet Infotech

Series C in 2011
Career Planet InfoTech is a Faridabad based HR consultancy, started its operations way back in 2009 and from there on it has made a place for itself in all these years by growing from strength to strength. From Talent sourcing and Talent administration we deliver seamless solutions through excellent cross service collaboration. As all our efforts are made keeping client satisfaction in mind, we can provide all Human Resource related assistance. Our Service offerings include: Recruitments Staffing Permanent/Contractual Payroll Services Campus Placements

TalentBin

Seed Round in 2010
TalentBin is a San Francisco-based company that operates a talent search engine designed to assist technical recruiters and hiring managers in locating passive candidates. Founded in 2011, TalentBin offers a platform that provides access to a comprehensive candidate database, which includes detailed information about candidates' professional and personal interests, as well as their contact details and social media profiles. The platform also features organizational tools that allow users to take notes, track hiring stages, manage tasks, and set reminders. By transforming the internet into a virtual talent sourcing database, TalentBin enhances the talent acquisition process for its users.

Kanjoya

Seed Round in 2007
Kanjoya, Inc. operates a workforce intelligence and management platform designed for enterprise companies. The company specializes in employee engagement solutions that allow organizations to capture feedback, analyze results in real-time, and distribute vital intelligence. Its key offerings include Kanjoya Perception, which assesses employee emotions, attitudes, and intentions while predicting behaviors; a Workday directory that facilitates employee surveys and performance reviews; and Perception for Performance, a tool that helps managers evaluate, reward, and motivate employees. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and machine learning, Kanjoya provides insights into the motivations and emotions driving business outcomes. Founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, California, Kanjoya was previously known as Experience Project, Inc. The company has been a subsidiary of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. since September 2016.
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