Corridor, an AI-powered health benefits brokerage targeting small and mid-sized businesses, has raised a $25 million seed round led by Bain Capital…
Funding & M&A
Acquisitions, mergers, and funding rounds involving staffing firms, recruiting platforms, and HR tech companies, tracked daily for staffing leaders.
Twelve states and the Writers Guild of America settled their antitrust lawsuits against the $81 billion Paramount-Warner Bros…
US staffing hours climbed 7% year over year through early September, led by a 12% surge in industrial placements tied to manufacturing and data center…
Insight Health Systems has reached a deal to acquire West Suburban Medical Center and Weiss Memorial Hospital in the Chicago area, ending a protracted…
Data center developer Crusoe closed a $3.9 billion Series F round co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital, and Valor Equity Partners, pushing…
Recruiting Plug has launched as a niche recruiting firm focused exclusively on the precious metals sector, serving coin dealers, bullion companies…
Harver, a predictive talent assessment and reference-checking firm, has acquired Symphony Talent, a recruitment marketing and employer brand company…
Build Pagosa Secures $2.7M Federal Grant for Workforce Training Center in Rural Colorado
Medium impactThe U.S…
Brilliant AI Launches Hiring Intelligence Platform Built From Crosschq, ApplicantX, and Traitify
High impactBrilliant AI has officially launched as a unified hiring intelligence platform formed from three companies — Crosschq, ApplicantX, and Traitify …
Industrial AI startup Noetive has formally launched with $41 million in seed funding led by Eclipse Ventures, targeting manufacturing, logistics…
Edustaff has been selected by Whitnall School District in Wisconsin to recruit, onboard, and manage a substitute workforce across the district's four…
AI Lending Platform AfinLoans Raises $10M to Serve Self-Employed and Gig Workers Without Credit Files
Medium impactAfinClic Financial Technologies (AfinLoans) has raised $10 million and is deploying $4 million across 1,000 loans to self-employed and gig workers who…
Vendorpass and ICON Information Consultants have established U.K…
Skilled Trades Recruiter Work With Your Handz Lands on 2026 Inc. 5000 With 30% Revenue Growth
High impactWork With Your Handz, a national skilled trades recruiting firm founded in 2018, has been named to the 2026 Inc…
Specialized staffing firm ALKU has launched ALKU Intelligence, a dedicated division focused on end-to-end AI, data engineering, and advanced analytics…
Vensure Employer Solutions has appointed Jennifer S…
Mecka AI, a startup that pays workers to record everyday physical tasks to generate training data for humanoid robots, is closing a new Sequoia…
Maven Robotics has emerged from stealth with $100 million in funding from RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures, and XTX Markets Ventures, targeting…
AI Research Startup Listen Labs Abandoned $1.5B Funding Round Amid Salesforce Acquisition Talks
Medium impactListen Labs, a voice-AI market research startup, walked away from a signed $125M Series C term sheet at a $1.5B valuation — a rare move driven by…
Water Tower Research has published an initiation-of-coverage report on YYForce, Inc…