GetLinks operates a mobile job-finder app and community events for job-seekers across six countries in Southeast Asia and neighboring regions. The company claims 500,000 registered job seekers and 3,000 companies on its platform. GetLinks is planning to expand beyond recruitment into skills and talent training and to apply AI and machine learning in education and training. It has an office and entity in Hong Kong; founder Djoann Fal is French and co-founder/chairman Keenan Kwok is from Hong Kong. The company previously raised $500,000 in 2016 and later added $150,000 to that round. The new funding is positioned as strategic, aimed at pooling resources with investors to advance its digital and AI capabilities. GetLinks’ core product focus and training plans align with investor interest in leveraging AI for talent development. GetLinks operates a curated jobs marketplace for tech talent in Southeast Asia, having pivoted from a ‘Tinder for jobs’ model to a vetted platform where both candidates and employer vacancies are screened. The company monetizes by taking a cut of a hired candidate’s salary, aligning its incentives with successful placements. It builds its user base through large offline meetups that attract thousands of attendees and help onboard both candidates and employers. Employer partners named in the article include Google, Uber, Line and Lazada. GetLinks graduated accelerator programs at JFDI Asia and 500 Startups and previously sought crowdfunding support as cash ran low. The startup closed a $500,000 seed round to fund regional expansion plans, notably into Vietnam and Singapore.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Mar 2016