Led · Series A · Jun 2020

Tempo operates a recruitment platform that uses machine learning to match job seekers with employers and video interviews for candidate screening. The company serves scale-up clients including Monzo, Starling Bank and Bulb. Led by CEO and co-founder Ben Chatfield, Tempo was launched in 2017 and is based in London and Manchester. It employs 35 people and planned to increase headcount to 50 in 2020. Tempo has raised more than £8M since launching and will use the new funding to invest in technology, accelerate further UK expansion and grow its workforce. The platform’s focus is simplifying recruitment for high-growth companies through technology-driven screening and matching. Tempo provides an intelligent, video-based hiring platform that uses machine learning and video to simplify recruitment processes. The company intends to use the funds to continue growth, take its platform to new markets and invest in technology. Tempo was founded by Ben Chatfield and Ollie Povey and launched in 2017. The latest round raised £1.75m, bringing total funding to date to over £3m. Since launch the company has built a community of about 40,000 candidates and more than 2,000 employers. Customers include Bulb Energy, OakNorth, Zellis, Monzo, Uber and Babylon Health. Tempo is a London-based video recruitment platform that leverages video technology and artificial intelligence to enable rapid hiring for temporary office and admin roles. Launched in May 2017 by Ben Chatfield and Ollie Povey, the company focuses on speeding placements for employers. The platform claims its fastest placement took 27 minutes. Tempo raised £1M in seed funding to support its growth. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate development of its tech platform and to expand further within London. Tempo also partners with Pitman Training, which grants 40,000 yearly graduates to the platform.

Led · Series A · Jan 2017

Talentoday provides a talent assessment and people analytics solution featuring tools for individuals to gain insights on personality and motivations through psychometrics and predictive analytics. It also offers tools for recruiters and career management professionals to manage daily HR processes. The company is led by CEO Martin Ryssen and is based in San Francisco, with an additional office in Paris. Talentoday raised $3.49M in a Series A financing led by The Adecco Group. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate international market penetration and to strengthen its engineering effort. Its product focus combines psychometrics and predictive analytics to serve both individual users and enterprise HR workflows. Talentoday operates an online social career guidance solution that provides a free assessment for individuals and a cloud-based framework for career and HR experts to optimize job placement. The platform publicly launched in January 2014 and is led by co-founder and CEO Pierre-François Verley. It reports 3 million registered users, approximately 955,000 monthly active users and about 16,000 new users registering each day, and is used by 100 clients in more than 160 countries. The company is based in San Francisco and also has operations in Paris, France. Talentoday adheres to International Test Commission membership and American Psychological Association standards for its assessments. It intends to use recent funding to grow its user base further, scale the platform and hire additional engineering and marketing professionals.