Startups Directory

Roleshare built a marketplace and management platform that matched two professionals to co-apply and share one full-time job, enabling companies to run job-sharing pilot programs. The platform allowed employees to post their current roles as shareable and matched talent pairs from both internal and external sources. Roleshare served enterprises like JP Morgan and BP seeking flexible workforce solutions. Note: The company is no longer operating.

Mercor operates a dual-sided marketplace connecting domain experts (engineers, lawyers, consultants, doctors) with AI labs and enterprises for specialized evaluation, testing, and training work. The platform sources, vets, and places talent on project-based roles while AI companies use contractor feedback to refine frontier models. Mercor manages over 30,000 contractors paid collectively $1.5M daily, working with top-5 AI labs including OpenAI and Anthropic, and generates revenue through a margin on successful placements.

Deel is a global payroll and compliance platform that enables companies to hire, onboard, and pay full-time employees and contractors across 150+ countries. The platform automates payroll in 120+ currencies, manages local tax compliance, and handles the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment to offboarding. It serves 35,000+ customers from startups to enterprises like Shopify, Nike, and Klarna.

Remote is a global Employer of Record (EOR) platform that enables companies to hire, manage, and pay employees across 70+ countries without establishing legal entities. The platform handles employment contracts, payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance through in-house operations rather than third-party networks. Remote serves mid-market to enterprise companies looking to build distributed teams while avoiding costly subsidiary setup and contractor misclassification risks.

Personio is a cloud-based HR management platform that centralizes recruiting, onboarding, time tracking, performance management, and compliance in a single system for SMEs and startups. The platform eliminates fragmented HR processes by consolidating employee data, workflows, and analytics while offering AI-powered insights through Personio Assistant. It integrates with over 200 business applications and serves as an alternative to legacy HR systems, enabling HR teams to operate more efficiently while improving employee experience.

Lusha is a B2B data intelligence platform that helps revenue teams find verified contact information, maintain accurate CRM records, and identify buying intent across 300+ million business profiles. The platform delivers contact details and company data directly within tools salespeople use daily—LinkedIn, Gmail, Salesforce—via a Chrome extension and native integrations. Lusha differentiates through intent data integration (via Bombora), AI-powered lead automation (Playlists), and call intelligence features that keep go-to-market data fresh and actionable.

QX Global Group is a business process management (BPM) services provider that combines consulting expertise, deep industry knowledge, and automation technologies to deliver outsourced solutions for 100+ enterprise clients. The company operates three business units: finance & accounting services (QXFA), accounting outsourcing for professional firms (QXAS), and recruitment process outsourcing (QXRS). With 2,400+ employees across the UK, USA, Canada, and India, QX uses a three-pillar approach (People, Process, Platform) to drive business transformation for mid-market and enterprise clients.

Omnipresent is an Employer of Record (EOR) and HR SaaS platform that enables companies to hire and manage remote employees across 80+ countries without establishing local legal entities. It centralizes contracts, payroll, tax compliance, and HR administration—handling local regulations, multi-currency payments, and statutory requirements across jurisdictions. The platform is particularly strong in European markets (UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Nordics) with SOC 2 certification and integrations with 20+ HRIS systems. Omnipresent was acquired by Deel in 2025, expanding its global reach.

SeekOut is an AI-powered talent acquisition platform that searches nearly one billion public profiles and ATS data to help companies source, screen, and engage qualified candidates at scale. The company offers two main products: SeekOut Recruit, an intelligent recruiting platform with job-specific workflows and labor market insights, and SeekOut Spot, an agentic AI service that delivers interview-ready candidates in 14 days with human recruiter guidance. SeekOut differentiates through unique sourcing capabilities for GitHub profiles and patent/research publication data across engineering and life sciences, enabling companies to find untapped deep tech talent efficiently.

Karat operates the world's largest technical interviewing cloud platform, connecting companies with a vetted network of 24/7 interviewers to conduct fair, consistent technical screens at scale. Rather than burdening internal engineering teams with interview responsibilities, Karat handles candidate assessment using standardized rubrics, interview formats, and AI-enhanced evaluation. The platform serves enterprise and growth-stage tech companies looking to screen hundreds or thousands of engineering candidates annually while reducing hiring bias and improving candidate experience.

Nomad Health is a digital marketplace that directly connects clinicians (physicians, nurses, etc.) with healthcare facilities, eliminating traditional staffing agencies. The platform manages job matching, credentials, licensing, travel arrangements, and payments—offering hospitals and health systems 40-50% cost savings compared to traditional recruiter commissions. With 300K+ registered clinicians and 390K+ jobs posted, Nomad has grown 200%+ annually to become the fastest-growing US staffing firm.

Momenta is an Industrial Impact venture capital firm founded in 2012 that accelerates digital innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and supply chain. The firm combines early-stage funding ($775K–$3.5M checks) with operator-led co-creation, leveraging deep industry expertise to help founders deploy AI, IIoT, and Edge Intelligence solutions. Beyond capital, Momenta provides digital strategy, M&A execution, and go-to-market guidance, partnering with industrial leaders like Rockwell Automation to drive Industry 5.0 adoption.

Apna is a mobile-first digital marketplace connecting entry-level and blue/gray-collar job seekers to employers across India. The platform features 70+ professional communities (carpenters, painters, telecallers, delivery personnel, etc.) and uses AI-driven matching to enable bulk hiring campaigns, automated candidate sourcing, and integrated chat for interview coordination. Employers can post jobs, filter profiles, unlock contact details, and engage candidates via WhatsApp, while job seekers access real-time alerts, interview prep tools, and social networking features.

Gem is a talent acquisition platform that combines candidate relationship management (CRM) with applicant tracking system (ATS) functionality to streamline recruiting workflows. It aggregates candidate data from sources like LinkedIn, automates outreach and follow-ups, and provides team collaboration features with automatic pipeline tracking. Built by former engineering leaders from Dropbox and Facebook, Gem serves over 800 companies including Spotify, Lyft, DoorDash, and Slack, filling the gap between LinkedIn's candidate databases and HRIS systems like Workday.