Karat Valuation, Funding & Investors

Apna is an India-based professional networking platform founded in 2019, serving 75 cities. It connects over 35 million users with 2 million employers for jobs, skilling, and networking, funded by $190 million from Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Lightspeed India, Sequoia Capital India, Rocketship.vc, and Greenoaks Capital.

Upwork Inc is a United States-based company that operates an online marketplace that enables businesses to find and work with skilled independent professionals. The company develops platform for hiring and freelancing purposes and connects businesses with AI-enabled talent across every on-demand work type, including freelance, agency, fractional, and payrolled. The business generates revenue from Talent and Clients across the USA, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and the rest of the world. Maximum revenue of the company is derived from Talent segment.

Grupa Pracuj SA is engaged in offering digital recruitment services. The company is an owner of brands contributing to a digital ecosystem addressed to the HR world. It segment includes Poland; Ukraine and Germany. The company derives a majority of revenue from Poland segment.

Andela is a global talent network, founded in 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria, that connects companies with vetted remote software engineers, initially sourced from Africa and now spanning more than 80 countries. Clients including GitHub, Cloudflare, and ViacomCBS use the platform to build remote engineering teams, with engineers placed for an average of 18 months per engagement. The company operates fully remotely and has grown from an African developer-training program into a global remote-engineering marketplace.

Instawork is a San Francisco-headquartered marketplace connecting hospitality professionals with shift work opportunities. Launched in 2016, it automates matching for restaurants, hotels, and event venues using mobile app notifications for same-day staffing. Available in over 25 US cities including Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, the platform handles millions of shifts annually. Instawork verifies workers' backgrounds and skills to ensure reliable fills for roles like servers, bartenders, and cooks.

InterviewBit is a global online platform training software developers for technical roles at top tech firms. It offers coding practice problems, mock interviews, and company-specific preparation modules for Google, Amazon, Uber, and Flipkart. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, InterviewBit connects users with hiring partners worldwide. The platform features referral programs and skill assessments used by enterprises in the United States and Asia.

DIP Corp is a Japan-based technology company that mainly provides job information and employment agency services online. The company has five business divisions. The Baitoru Com segment offers job information to contractors and recruiting companies. The Job Engine segment provides job offering and career change information to recruiting companies. The Hatarako Net provides staff service job information to staffing companies. The Other division specializes in services for restaurant customers, while the Agent segment provides employment services for healthcare facilities.

Visional Inc is engaged in operation of internet services including BizReach, an online direct recruiting platform specialized for professionals.

Seek is a technology company operating in the employment segment. Seek’s primary business is an online marketplace for employment, www.seek.com.au, which is the largest online marketplace for employment in Australia and New Zealand. Seek also owns and operates employment listings platforms in Southeast Asia and owns a stake in an investment business in employment listings platforms and other employment-related businesses.

ZIGExN Co Ltd develops and operates the internet media platforms called EX Sites that provide information from multiple media and submit user's requests to multiple media in one access. The company's Life Media Platform business developed services to a wide range of areas related to daily life. The company operates career change EX, an employment site, Rent SMOCCA EX, a search site for real estate information, Pharmacist jobs EX, a pharmacist job search site, among others.

Kanzhun's Boss Zhipin job platform connects job seekers and employers. Boss Zhipin is China’s largest online recruitment platform based on monthly active users, or MAU, and was established in 2014. Kanzhun earns revenue by providing services to enterprise customers primarily through its mobile app, which promotes engagement between recruiters and workers and operates on a recommendation basis powered by artificial intelligence. The platform specializes in transportation, logistics, construction, and service-based industries. About 85% of the companies looking to hire are small and medium-size enterprises. Its main competitors are 58.com, 51job, and Zhilian Zhaopin. Tencent has a 9.2% stake in Kanzhun.

Movile is a Campinas-headquartered investment company that backs mobile commerce platforms across Latin America. It holds major stakes in iFood, Brazil's leading food delivery service processing millions of orders daily, and operates in ticketing through Sympla and children's content via PlayKids. Naspers has been a key shareholder since 2008, supporting expansions into the United States and France. Innova Capital joined as a partner in 2014. Founded in 1999, Movile focuses on online-to-offline applications in education, logistics, and entertainment sectors.

Clipboard Health is a staffing marketplace connecting travel nurses, CNAs, and allied health professionals to open shifts at hospitals and clinics. Launched in San Francisco, the platform uses AI matching for qualifications, preferences, and location, enabling one-click applications and instant bookings. Serving over 1,000 facilities nationwide, including Kaiser Permanente and HCA Healthcare, Clipboard Health facilitates flexible per diem work amid healthcare labor shortages.

UT Group Co Ltd is engaged in worker dispatch and outsourcing of permanent employees in manufacturing, design, and development, construction, and other sectors. The firm operates in three segments: Manufacturing Business, Solution Business, and Engineering Business.

Timee Inc is engaged in operating Timee, on-demand job platform.

Job&Talent is a global staffing marketplace connecting temporary workers with companies in sectors such as logistics, hospitality, and retail. Madrid-headquartered since 2009, it operates in 10 countries including Spain, the United States, and Brazil, placing over 340,000 workers into 2,500 firms in 2022. Backed by SoftBank and Goldman Sachs, the platform manages workforces through its mobile app for shift scheduling and payments.

Incredible Health is a San Francisco-headquartered recruiting platform matching hospitals with registered nurses. Its AI system analyzes 1.5 billion data points from 3 million nurse profiles to fill permanent roles, serving 1,500+ health systems like Kaiser Permanente and Cleveland Clinic. Founded in 2017, it reduces hiring time by 60% through verified skill matching and retention incentives.

En Inc is a Japanese company that provides human resource services. It offers online job information sites and recruitment support platforms for various employment types, including full-time, part-time, and temporary work. The company provides recruitment consulting, career change support, and talent assessment services. It also offers tools for employee training, evaluation, and retention, aimed at improving organizational performance.