Best Startup London
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Human Resources companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Human Resources Companies & Startups (London)
Beamery
| Founders | Abakar Saidov, Michael Paterson, Sultan Murad Saidov |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Beamery is a talent acquisition, engagement, and retention platform that manages sourcing, hiring, and retaining of people.
Arctic Shores
| Founders | Robert Newry, Safe Hammad |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Arctic Shores pioneer behavioural assessments combining neuroscience, AI and game technology to generate data-driven people insights.
Lantum
| Founders | Ishani Patel, Melissa Morris, William Hoyer Millar |
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Lantum is the online platform that enables healthcare providers to manage their clinical workforce.
Metaview
| Founders | Shahriar Tajbakhsh, Siadhal Magos |
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Metaview develops conversation analytics that automatically transcribes interviews.
Vault Platform
| Founders | Neta Meidav, Rotem Hayoun-Meidav |
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Vault Platform is the next generation of misconduct reporting for employees.
Filtered
| Founders | Chris Littlewood, Marc Zao-Sanders, Vinit Patel |
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Filtered is the world’s leading learning recommendation platform
hackajob
| Founders | Mark Chaffey, Razvan Creanga |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Hackajob is a data-driven and engaging recruitment platform that matches top digital talent with exciting companies.
Humaans
| Founders | Giovanni Luperti, Karolis Narkevicius |
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The fastest way to onboard and manage your staff
Ben
| Founders | David Duckworth, Sebastian Fallert |
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Supercharge your benefits, save time and money
Tempo
| Founders | Ben Chatfield, Ollie Povey |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Tempo is a recruitment platform that connects business support professionals with the best employers.
Patchwork
| Founders | Anas Nader, Jing Ouyang |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Patchwork is a health tech start up providing software solutions in attempt to solve temporary staffing challenges.
Applied
| Founders | Kate Glazebrook, Richard Marr, Theo Fellgett |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Applied is the essential platform for debiased hiring. Using predictive, skills-based methods. Hire with purpose, supported by science.
Hubble
| Founders | Rohan Silva, Tom Watson, Tushar Agarwal |
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A platform to search, set up, and manage your hybrid workplace
Omnipresent
| Founders | Guenther Eisinger, Matthew Wilson |
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Omnipresent provides a human resource and onboarding platform designed to help companies hire remote-working local teams worldwide.
PeoplePerHour
| Founders | Simos Kitiris, Xenios Thrasyvoulou |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
PeoplePerHour is a marketplace connecting small businesses and freelancers.
PitchMe
| Founders | Dina Bayasanova, Gregory Asmolov, Ilya Klyachin, Piotr Konopka |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
PitchMe is a skills-based talent marketplace introducing multilayered profiling of skills and innovative matching algorithms.
Rotageek
| Founders | Chris McCullough, Nick Mann, Roy Pounder |
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Using data-driven technology to meet demand, engage teams, and drive efficiency.
Charlie
| Founders | Ben Gateley, Rob O’Donovan, Tom Carrington Smith |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Charlie is the HR software for small teams with big ideas.
Benivo
| Founders | Nitzan Yudan, Tomer Kalish |
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Benivo is an award winning HR tech helping employers make every employee welcome
Kalido
| Founders | Ashvin Sologar, Sanjay Varma, Vikas Sagar |
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Kalido is an amazing AI powered platform that matches enterprise workforce skills and strengths to people, teams, projects and jobs.
ProFinda
| Founders | Roger Gorman, Sebastian Haire |
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ProFinda is a digital platform that intelligently organizes people around work by matching skills to relevant projects and bids.
Talmix
| Founders | Adam Riccoboni, Daniel Callaghan |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Talmix has built a Business Talent Marketplace to allow companies to unlock the power of the extended workforce.
Veremark
| Founders | Angus Bankes, Daniel Braithwaite, Daniel Callaghan, Nick Johnston |
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Veremark is a pre-employment screening startup.
Sona
| Founders | Ben Dixon, Oli Johnson, Steffen Wulff Petersen |
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Sona is the employee app for tomorrow’s workforce.
gigl
| Founders | Christian Ayerst, Dan Hudson |
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The Video / Mobile 1st Job platform that is changing the way people find work across Hospitatly, Retails & Enterntainment. Replacing generic Job descrptions and the need for a CV with super vast video content. Companies such as Hard Rock use GiGL to find staff in under 24 hours
Sirenum
| Founders | Amnon Kruvi, Ben Hizak, Benjamin Rubin, Joshua Pines |
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Sirenum is a WFM platform for employers to put the right shift worker in the right place at the right time and pay the right amount.
Intrro
| Founders | Nasser Oudjidane, Neel J Shah |
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Hire more from employee referrals
Guider
| Founders | Nick Ross |
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On a mission to create the best personal-development platform for employees worldwide, with mentoring and coaching at its core.
Roleshare
| Founders | Ahmad Mousavi, Dave Smallwood, Polly Howden, Sophie Smallwood |
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Roleshare’s Enterprise Platform retains and attracts talent seeking flex through shared jobs.
Locum’s Nest
| Founders | Ahmed Shahrabani, Nicholas Andreou |
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Locum’s Nest is an award-winning software platform, connecting healthcare professionals to vacant work through innovative technology.
Qlearsite – Organisational Science
| Founders | Alex Borekull, Peter Clark |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Qlearsite provides People Analytics solutions that use machine learning techniques to analyse complex, big employee data.
Recruitment Smart Technologies
| Founders | Pawan Lokwani, Yusuf Jazakallah |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
SAAS, B2B, DeepTech, Talent Supply chain automation, HR, Recruitment
TalentGrid.io
| Founders | Bahar Gunes, Ecem Korkmaz Gelal, Erdem Gelal |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
TalentGrid matches developers from under-tapped markets with companies worldwide, making hiring fast, seamless and borderless.
TalentGrid.io
| Founders | Bahar Gunes, Ecem Korkmaz Gelal, Erdem Gelal |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
TalentGrid matches developers from under-tapped markets with companies worldwide, making hiring fast, seamless and borderless.
hundo.careers
| Founders | Esther O’callaghan Obe, Piers Collins, Scott Byrne-Fraser |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
hundo.careers is an end-to-end entry-level talent solution that helps forward-thinking companies engage with Gen Z talent.
TalentPool
| Founders | Andrew Lavelle, Manjusha Madabushi, Nitin Shimpi, Tom Davenport |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
TalentPool is a Talent Matching Platform connecting talented recent graduates.
The Happiness Index
| Founders | Chris Hyland, Matthew Phelan, Tony Latter |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The Happiness Index helps organisations measure their key employee engagement AND happiness drivers to power their people strategy.
Beem
| Founders | Lee Lomax, Philip Mundy |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Beem provides mobile enterprise solutions which enable access and engagement for the hardest to reach employees
Flexa Careers
| Founders | Maurice O’Brien, Molly Johnson-Jones, Tim Leppard |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The flexible working platform
StatusToday
| Founders | Ankur Modi, Mircea Danila Dumitrescu |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
StatusToday is an AI that gives people analytics to drive organizational change.
Howamigoing
| Founders | Julian Cook, Kim Monney |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Howamigoing is a feedback and public praise software.
Vitrue Health
| Founders | Alex Haslehurst, Shane Lowe |
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Computer vision technology to assess and treat musculoskeletal issues like back pain.
Clear Review
| Founders | Stuart Hearn |
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Clear Review is an award-winning, Continuous Performance Management and Engagement System.
Real Links
| Founders | Sam Davies |
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Real Links enables HR Teams to save money on recruitment and hire better candidates by leveraging their employee’s network for hiring.
inploi
| Founders | Alexander Hanson-Smith, Chris Mackie, Matthew de la Hey |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
inploi is the future of talent engagement and job discovery.
Adepto
| Founders | Chris Milligan, Michael Derwin |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Adepto is the first total talent ecosystem bringing your internal & external workers together in one place.
AQai – Adaptability Assessments & Coaching
| Founders | Mike Raven, Ross Thornley |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
A platform and apps to enable AI driven Adaptability (AQ) assessments and personalized coaching at speed and scale. SaaS & PaaS.
PARiM
| Founders | Riko Muttik, Risto Urb |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Online Workforce Management Software. Scheduling, Absence Management, Time & Attendance, Payroll
Perkbox
| Founders | Chieu Cao, Gautam Sahgal, Saurav Chopra |
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Perkbox is a global benefits and rewards platform that helps companies care for, connect with and celebrate their employees.
Elements Talent Solutions
| Founders | Daniel Goldstein |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Elements Talent Solutions is a talent acquisition agency that specialises in partnering with high-growth technology firms.
Nais.co
| Founders | Tom Jozefacki |
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Nais.co offers Human Resources services.
gweek
| Founders | James Bryce |
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gweek is the category leader of Speech Intelligence. We help job candidates speak and communicate with natural agility.
Tabled
| Founders | Paul Massey |
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Connected Workflows for improved collaboration across the stakeholders involved in legal and compliance.
Fitpack
| Founders | James Carley, Sergio Giannone, Will Mellors-Blair |
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Fitpack is a B2B SaaS platform that is shaping the future workplace by automating health & wellbeing for HR.
Saberr
| Founders | Alistair Shepherd, Sam Mead |
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Award winning software for the new world of teamwork.
The Square
| Founders | Matt Rantell |
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The Square is an award winning workforce management platform & hiring marketplace for construction businesses.
WorkAngel
| Founders | Jamie True |
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WorkAngel, The Mobile-First Employee Reward And Recognition Platform.
HireHand
| Founders | Scott Erwin |
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HireHand is an intelligent and fuss-free staffing platform for food businesses.
Eviday
| Founders | Markus Urban |
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We’re transforming the way people work, turning individual experiences into company-wide productivity.
Hofy
| Founders | Michael Ginzo, Sami Bouremoum |
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Global equipment for your teams in 1 click
Concentra
| Founders | Ben Knight, Rupert Morrison |
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Concentra is a UK-based business consulting and technology services company, serving clients across a number of economic sectors.
Airsupply
| Founders | Duncan Verry, Karin Hogsander, Raza Khan |
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Airsupply is an on-demand teacher marketplace. Providing vetted and verified, substitute and supply teachers.
Motivii
| Founders | Eamon Tuhami |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The fast feedback platform for high performing teams
Headstart
| Founders | Jeremy Hindle, Nicholas Shekerdemian |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Headstart is diversity recruiting software focused on breaking the cycle of exclusion.
YapJobs
| Founders | Shahzad Ali, Xen Lategan, Ziad Tassabehji |
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Real Time Hiring App for Hospitality & Retail
teamtogether
| Founders | Alan Turner, Emma Cerrone, Gi Fernando |
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teamtogether is the change management platform that humanises organisational transformation by putting people at the heart of change.
GENIAC
| Founders | Eduardo Martínez Garcia, Michael Galvin |
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GENIAC provides essential business services for SMEs, all in one place, and all managed on their behalf.
Avasa AI
| Founders | Mayank Mathur |
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AI-driven platform for property search and finalisation for residential tenants.
Spotted Zebra
| Founders | Ian Monk, Nick Shaw |
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We take the guesswork out of hiring, enabling our clients to first identify and then measure the skills that matter. Edit Page
LocumTap
| Founders | Anas Nader, Jing Ouyang |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
LocumTap provides software solutions for the management of temporary staffing requirements in healthcare organisations.
symmetrical.ai
| Founders | Daniel Wartolowski, Maciej Artur Noga, Piotr Smolen |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
We are a technology company that builds core infrastructure for fast, flexible and global payroll of the future.
Personably
| Founders | Katerina Pascoulis, Lewis Blackwood |
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Personably is a Saas company that helps in building happy, productive teams by creating amazing onboarding experiences for new hires.
Transformify
| Founders | Dessisslav Kamenov, Lilia Stoyanov |
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Transformify Freelancer Management System (FMS) is the seamless way to manage and pay freelancers, consultants and contingent workers.
Zao.com
| Founders | Ziv Eliraz |
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Zao offers social recruiting and employee referral program management software for companies.
Emolument
| Founders | Alice Leguay, Olivier Lomenie, Thomas Drewry |
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Emolument is a crowdsourced talent intelligence platform.
Grafter
| Founders | Richard Knight, Tom Cape |
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The free digital service for connecting businesses with people looking for temporary work
Predictive People
| Founders | Sebastian Alscher, Stefanie Stanislawski |
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Predictive People is a cognitive computing software which predicts employees’ disengagement and stress, and provides customised action plans
Friday
| Founders | Dmitry Kirillin, Igor Bakutin |
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Friday HR provides a corporate networking tool to help fasten onboarding and improve training programs while providing analytics for HR.
Stitched
| Founders | Matt Wright |
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The new standard in talent analytics
Icontract Ventures Ltd.
| Founders | Amanda Cai, Paul De Francisci |
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iContract connects professional contractors with recruiters to match jobs
Subsy
| Founders | Duncan Verry |
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Subsy is the simplest way of connecting schools to verified supply teachers.
Yomp
| Founders | Ry Morgan |
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Yomp is B2B Employee-engagement platform to improve Health and Wellbeing.
GoTalent
| Founders | Jacob Tyree, Maximilian Schulze Wenning, Sascha Hagro |
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GoTalent is a career marketplace connecting the best international software developers with the most innovative employers in the UK.
Liveminds
| Founders | Hugh Carling |
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Liveminds is a company provides brands get authentic consumer insights, by finding the best research participants from real behaviour.
Intern Avenue
| Founders | Dupsy Abiola |
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Intern Avenue is a revolutionary platform that connects students & graduates to well-paid internships and entry-level jobs.
TalentHunter.AI
| Founders | Debra Tuck |
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TalentHunter.AI is an anonymous sales careers marketplace for IT sales talent.
CakeHR
| Founders | Kaspars Upmanis, Norberts Erts |
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CakeHR is a feature-rich HR software suite, providing everything companies needs to handle their HR processes ⭐️
CIP Recruitment
| Founders | Unknown |
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CIP Recruitment provides bespoke recruitment solutions to a variety of clients across different fields.
ASPIRE
| Founders | Jade Sehbat, Justyna Nowicka, Shamir Jiwa |
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Inventing non-bias recruitment via #blockchain, globally. Changing the world of recruitment forever.
BuyerDeck
| Founders | Gerald vanderpuye, Ilgvars Jecis |
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BuyerDeck provides a portal for sales reps to manage deals with their buyer.
Talentful
| Founders | Chris Abbass, Phil Blaydes |
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Talentful specialises in helping companies to elevate their talent acquisition strategy.
We Love Work
| Founders | Becca Brighty, Paris Petgrave |
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We Love Work™ People analytics platform that provides the fastest and simplest way to audit and improve your company culture.
ESL Consulting
| Founders | Unknown |
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ESL Consulting is a recruitment company.
Deminos
| Founders | Louise Atkinson, Neil Atkinson |
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Deminos offers human resources and employment law outsourcing services for companies of all sizes.
Zelt
| Founders | Chris Priebe |
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Zelt is an employee platform that seamlessly simplifies people management and operations for start-ups and SMBs.
Findmyshift
| Founders | Unknown |
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Findmyshift is an online tool to create schedules, communicate with employees, manage requests and track labor costs.
SquadPal
| Founders | Mehdi Benbrahim, Robinson Nouveau |
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SquadPal is a Chief Happiness Officer as a Service for distributed teams
Prism Digital
| Founders | Alex Dover, Nicholas Pedersen, Shashi Fernando |
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Prism Digital are a DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure focused Talent Partner.
Powermeeter
| Founders | Jack Symons |
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Video interviewing software solution
Frameshift
| Founders | Unknown |
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Frameshift is a technology platform matching professionals with temporary work assignments.
Devscore
| Founders | Peter Cummings |
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Devscore provide an easy to understand and accurate candidate skills assessment in real-time bases.
