Cornell HR & Recruiting Startups

A directory of 30 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in human resources and recruiting, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.

30 listed

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  Justworks Series E

  Isaac Oates, MBA ’07 · New York, NY

  HR comprehensive software suite

  B2BBookkeeping and PayrollCompliance

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  BoomerangHR Seed

  Jeff Wald ’95, MPA ’96 · New York, NY

  Employee offboarding and alumni management

  AlumniAnalyticsArtificial Intelligence

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  HR Acuity

  Deb Muller ’87 · Florham Park, NJ

  Software for employee relations

  Enterprise SoftwareHuman ResourcesSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Keep Company Seed

  Adrienne Belyea Prentice ’04 · Bethesda, MD

  Platform for work connections

  Employee BenefitsHuman ResourcesProfessional Services

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Disclo Seed

  Kai Keane ’14 · Atlanta, GA

  Revolutionizing workplace accommodations for employees and candidates

  ComplianceHuman ResourcesMedical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  retrain.ai

  Shay David, PhD ’07 · New York, NY

  Hire and retain knowledge workers

  Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper APIsHuman Resources

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Salt Labs Seed

  Konstantin Getmanchuk ’06 · New York, NY

  Employee rewards platform

  Financial ServicesFinTechHuman Resources

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Legion Technologies

  Sanish Mondkar, MS ’98 · Santa Clara, CA

  Intelligent automation workforce management

  AnalyticsHuman ResourcesProductivity Tools

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Windmill

  Brian Distelburger ’01 · New York, NY

  AI performance reviews for employees

  Artificial IntelligenceHuman ResourcesInformation Technology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Jolly Series A

  Dean Zimberg, MEng ’21 · New York, NY

  Reward incentives for employees

  Employee BenefitsHuman ResourcesSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Pintarnya

  Henry Hendrawan, MEng ’04, MBA ’09 · Indonesia

  Help Indonesians with employment

  AndroidFinancial ServicesHuman Resources

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Symba Seed

  Nikita Gupta ’17 · San Francisco, CA

  Software platform for new hires

  Human ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternet

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Nimble Seed

  Lauren Dachille ’11 · San Francisco, CA

  Help K-12 schools hire teachers

  EducationEmploymentRecruiting

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Aidora Seed

  Anant Agarwal, MEng ’17 · San Francisco, CA

  HR leave management software

  ComplianceEmployee BenefitsHuman Resources

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Lucia Pre-Seed

  Grace Van Hollebeke ’19, Sarah Peters ’18 · New York, NY

  Travel management platform

  FreelanceHospitalityRecruiting

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  BrightHire Series B

  Benjamin Sesser ’06 · New York, NY

  AI copilot for hiring

  Artificial IntelligenceHuman ResourcesRecruiting

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Cleary Seed

  Ryan O’Donnell ’08 · San Francisco, CA

  Employee experience platform for hybrid teams

  Enterprise SoftwareHuman ResourcesSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Workstream Series B

  Max Wang, MEng ’19 · San Francisco, CA

  HR, payroll, and hiring for the hourly workforce

  Human ResourcesRecruitingSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Pulsifi Seed

  Jay Huang ’05 · Singapore

  AI for talent management

  Artificial IntelligenceHuman ResourcesMachine Learning

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Oppti

  Jessica Zhang ’17 · San Francisco, CA

  Career development for students

  Human ResourcesOnline PortalsRecruiting

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  VanHack

  Ilya Brotzky ’10 · Canada

  Software talent workforce

  InternetRecruitingSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  ColorStack

  Jehron Petty ’20 · Freeport, NY

  Community of black and latinx computer science students

  EducationNon ProfitStaffing Agency

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Firm Prospects

  George W. O’Connell ’97 · Scituate, MA

  Legal community for networking

  RecruitingStaffing Agency

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  TopHire

  Sameer Parwani ’05 · India

  Job platform for tech jobs

  EmploymentRecruitingStaffing Agency

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  HireBolt Pre-Seed

  Alexander Zhou ’17 · United Kingdom

  Faster hiring for hospitality

  Artificial IntelligenceEmploymentHuman Resources

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  LaunchCode

  Dan Lohman ’04 · St Louis, MO

  Tech hiring through apprenticeships

  EmploymentHuman ResourcesNon Profit

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Axented

  Gabriel Paredes, MBA ’19 · Mexico

  Build digital products

  ConsultingEmploymentRecruiting

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Adventures in CRE

  Michael Belasco, MBA ’16 · Frisco, TX

  Learn financial modeling for real estate

  AdviceCareer PlanningEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Careerspan Pre-Seed

  Vrijen Attawar, MBA ’22 · Brooklyn, NY

  Job application AI

  Artificial IntelligenceCareer PlanningEmployment

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Workday

  David Duffield ’62, MBA ’64 · Pleasanton, CA

  HR software

  Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingEnterprise Software

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗