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Exploring the biggest players, fundraising rounds and trends in HR tech

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Human resources, sometimes referred to as People & Culture at tech startups, is an absolutely vital function to any company. It is, after all, people who make up the backbone to every organization.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation, the workforce as we know it has radically changed. With vaccine mandates and hot-desking trends, companies now have to keep track of more employee data than ever before.

While human resources has largely been viewed as a back-office function in the past, new tools and technology have boosted the HR department right to the C-suite.

Talking Points
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    $9.2 billion
    of venture capital poured into HR tech startups as of Nov 2021, according to Pitchbook. That’s a 130% increase from 2020. Funding for HR tech also doubled from Q2 to Q4 of 2021, according to Crunchbase.
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    15
    newly-minted HR tech unicorns in 2021
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    70%
    of respondents to Gallagher's 2020 HR Technology Pulse Survey said they plan to expand or replace components of their HR technology ecosystems by 2022.
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    5
    funding rounds of $250,000 or more since September, 2021.
6 articles in this Deep Dive
Why HR Tech Will Continue to Stay White Hot
HR tech has seen explosive growth both in VC funding and company adoption, fueled in part by COVID compliance measures, a drastic increase in distributed workforces and a sea change in the demographics of engineers within the HR space. But will it continue to stay as lucrative in 2022? We talked to industry experts to find out their predictions for the space in the future.
What the Latest Data Tells us About HR and the Future of Work
The big picture of SHRM's 2021-2022 report: remote workplaces are succeeding.
50 Emerging HR Tech Startups to Watch in 2022
More than $12.3 billion of venture capital was poured into HR tech startups in 2021. 2022 has started out with a similar trend—just four deals have accounted for $1.4 billion of fundraising in the space. In an increasingly crowded industry, The Org compiled a list of 50 U.S. HR tech startups to look out for this year.
A Talent Director’s Biggest Tips to Picking the Best Recruiting Software for Your Startup
Diana Talesnick, a Talent Director with over seven years of experience working in corporate recruiting, shares her best tips for picking out a recruiting software.
The Rise of the HR Tech Stack
Explosive growth and VC money in the HR tech space has given way to the rise of "HR tech stacks," something industry veterans never imagined possible ten years ago.
Startups' Biggest Scarcity Isn’t Engineers. It's People and Culture Officers
A People Ops talent shortage combined with the nationwide “Great Resignation,” where employees are quitting their jobs in record numbers, has become a headache for early-stage founders. The Org spoke with People and D&I Strategist Jennifer Kim to learn more about how the tech industry got to this point.
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