Windmill
windmill.com
$12M
Seed
Max Shaw
CEO & Co-founder
- Co-founded Windmill alongside Yext alum Brian Distelburger and Mark Tanner to apply context-graph thinking to people performance.
SeedAI-NativeB2BEnterprise
9 HR & Recruiting companies raised a combined $48.5M across 9 seed. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- Co-founded Windmill alongside Yext alum Brian Distelburger and Mark Tanner to apply context-graph thinking to people performance.
- Novaworks built its AI-native HCM operating system natively on the ServiceNow platform, positioning it to capture enterprise customers already invested in the ServiceNow ecosystem rather than competing head-on with legacy HCM vendors.
- Paddy Lambros brings over 12 years of experience leading recruitment at Improbable and Sensat, plus advising as Talent Director at Atomico.
The HR & Recruiting sector saw 9 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $48.5M. The median round sits at $5M, with 100% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 0% at Series A and later. Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 100% of all HR & Recruiting activity in 2026.
Geographically, HR & Recruiting funding is concentrated in United Kingdom, which accounts for 5 of the 9 raises (56%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest HR & Recruiting round in 2026 is Windmill's $12M seed, led by Max Shaw. HR & Recruiting activity accelerated through Apr, when raises jumped to 3 announcements.
Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking HR & Recruiting, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.
| # | Company | Stage | Raised | Founder / CEO | Region | Signals | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Certifyde certifyde.com | Seed | $2M | Skylar Hauswirth Co-founder and CEO | United States | Seed Enterprise AI-Native | |
| 2 | Dex dex.ai | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros Co-Founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Seed B2B AI-Native | |
| 3 | Dex dex.work | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros Co-Founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Seed AI-Native Marketplace | |
| 4 | Dex dex.app | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros Co-founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 5 | Dex dex.so | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros CEO & Co-founder | United Kingdom | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 6 | Windmill windmill.com | Seed | $12M | Max Shaw CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 7 | Dex meetdex.ai | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros CEO and Co-founder | United Kingdom | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 8 | Paraform paraform.com | Seed | John Kim Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed Marketplace B2B | ||
| 9 | Novaworks novaworks.ai | Seed | $8M | Kelley Steven-Waiss Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed Enterprise AI-Native |