HRTech Capital Raises in the U.S. – February 16th – 28th, 2025

Several interesting transactions closed in the HRTech sector over the past two weeks. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.

PE Growth/Expansion

  1. Loxo, provider of a talent intelligence platform designed to streamline the entire recruitment lifecycle, received $115 million of development capital led by Tritium Partners.

Buyout/LBO

  1. PrestigePEO, provider of human resource services to small and mid-sized businesses throughout the United States, rolled into the continuation fund from TriSpan Opportunities Fund II.
  2. CareerMD, operator of a recruitment and career services platform developed to connect healthcare professionals with employers, acquired by CHG Healthcare, via its financial sponsor Leonard Green & Partners, through an LBO.

Later Stage VC

  1. Certn, developer of a background verification platform designed for employment screening purposes, raised $30 million of venture funding from BDC Capital.
  2. hireEZ, operator of an outbound recruiting platform intended to put recruiters in control of bringing jobs to people with market insights, raised $8.07 million of venture funding.

Early Stage VC

  1. Udext, developer of a communication platform designed for organizations to engage with their frontline workforce, raised $65,000 of venture funding in the form of SAFE Notes.

Seed Round

  1. Enzy, developer of data-driven performance optimization platform designed to engage employees, shift behavior and accelerate brand velocity all in real time, raised $2 million of seed funding.
  2. FirstWork, developer of a human resource platform intended for companies with workforce needs, raised $5 million of seed funding in a deal led by Gradient Venture.

Accelerator/Incubator

  1. Hardly, developer of artificial intelligence-based career platform designed to speed up the job application process, joined AlphaLab as a part of it’s first combined cohort.

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Ken Margolis

Managing Partner

As one of the founders of Castle Placement, Ken is passionate about helping great companies grow. Over 25 years of experience in investment banking and raising capital from institutional private equity/venture investors, family offices, foundations, endowments, hedge funds, banks and specialty finance lenders. Co-founded Castle Placement in 2009, providing investment banking services and raising private equity/debt capital for early-stage and middle market companies across a wide range of industries including financial services/fintech, real estate, technology, business services, energy/real assets and consumer/retail. In 2007, created a platform providing advisory and capital formation services to financial institutions and private equity funds investing in distressed bank portfolios and community banks which was merged into Castle Placement*. From 1999 to 2007, at Merrill Lynch was co-head of the 50+ person global structured credit products investment banking, sales and syndicate and head of the U.S. alternative investment group raising capital for alternative investment funds in financial services and asset management. From 1991 to 1999, was at Credit Suisse First Boston as a senior trader on a principal transaction desk responsible for managing a proprietary position of credit sensitive commercial/residential real estate and asset-backed securities and head of CSFB’s new issue whole loan and agency CMO desk. Began his career in 1985 at Arthur Andersen where he managed their structured finance group consulting on ground breaking securitizations of residential mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, corporate loans and other financial assets. FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses.

Ken Margolis

Ken Margolis

Managing Partner

Ken Margolis

Managing Partner

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