Barcelona-based recruitment company Workfully has closed an oversubscribed seed round exceeding €4 million to reinvent recruiting by empowering independent recruiters. The round was led by Shilling VC, with continued support from Indico, Pitchdrive, and Secways.
Founded in 2022, Workfully aims to create the world’s most trusted hiring experience by placing individual recruiters, not agencies, at the centre of the process. Unlike marketplaces that sideline recruiters, Workfully lets them own and monetise their talent communities, much like creators do with subscribers on platforms such as Substack or YouTube.
Recruiters on Workfully get a free, AI-powered CRM to publish roles, manage pipelines, and retain full ownership of their talent pools. Built-in monetisation lets them offer companies on-demand access to their audiences, creating recurring revenue without building costly agencies or chasing clients. Rather than amassing LinkedIn followers with no clear path to income, Workfully recruiters can scale earnings directly as their networks grow.
For employers, Workfully offers a credible alternative to traditional agencies, often expensive and inconsistent, with eight in ten businesses reporting dissatisfaction. Companies can see the exact talent profiles within a recruiter’s pool, review client feedback, check candidate-experience ratings, and verify each recruiter’s track record for similar roles.
The seed round closed in just over 30 days, reflecting strong investor confidence in Workfully’s mission and early momentum.
The new capital will fund expansion into Ireland, Germany, Benelux, and the Nordics, further development of the first AI-powered monetization platform for recruiters, and a series of in-person launch events for talent leaders.
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