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Jun 6
1h 8m

Brainfood Live On Air - 311 - VC Investm...

Hung Lee
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VC Investment in WorkTech - Where is the Money Going in 2025?   We're halfway through the year (can you believe this??) and so a great time to stop and take stock on where we are going with recruitment and HR technology. It's pretty clear that investors know that the organisational transformation is underway - driven by AI innovation which is changing the nature of almost every job.   What can we learn from where the investment is going?   - Volume of VC investment in H1 2025 - How does this compare to 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020? - Breakdown of investment: regional, sectoral, company size - Categories securing most / least investment interest - Update on M&A activity so far in 2025 - who has bought what / when - Vendor updates - who is launching what - Microsoft / LinkedIn / Indeed - what are they doing? - Projections for H2 2025 - where do we end up? - What does this all mean for recruiters?   All this and more, with Brainfood Live On Air.   We're with George LaRoque, Founder (WorkTech), Madeline Laurano, Founder (Aptitude Research) & friends   We are on Friday 6th June, 2pm BST   Register by clicking the green button and follow the channel here (recommended)     Ep311 is sponsored by our friends at Scotty AI   Scotty AI creates multi-agent systems, that speak with humans and other agents, use software solutions and operate across all communication channels, to automate cognitive labour!   Scotty AI can help recruiters achieve the hiring efficiency demanded for AI-first organisations. Some of our best use cases are from employers who have deployed Scotty to transform how they hire.   Want to know more? Book a demo and see how Scotty AI works first hand
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