{"id":1175,"date":"2018-07-06T11:56:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T11:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2018-07-06T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T11:56:08","slug":"meetfrank-nets-1-1m-for-its-passive-job-matching-chatbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/meetfrank-nets-1-1m-for-its-passive-job-matching-chatbot\/","title":{"rendered":"MeetFrank nets $1.1M for its passive job matching chatbot"},"content":{"rendered":"

MeetFrank, aka a \u2018secret\u2019 recruitment app that uses machine learning plus a chatbot wrapper to take the strain out of passive job hunting and talent-to-vacancy matching, has closed a \u20ac1 million (~$1.1M) seed funding round to fuel market expansion in Europe.<\/p>\n

Hummingbird VC, Karma VC, and Change Ventures are the investors.<\/p>\n

The Estonian startup was only founded last September but says it has ~125,000 active users in its first markets: Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, plus its most recent market addition, Germany, an expansion this seed has financed.<\/p>\n

Around 2,000 companies are using the app to try to attract talent. In Germany employers on board with MeetFrank include Daimler, Eon, Delivery Hero, SumUp, Blinkist, High Mobility and MyTaxi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe average company profile we have at the moment is a start-up\/scale-up company that develops their product in-house,\u201d says co-founder Kaarel Holm.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment we are mainly focused on technology-related companies \u2014 so positions you can find from average start-up or a scale-up,\u201d he tells TechCrunch. \u201cAround 50% of the position are engineering and other 50% is marketing, sales, customer support, legal, data science, product\/project management etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nhttps:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/07\/03\/meetfrank-nets-1-1m-for-its-passive-job-matching-chatbot\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MeetFrank, aka a \u2018secret\u2019 recruitment app that uses machine learning plus a chatbot wrapper to take the strain out of passive job hunting and talent-to-vacancy matching, has closed a \u20ac1 million (~$1.1M) seed funding round to fuel market expansion in Europe. Hummingbird VC, Karma VC, and Change Ventures are the investors. 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