Company · HR & Future of Work

Mainder

mainder.ai ↗ ·Barcelona ·Seed

Mainder is a Barcelona-based AI recruitment platform (ATS/CRM) whose AI agents source, contact, score and shortlist candidates for recruitment agencies, staffing firms, IT consultancies and in-house talent teams — marketed as hiring 5x faster at 80% lower cost. Products include AI Hunt, AI Search, AI Scoring, People Finder and Mainder Connect (a shared candidate pool), covering both white- and blue-collar roles across Spain, Portugal and LATAM. Founded in 2023 by Samuel Sala and Clemente López Riesco (an early NotCo employee), it closed a ~€600K seed round in early 2025 (~$627–653K total raised) and reports 250+ clients and 1M+ candidates.

Founded
2023
Founders
2
News
0
Rounds
1
Investors
3
SectorsHR Tech, Recruitment, AI, SaaS, Enterprise Software Start-up MapHR & Future of Work › Recruiting & candidate screening

Profile updated 19 Aug 2026

Founders

Clemente López Riesco
Co-founder
Samuel Sala Bardaro
Co-founder & CEO

Global models

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Investors 3

Bcombinator
bcombinator.com
Investor Spain
Grupo Lanak
Investor Spain
Grupo Montaner
Investor Spain

Funding rounds 1

Seed · €600K
Mainder raised €600,000 in its first funding round, backed by strategic investors from the recruitment sector — Spanish staffing groups Grup…
2025-03-17

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