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

Total funds raised

€600K

SectorsHR Tech, Recruitment, AI, SaaS, Enterprise Software Start-up MapHR & Future of Work › Recruiting & candidate screening

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Founders

Clemente López Riesco

Co-founder

Samuel Sala Bardaro

Co-founder & CEO

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