Circular — Series A · $7.5M

Circular, a talent-sharing network where in-house tech recruiters recommend vetted candidates they could not hire to their peers, emerged from stealth with a $7.5M (≈€6.9M) Series A led by Kibo Ventures and launched in the UK; press coverage put its combined seed plus pre-Series A funding at $10M in total. It claims 5,500+ recruiters, 19,000+ candidates and nearly 1,000 hires made, with clients such as Form3, Nested and Dow Jones.