Best HRTech Companies in San Francisco, United States
The 870 best HRTech companies in San Francisco, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Rippling.
Ranked: Best HRTech companies in San Francisco
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rippling 🦄 Cloud-based suite solution for HR management | $1.4B | 13 mo ago | Series G | 2,338 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Hinge Health 🦄 Provider of virtual physical therapy and digital pain care solutions | $854M | 55 mo ago | Public | 995 995 → 1,682 (+69%) | Gabriel Mecklenburg Co-Founder & CTO | 201 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 expansion · 2 awards |
| 3 | Workrise 🦄 Employee wellness tracking and management platform | $777M | 63 mo ago | Acquired | 1,225 | Xuan Yong Co-Founder | — | — |
| 4 | Gusto 🦄 Cloud-based payroll, benefits, and HR software for small and medium-sized businesses | $718M | 49 mo ago | Series E | 5,876 5,876 → 4,457 (-24%) | Aziz Qureshi Co-Founder | 30 patents Targeted amplicon sequencing for disease diagnostics and engineered microbial therapeutics | — |
| 5 | CollectiveHealth 🦄 Cloud-based self-insurance platform for employers to sponsor their employees | $714M | 61 mo ago | Series F | 483 483 → 812 (+68%) | Rajaie Batniji Co-Founder | 19 patents AI-driven healthcare data quality validation and automated claims adjudication systems | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Deel 🦄 Provider of global payroll, compliance, and human resources solutions | $683M | 8 mo ago | Series E | 1,411 | Shuo Wang Co-Founder & CRO | — | — |
| 7 | Checkr 🦄 Provider of background checks, identity verification, and compliance management solutions | $680M | 50 mo ago | Series E | 791 | Daniel Yanisse Co-Founder & CEO | 3 patents Ongoing employee background screening and monitoring platform | — |
| 8 | Transcarent 🦄 Provider of employee health benefits solutions | $450M | 25 mo ago | Series D | 179 | Glen Tullman Founder & CEO | — | 1 launch |
| 9 | Vida Company Provider of an AI based app for virtual mental and physical health care for employees and patients | $216M | 31 mo ago | Series D | 25 | Stephanie Tilenius Founder & CEO | 7 patents Low‑loss unidirectional conductive sheets for RF power coupling to magnetically biased ferrite resonators | 1 award |
| 10 | Homebase Workforce scheduling and time tracking software | $189M | 26 mo ago | Series D | 165 | John Waldmann Founder & CEO | — | 1 award |
| 11 | Pave 🦄 Provider of compensation management software for businesses of all sizes | $175M | 24 mo ago | Series C | 218 218 → 289 (+33%) | Matt Schulman Co-Founder & CEO | 18 patents Percutaneous core needle biopsy devices for tissue sampling in medical diagnostics. | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 12 | Legion AI-based workforce management software solution | $145M | 18 mo ago | Series C | 107 | Sanish Mondkar Founder & CEO | — | 1 job opening · 2 awards |
| 13 | BigHealth CBT therapy for insomnia patients 69Tech top 14%Funding top 23%Moat top 31%News top 36% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 14% Fundingtop 23% Moattop 31% Newstop 36% Markettop 37% Talenttop 38% Producttop 40% Growthtop 44% Fin. healthtop 44% Globalbottom 45% Customersbottom 1% Tech: 62 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $129M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 12 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $129M | 4 mo ago | Series C | 251 251 → 156 (-38%) | Colin Espie Co-Founder | — | 1 partnership |
| 14 | Topia Cloud-based mobile workforce management and employee relocation solution | $115M | 30 mo ago | Acquired | 57 | Steve Black Co-Founder | 51 patents Secure distributed data storage, compression, and unsupervised seasonal forecasting | — |
| 15 | Amino Web based platform for finding doctors, estimating healthcare costs, and scheduling appointments | $111M | 24 mo ago | Acquired | 49 | — | 34 patents Nutraceutical formulations for liver fat reduction and muscle growth; AI-driven health data analytics | — |
| 16 | JuiceBox Provider of an AI recruiting platform offering search, CRM, and agents 82Talent top 23%Funding top 26%Growth top 28%Tech top 29% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 23% Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 28% Techtop 29% AItop 30% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 47% Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $110M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $110M | 3 mo ago | Series B | — | Robbie Pyle Co-Founder | — | — |
| 17 | Speak Mobile app to practice conversational English 57Customers top 10%Moat top 22%Funding top 25%Tech top 33% All 10 signals ▾Customerstop 10% Moattop 22% Fundingtop 25% Techtop 33% Markettop 43% Talenttop 45% Producttop 46% Globalbottom 36% Growthbottom 22% Newsbottom 21% Customers: App rating 4.8★ (37,781 reviews) · Review volume +58% in 6 mo Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $84M | 26 mo ago | Series B | 48 | Connor Zwick Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 award |
| 18 | Ashby Provider of all-in-one recruiting software with embedded artificial intelligence features | $78M | 10 mo ago | Series D | 22 | Benjamin Encz Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 job opening · 2 launchs |
| 19 | Teamblind Online workplace discussion platform | $74M | 11 mo ago | Series C | 21 | — | 4 patents Secure authentication protocols for wireless and network communications | — |
| 20 | KarmaCheck Cloud-based applicant tracking system for employee backround checks | $60M | 23 mo ago | Series B | 16 | Mark Lieberwitz Co-Founder & CPO | — | — |
| 21 | Laurel Cloud based employee time tracking software for the legal sector 60Funding top 24%Growth top 28%AI top 30%Moat top 31% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Growthtop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 31% Talenttop 38% Producttop 40% Techtop 47% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 28% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $53.4M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 9 yrs (0.4/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $53M | 10 mo ago | Series C | 23 | Ryan Alshak Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 22 | Thatch Provider of health cards for employees for health benefits 40Funding top 26%Tech top 31%Moat top 38%Talent top 38% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Techtop 31% Moattop 38% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 27% Funding: Raised $43.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 36 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $44M | 14 mo ago | Series B | 8 | Adam Stevenson Co-Founder | — | — |
| 23 | Honor Education Provider of AI-powered online learning platforms for higher education and community building 42Funding top 31%AI top 35%Product top 47%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 31% AItop 35% Producttop 47% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Funding: Raised $38.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Product described with: ai-driven, ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $38M | 11 mo ago | Series A | 41 | Joel Podolny CEO | — | 1 job opening |
| 24 | Parker Provider of business expense card solutions for e-commerce businesses | $37M | 19 mo ago | Series B | 37 | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 25 | Unique AI AI-based recruitment solutions provider | $30M | 15 mo ago | Series A | 5 | Stephane Boussely Co-Founder & CEO | 8 patents Arc‑fault circuit interrupter testing tools and powered wire‑pulling equipment. | — |
| 26 | Censia Provider of AI-based platform for talent and recruitment process management | $30M | 20 mo ago | Series B | 79 | Bruce Cooper Co-Founder & Chief Engineering Officer | — | — |
| 27 | TeamBridge Provider of a workforce management platform to organize teams | $28M | 21 mo ago | Series B | — | Arjun Vora Co-Founder and CEO | — | — |
| 28 | Miter Provider of management software for construction contractors 57Tech top 27%Growth top 28%Funding top 32%Moat top 48% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 27% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 32% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 32% Tech: 40 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $26M | 12 mo ago | Series B | 24 | Tobin Paxton Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 29 | CloudShare Provider of virtual IT labs for training, demos, and POCs | $26M | 14 mo ago | Series C | 11 | Zvi Guterman Co-Founder & CEO | — | 3 launchs |
| 30 | WorkWhile Platform connecting businesses with vetted workers for flexible staffing solutions | $23M | 12 mo ago | Series B | — | Jarah Euston Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 31 | Sparrow Leave management solution for enterprises | $20M | 10 mo ago | Series B | 179 | — | — | 2 partnerships |
| 32 | Para Online freelancer management solution for gigs | $20M | 14 mo ago | Series B | 15 | Jeffrey Tang Co-Founder | — | — |
| 33 | Torpago 🦄 Software-based platform for corporate cards and spend management solutions | $17M | 11 mo ago | Series B | 31 | Brent Jackson CEO & Founder | — | — |
| 34 | WorkWhile Contract workforce recruitment application | $16M | 12 mo ago | Series B | 40 | Amol Jain Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 35 | Icon Savings Plan Online platform for retirement planning | $12M | 20 mo ago | Seed | 25 | Laurie Rowley Founder | — | — |
| 36 | Salsa Provider of payroll infrastructure platform | $10M | 13 mo ago | Series A | 26 | Juan Barroso Co-founder & CTO | — | — |
| 37 | Central Platform offering payroll management solutions | $9M | 9 mo ago | Seed | — | Pranav Kashyap Co-Founder | 55 patents PKI/PMI-based cryptographic access control and DRM for secure content distribution | — |
| 38 | Comprehensive Platform offering compensation management software | $9M | 14 mo ago | Series A | 39 | Teddy Sherrill CTO / Co-Founder | — | — |
| 39 | Final Round AI Provider of interview preparation platform for candidates | $7M | 16 mo ago | Seed | — | Jay Ma Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 40 | AdvantageClub.ai Provider of platform for employee recognition, rewards, incentives, and wellbeing | $7M | 18 mo ago | Series A | — | Udit Gupta Growth - Founders Office | — | — |
| 41 | Paraform Online referral network platform for enterprises | $6M | 3 mo ago | Series B | — | John Kim Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 42 | FirstWork Platform providing application management software solutions for businesses | $5M | 15 mo ago | Seed | — | Vardhan Kapoor Co-Founder and CEO | 2 patents Adaptive reinforcement learning algorithms for AI system optimization | — |
| 43 | Frame Online platform offering personalized fertility care services | $4M | 6 mo ago | Series A | 22 | Jessica Bell Van Der Wal CEO / Co-Founder | 6 patents Vehicle digital license plate displays and electronic signage control hardware | — |
| 44 | Spott Provider of AI-powered recruitment platform for firms | $4M | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Samuel Smeys Co-Founder & CTO | — | 1 partnership |
| 45 | RefAssured Cloud-based reference check platform for staffing agencies | $3M | 9 mo ago | Series A | 9 | Tommy Semereaux Co-Founder | — | — |
| 46 | Clera Provider of automated recruitment services connecting job seekers with startups | $3M | 1 mo ago | Seed | — | Alexander Farr Co-Founder | — | — |
| 47 | Contrario AI powered talent sourcing platform that connects companies with top engineering talents | $3M | 0 mo ago | Seed | — | Aditya Sood Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 48 | MochaCare Provider of AI-powered platform for home care scheduling and recruitment | $500K | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | Nick Walker Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 49 | Perfectly Provider of AI-powered recruiting services for startup companies and roles | $500K | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | Huimin Xie Co-Founder & CAIO | — | — |
| 50 | Usegrade Provider of platform to manage and pay international contractors and creators | $500K | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | Lotanna Ezeike Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
Top 12 HRTech companies in San Francisco
#1
Deel 🦄Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2019 · 1411 employees$683.2Mraised▾
Provider of global payroll, compliance, and human resources solutions. The company offers tools for onboarding, contractor management, and employee record services. It facilitates international payroll processing, tax deductions, and compliance adherence. The company’s platform integrates with existing systems.
- Oct 2025Series E$300M
- Dec 2024Series D$3M
- Apr 2022Series D$50M
- Sep 2021Series D$428.5M
#2
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2010 · 251 employees$129.3Mraised▾
CBT therapy for insomnia patients. Its flagship product Sleepio is a digital sleep improvement program, clinically proven to help users overcome poor sleep. Its virtual sleep expert "The Prof" teaches users proven Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, personalized to their problems and monitors their progress. Sleepio has been validated in the world’s first placebo-controlled RCT for a digital sleep intervention.
- Feb 2026Series C$23.7M
- Jan 2022Series C$75M
- Jun 2020Series B$39M
- Jul 2016Series B$12M
#3
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2022$110.5Mraised▾
Provider of an AI recruiting platform offering search, CRM, and agents. The platform provides talent discovery across global profiles using diverse data sources. It builds candidate profiles using filters focused on impact and achievements. The platform also offers real-time talent market insights with AI-driven talent analytics. It automates personalized outreach and follow-ups.
- Mar 2026Series B$80M
- Sep 2025Series A$30M
- 2022Seed$500K
#4
Rippling 🦄Series G · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 2338 employees$1.4Braised▾
Cloud-based suite solution for HR management. It offers automated onboarding and offboarding solution for the organizations. The product is an employee management software solution with features such as payroll administration, employee benefits management, headcount planning, feedback surveys, shift scheduling, learning management and more. It also offer products such as workflow studio, reporting analytics, policies management and more. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
- May 2025Series G$450M
- Apr 2024Series F$200M
- Mar 2023Series E$500M
- May 2022Series D$250M
#5
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2013 · 21 employees$74.2Mraised▾
Online workplace discussion platform. It allows the employees to join the network and discuss topics related to all-hands, promotions, salary comparisons, and more with other employees. It also allows the user to communicate anonymously with other industry employees to share advice, feedback, and career opportunities. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
- Jul 2025Series C$709.4K
- Dec 2023Series C$12M
- May 2021Series C$37.1M
- Jan 2019Series B$15.3M
#6
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 22 employees$77.5Mraised▾
Provider of all-in-one recruiting software with embedded artificial intelligence features. The platform handles applicant tracking, customer relationship management, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics. It offers tools designed to help companies excel at hiring, regardless of their stage. The software enables structured hiring, automation, custom reporting, and aims to improve candidate experience.
- Jul 2025Series D$50M
- May 2024Series C$30M
- Aug 2023Series B$26M
- Sep 2022Series B$21.5M
#7
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2023$5.6Mraised▾
Online referral network platform for enterprises. It allows tech startups to post bounties for open roles and allows users to refer candidates and earn bounties. It allows users to track referrals. It offers tools for posting jobs.
- Mar 2026Series B$40M
- Jun 2025Series A$20M
- Apr 2024Seed$3.6M
- Mar 2023Seed$2M
#8
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 23 employees$53.4Mraised▾
Cloud based employee time tracking software for the legal sector. It leverages machine learning algorithms that automatically captures the time spent by lawyers. It collects and analyzes time spent on tasks by individuals, companies, and IT professionals. It creates a visual datasheet of time entries to manage tasks chronologically. It can be integrated with billing systems.
- Aug 2025Series C—
- Jun 2025Series C$100M
- Mar 2022Series B$36.5M
- Nov 2019Series A$13.2M
#9
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2025$2.8Mraised▾
AI powered talent sourcing platform that connects companies with top engineering talents. It is a platform that utilizes graph neural networks to optimize matches for hiring, allowing companies to find top engineering talent quickly. The platform handles sourcing, screening, and shortlisting of top candidates, streamlining the hiring process. With a focus on exclusive engineering jobs, it aims to provide a unique AI-driven approach to recruitment.
- May 2026Seed$2.3M
- 2025Seed$500K
#10
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2025$3Mraised▾
Provider of automated recruitment services connecting job seekers with startups. The service matches individual professional profiles with specific employment opportunities at early-stage companies. The process involves identifying candidate preferences and requirements to facilitate direct introductions between applicants and hiring managers. By automating the initial screening and matching phase, the service aims to streamline the hiring process for both candidates and employers.
- Apr 2026Seed$3M
#11
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 107 employees$145Mraised▾
Legion is an AI-based workforce management software solution. The product features are such as employee engagement, labor optimization, time & attendance management, employee scheduling, etc. The product application is in industries such as retail, hospitality, food services, and health & fitness clubs. The clientele includes Barry's Bootcamp, Soulcycle, Compass Coffee, Blink Fitness, Blaze Pizza, etc.
- Dec 2024Series C$50M
- May 2024Series C$50M
- May 2021Series C$50M
- Sep 2020Series B$22M
#12
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 41 employees$38Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered online learning platforms for higher education and community building. It offers a mobile-first platform designed to enhance engagement and comprehension through AI-driven course creation, learner matching for discussions, and real-time insights. The platform facilitates flexible learning experiences, scaling human connection while supporting equitable access. Its AI assists in generating learning objectives, structuring courses, and identifying opportunities for collaborative activities. The platform also provides tools to identify struggling students and connect learners with shared interests.
- Jul 2025Series A$38M
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