Best HRTech Companies in South Carolina, United States
The 55 best HRTech companies in South Carolina, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: peoplematter.
Ranked: Best HRTech companies in South Carolina
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peoplematter PeopleMatter, Inc. develops the PeopleMatter platform, a cloud-based talent management system for needs of… 37Funding top 33%Moat top 38%Product top 42%Growth top 45% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 33% Moattop 38% Producttop 42% Growthtop 45% Customerstop 50% Techbottom 48% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 32% Newsbottom 27% Innovationbottom 26% Patentsbottom 24% Funding: Raised $59.5M · 6 rounds over 16 yrs (0.4/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 6/10 · IP moat: 2 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $60M | 152 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2002 | Node.jsHeadless UIReact+6 | 2 patents Enterprise workflow management and employee profile data pooling | — |
| 2 | GigPro Gig marketplace for the hospitality industry | $21M | 25 mo ago | Series A | Ben Ellsworth Founder & CEO | 2019 | ContentfulSentryMUI+15 | — | — |
| 3 | Sprockets Developer of AI hiring software that automates tasks and improves retention | $13M | 51 mo ago | Acquired | Pete Richichi Co-Founder | 2020 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+40 | — | — |
| 4 | Questis Provider of financial service solutions for enterprises | $7M | 111 mo ago | Series A | — | 2004 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Zenjuries Workers compensation management platform | $2M | 53 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Good Done Great Coporate philanthropy suite with volunteer management | $1M | 111 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 7 | DriveMatch Job board platform for truck drivers | $778K | 65 mo ago | Seed | Gage Lewis Co-Founder | 2019 | MDBootstrapMUIBootstrap+15 | — | — |
| 8 | Skillsgapp Developer of mobile career video games for workforce development | $274K | 24 mo ago | Funding Raised | Tina Zwolinski CEO & Founder | 2020 | — | — | 1 award |
| 9 | Vireo Labs Career and competency assessment tool | $222K | 108 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jose Mallabo Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | 4 patents Prefabricated structural panels and cladding systems for building envelopes | — |
| 10 | 10Rule Personality-based candidate assessment platform | $150K | 87 mo ago | Seed | Chris McSwain Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — | — |
Top 12 HRTech companies in South Carolina
#1
Series A · Charleston, South Carolina · founded 2019 · 54 employees$21.3Mraised▾
Gig marketplace for the hospitality industry. It offers a platform for restaurant veterans who work on a shift basis. The platform provides on-demand compensation and payment after the completion of a shift. It is available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
- Jun 2024Series A$16M
- Apr 2022Series A$5M
- Oct 2021Seed$300K
#2
Funding Raised · Greenville, South Carolina · founded 2020$274.4Kraised▾
Developer of mobile career video games for workforce development. These games engage youth in exploring various career paths and industry requirements. The platform allows players to virtually "try on" different jobs, learn about associated skills, and discover local opportunities. This approach aims to improve career awareness and access, particularly for underserved populations, and helps organizations build their future talent pipelines. The games are deployed, and player engagement is managed by the developer.
- Jul 2024Grant (prize money)$274.4K
#3
Acquired · Charleston, South Carolina · founded 2020 · 2 employees$13.4Mraised▾
Developer of AI hiring software that automates tasks and improves retention. The software helps managers focus on operations by reducing time spent reviewing resumes and conducting unproductive interviews. It amplifies applicant flow with job postings and engagement campaigns. The platform notifies managers about ideal applicants, enabling quick interviews and offers. It predicts applicant success to improve employee retention.
- Mar 2022Series A$10M
- Jan 2021Series A$3.4M
#4
Acquired · Charleston, South Carolina · founded 2002 · 122 employees$59.5Mraised▾
Operator of a workforce management platform intended to help hourly hiring managers source, screen and onboard hourly workers faster and more efficiently. The company's platform eliminates friction in recruiting and streamlines the process of applicant tracking and onboarding for both hourly workers and their employers, helping service-industry brands thrive through better efficiency, engagement and customer satisfaction.
#5
Seed · Greenville, South Carolina · founded 2014 · 13 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Workers compensation management platform. It is designed to lower loss costs and automate workers’ compensation.
- Jan 2022Seed$2.2M
#6
Series A · Charleston, South Carolina · founded 2004 · 19 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Provider of financial service solutions for enterprises. It uses AI technology for providing financial information. It aims to improve retention, increase productivity, and reduce financial stress at organizations through their financial coaches and personalized tech platform.
- Mar 2017Series A$5.4M
- Jan 2016Venture Debt$2.8M
- Sep 2015Seed$2M
#7
Seed · Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · founded 2019 · 5 employees$777.5Kraised▾
Provider of a job search platform intended to match commercial drivers with carrier operators. The company's application helps drivers to find and apply for carrier jobs and qualifies the driver for free, eliminating unwanted driver leads and detailed job postings to ensure clarity, enabling commercial fleet operators to improve retention and speed to hire.
- Feb 2021Seed$777.5K
- Sep 2019Seed$10K
#8
Acquired · Charleston, South Carolina · founded 2008 · 60 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Good Done Great is a suite of Web-based corporate social responsibility tools. Its core functionality supports grant management, workplace giving and volunteering programs for corporations and philanthropic organizations.It’s grant management system tracks applications and fund disbursement. The system also automatically screens prospective grantees against government databases to verify their eligibility and generates in-depth grantee reports.
- Apr 2017Seed$200K
- Dec 2015Venture Debt—
- Oct 2015Seed$760K
- Nov 2014Venture Debt$500K
#9
Deadpooled · Charleston, South Carolina · founded 2015 · 2 employees$221.5Kraised▾
Vireo Labs is a career and competency assessment tool. Yet to be launched, planning to release. As per their LinkedIn page, the main motive of developing the product is to address the massive inefficiencies in career path discovery and education planning. Raised the seed funding in the late summer, 2015.
- Jun 2017Seed$46.5K
- Aug 2015Seed$175K
#10
Seed · Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · founded 2018$149.5Kraised▾
10Rule offers candidate assessment solutions for recruitment. It offers PX-12, which profiles individuals and reveals their innate strengths and weaknesses through online questionnaires. It highlights performance improvement areas and tailors their interview questions accordingly. It also provides solutions for employees through assessment-based coaching programs. The product is available on a subscription basis. Notable clients include Pizza Hut, TheStandard, SutterHealth, Baskin Robins, and Verisign.
- Mar 2019Seed$149.5K
#11
Seed · Columbia, South Carolina · founded 2023—raised▾
Employee benefit health insurance advisory platform. Offers captive insurance and risk management solutions for employers, advisors, and providers in the healthcare industry. Aims to deliver freedom of choice and the power of community for small to mid-sized employers. Creates the financial security of fully-insured product, the premium rebates of level-funded product, and the customization of self-funded product.
- Jan 2024Seed—
#12
Series A · Charleston, South Carolina · founded 2016 · 12 employees—raised▾
Candidate assessment solutions provider. The platform allows users to create a questionnaire and send candidates through email or embedded link. This questionnaire is used to measure behavioral and personal traits of candidates. Monetizes through subscription-based pricing plans.
- Nov 2018Series A—
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