# SmartRecruiters funding: rounds and investors

> SmartRecruiters has raised $215M across 6 rounds since 2012. Investors include Mayfield Fund, Insight Partners and Salesforce Ventures.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/smartrecruiters (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series E startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *SmartRecruiters*

6 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Enterprise Software

Valuation: $2.0B, Oct 2024

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$215M** raised across 6 rounds since 2012, from 6 sources

**$5.5M** Series A **$10M** Series B **$9.5M** Series B **$30M** Series C **$50M** Series D **$110M** Series E

- **Latest round:** Series E, $110M Jul 2021
- **Step-up i:** 2.2×
- **Investors:** 8 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

**$5.5M** Series A

**$10M** Series B

**$9.5M** Series B

**$30M** Series C

**$50M** Series D

**$110M** Series E

- **First round:** Series A, $5.5M
- **Biggest round:** $110M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 22 months

[**SmartRecruiters** Enterprise 1 / 16 Their pitch deck **SmartRecruiters's pitch deck, 16 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/smartrecruiters)

## The rounds

- **Jul 2021** Series E **$110M** *3 returning* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) Source recorded
- **May 2019** Series D **$50M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners) Lead [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Rembrandt Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rembrandt-venture-partners) Reported by VentureBeat SEC filing: $40M sold, first sale Mar 2019
- **Jun 2016** Series C **$30M** *1 new* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Jun 2016
- **Jun 2015** Series B **$9.5M** *1 new* [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Jul 2013
- **Aug 2013** Series B **$10M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Rembrandt Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rembrandt-venture-partners) [Rick Marini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rick-marini) [BDS Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bds-capital) Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $9.5M sold, first sale Jul 2013
- **Jan 2012** Series A **$5.5M** *3 new* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Rick Marini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rick-marini) [Windcrest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/windcrest-partners) Reported by sec.gov

## Founders and team

From SmartRecruiters's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 11 on the team.

- **Alison Bosch** Senior Vice President, Operations and Chief of Staff
- **Rebecca Carr** Chief Executive Officer
- **Lehua Stonebraker** Senior Vice President, People
- **Michał Nowak** Senior Vice President, Engineering
- **Robert Symons** Executive Vice President, Partnerships and Development
- **Shiran Yaroslavsky** Senior Vice President, Product
- **Steve Hardy** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Thomas DiDesidero** Chief Financial Officer
- **David Carter** Executive Officer i
- **Jerome Ternynck** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Valerie Bertrand** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Brett Queener* *Doug Schrier* *Matt Gatto* *Rajeev Batra*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2012 **Series B** 2013 **Series B** 2015 **Series C** 2016 **Series D** 2019 **Series E** 2021 [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Rembrandt Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rembrandt-venture-partners) [Rick Marini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rick-marini) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners) L [Windcrest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/windcrest-partners) [BDS Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bds-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) VC firm **4** rounds

[Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Rembrandt Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rembrandt-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Rick Marini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rick-marini) VC firm **2** rounds

[Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners) Company **1** round, led 1

[Windcrest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/windcrest-partners) VC firm **1** round

[BDS Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bds-capital) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list SmartRecruiters as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[W Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/w-capital-partners) Private equity Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[Ophiliam](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ophiliam) Family office Per its own site

[University of Auckland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-auckland) Institutional LP Per its own site

## Quick answers about SmartRecruiters

### Who invested in SmartRecruiters?

SmartRecruiters's investors include Mayfield Fund, Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners and Rick Marini, and 3 more on record.

### How much has SmartRecruiters raised?

SmartRecruiters has raised $215M across 6 rounds since 2012.

### When did SmartRecruiters last raise?

SmartRecruiters's most recent round was a Series E of $110M in Jul 2021.

### What was SmartRecruiters's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $110M in Jul 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed SmartRecruiters first?

SmartRecruiters's first round on record, in Jan 2012, was backed by Mayfield Fund, Rick Marini and Windcrest Partners.

### What stage is SmartRecruiters at?

SmartRecruiters's latest named round is a Series E, in Jul 2021.

### Where is SmartRecruiters based?

SmartRecruiters is based in the United States.

### Who led SmartRecruiters's rounds?

Insight Partners led the Series D in 2019.

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