Top Human Resources Startups in 2024

Nava is on a mission to provide high-quality, affordable healthcare to every American. Today, healthcare costs represent 18% of our national GDP, and one in six Americans have medical debt in collections. This problem is only getting worse. We envision a future where healthcare suppliers aggressively compete for business on the basis of cost, quality, and convenience. Where pricing and quality is transparent, and where consumers can navigate the healthcare system with confidence. It's going to take time to make this happen, but we're in this for the long-haul.

Springworks is building the tools and products to enable the era of Remote/Hybrid work and our products have been used by over 350,000+ remote/hybrid employees across 10,000+ organizations and 55+ countries in the last couple of years. The product stack from Springworks includes SpringVerify — B2B verification platform, EngageWith — an employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture, Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platform for remote team-building, SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

We build benefits, HR & compliance software. Founded in 2008, we are now one of the fastest growing platforms of its kind with over 27,000+ companies and 3 million employees using it every day. We're passionate about using technology to make people's lives easier and are always on the lookout for anyone interested in making an outsized impact with our clients. Our benefits administration software makes it easier to attract and retain great talent by offering an extensive benefits package with less benefits administration work.

The world of work is changing. Rapidly and drastically. As much as 50% of the workforce will be contingent in the next few years. That's $800 billion in spend. And the ecosystem is fragmented, inefficient and old school. We are changing that through automation, AI, digitizing workflows and building beautiful, intuitive tools. We work some of the world's leading brands and many of the most distruptive online staffing platforms and human marketplaces: we make it easy for them to onboard and pay contract/freelance/gig workers. GreenLight makes it safe and easy for companies to organize and pay their freelance and contract workers. We are the API compliance layer powering The Future of Work. GreenLight: Paying the world's independent workforce.

Matter is on a mission to help companies build world-class cultures. Companies that use Matter experience employees who feel valued and recognized—leading to employees being 3x more engaged, 31% less likely to leave, and 91% more productive when they regularly receive recognition. Our platform empowers teams to celebrate wins, give recognition, and gather feedback directly within Slack and Microsoft Teams, making it simple to build a culture of appreciation. Matter was founded by Brett Hellman, a serial entrepreneur who previously founded Hall, which was acquired by Atlassian in 2015. Since then, Matter has been doubling revenue year over year and is proud to be a profitable, fast-growing startup. This is a unique opportunity to join at the ground floor of a company that’s scaling rapidly. If you’re looking to make an impact and be part of a high-growth journey, Matter is the place to be.

GoodTime enables companies to schedule candidate interviews up to 10x faster by fully automating the scheduling process. With GoodTime, recruiting teams spend time recruiting rather than scheduling. We help great companies hire great talent. We have built a platform to provide the best experiences for both the recruiters and their candidates. We empower them to be more efficient and error-free. Scheduling and re-scheduling has never been easier. Think error-free scheduling complete with reminders just within a few clicks. We've assembled the best talents from all over the world to make the experience of recruiting and job search easier and sweeter. We're also backed by great investors including Michael Stoppelman, Lip-Bu Tan, Geoff Donaker, Big Basin Capital, Alchemist Accelerator and Walden International.

Envoy is transforming modern workplaces for flexible work to bring people together so they can connect, collaborate, and thrive. Envoy’s workplace platform has redefined how companies welcome visitors, improve the employee experience, book desks and conference rooms, and manage deliveries in 16,000 locations around the globe by designing products for a flexible workplace experience. Companies like Slack, Pinterest, and Warby Parker rely on Envoy to create an unrivaled first impression and keep their offices secure and compliant. We are proudly backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Initialized Capital, Brookfield Growth, and many others. With more than 150,000 new sign-ins every day, Envoy Visitors creates a warm welcome for guests while safeguarding people, property, and ideas. Envoy Desks gives employees the flexibility to reserve a desk for the days they are in the office and helps them collaborate with teammates by coordinating on-site schedules. Envoy Rooms provides a simple solution to book meeting rooms and free up unused space. Envoy Deliveries ensures packages reach their recipients without mailroom pile-ups. Envoy Connect combines hospitality with security to welcome visitors in multi-tenant buildings. Our workplace platform is designed to connect to workplace tools you already use and new apps built by developers that will shape the future of work. Our motto is to challenge the status quo, and we like to innovate fast to help our customers create workplaces people love. If this world sounds exciting, we’d love for you to help us build the workplace of the future.

Zenefits is the leading all-in-one HCM (human capital management) solution for small and medium businesses. Designed as an interconnected ecosystem of apps, Zenefits delivers the most complete HR experience by combining its own powerful apps with dozens of best-of-breed providers on the Zenefits platform. Built on a modern technology stack, Zenefits’ platform provides a comprehensive Employee Record tightly integrated with Zenefits’ apps like onboarding, payroll, compliance and benefits administration and partner apps like email, expense management, 401(k) and employee engagement. The result is a powerful HCM solution that helps mid-market businesses manage their people, stay compliant and save thousands of hours in lost time. Mission: To help businesses thrive by creating a complete HR platform that empowers employees and manages change.

Jellyvision helps companies explain their important (but maybe kind of complex) messages in a delightful way. We create virtual salespeople, brokers, guidance counselors, HR reps, and teachers, who have fun, personalized conversations with your customers and employees and help them understand confusing or snooze-inducing topics. Our most famous virtual helper is ALEX, America’s best-selling and most-trusted standalone benefits decision support tool. Used by hundreds of companies (including 30 in the Fortune 500), ALEX helps millions of employees make smarter decisions that save them—and their employers—surprising amounts of time and money.

Justworks makes it easy and affordable for businesses to hire and take care of people – freeing them to invest their time in what matters: Building their company. No matter how many employees you have, Justworks gives you access to enterprise-level benefits and services.