Hired.com, the US-based online employment marketplace that counts mass media group Comcast as an investor, has raised $40m in a series C round led by venture capital firm Lumia Capital.
Although Hired did not disclose the other investors in the round, Silicon Vallley Business Journal reports they included Comcast Ventures, which acts as Comcast’s corporate venturing arm, as well as Crosslink Capital, Sierra Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.
Founded in 2012, Hired runs an online platform that links employers with a database of qualified candidates. It also provides an interview guidance service for members and transparency with regard to competing offers.
The company has since received almost 500,000 applications for the platform and more than 100,000 interview requests from employers. It is currently present in 14 cities across three countries and is planning to expand internationally following the series C round.
As part of the expansion process, Hired has made three acquisitions: an Australia-based competitor called Jobbop; Breaz, which operates a similar service in France; and Zlemma, a US-based employment search engine developer.
Zlemma, which raised $3.5m in a 2013 round led by Nexus Venture Partners, will be used to help develop Hired’s search capabilities.
The round took Hired’s overall funding to approximately $73m, and follows a $15m series B round in December 2014 backed by Comcast Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Lumia Capital, Crosslink Capital, Sierra Ventures, SoftTech VC and Sherpa Ventures.
GV, the corporate venturing unit then known as Google Ventures, has earlier invested in a $2.7m seed round in 2013 alongside SoftTech, New Enterprise Associates and Haystack.