Textio, a Seattle startup has created a text-analyzing technology that may help the tech industry address its diversity and recruiting problems. The company announced an $8 million round of funding Wednesday, bringing its total to $9.5 million. The latest round was led by San Mateo, Calif.-based Emergence Capital, with participation from Cowboy Ventures, Bloomberg Beta and Upside Partnership.
Whatever business you’re in, recruiting and hiring top talent is essential to your success. You spend a lot trying to reach qualified and diverse candidates, and how you talk to them matters. Textio shows you how your job listings and candidate emails will perform before you’ve even posted them. Will the role be popular among qualified job seekers? Will it fill quickly? How gender-biased is it? Our predictive models give you analytics and feedback right as you’re typing.
Textio: 99-second video intro from Textio on Vimeo.