HiringBranch Secures CAD$5M in Series A Funding to Scale AI-Powered Soft Skills Assessments

HiringBranch helps enterprises streamline hiring by automating soft skills evaluation.

Company Name: HiringBranch
Location: Montréal, Canada
Industry: AI-Powered Recruitment Technology

Funding Details:

Amount: CAD$5M (Series A)
Investors: Crédit Mutuel Equity (Lead), Export Development Canada, Anges Québec

Purpose of Investment:
The funding will accelerate the market expansion of HiringBranch’s Soft Skill AITM platform through strategic integrations and sales initiatives across North and Latin America, Asia, and the UK.

Leadership:
Founders:
Patricia Macleod, Stephane Rivard

Product:
HiringBranch’s AI-powered platform transforms high-volume hiring by replacing traditional interviews with dynamic voice and chat assessments. Its technology scores role-critical soft skills through job-specific simulations, enabling unbiased and efficient hiring processes. Candidates get a realistic job preview, enhancing both engagement and job fit.

About the Company:
HiringBranch helps enterprises streamline hiring by automating soft skills evaluation. Its solutions eliminate interview bottlenecks, reduce bias, and increase efficiency in large-scale recruitment efforts.

Trusted by high-volume employers like Bell Canada, the company is poised for global growth, bringing its next-generation recruitment technology to new international markets.