Spott raises $3.2M to launch first AI-native platform for recruitment firms

Key points:

• Spott, founded in November 2024, has raised $3.2M to build the AI-native ATS/CRM for recruitment firms. The funding round is led by Base10 with participation from Y Combinator, True equity and Fortino Capital.

• Spott’s vision is to empower professional recruiters with the all-in-one operating software that not just stores data, but works for you. With AI agents embedded in the platform, Spott lets recruiters focus on what really matters and close significantly more placements.

• The funds will be used to accelerate the execution of the product roadmap and expand operations, focusing on further scaling in the U.S. and Europe.

For too long, recruitment firms have relied on outdated software to manage daily operations. These systems track candidate data, but fail their users in one crucial task: making their lives easier. The rise of AI presents an opportunity for a fundamental shift in how recruiting technology should work. It enables recruiters to shift their focus from manual, repetitive tasks to building stronger relationships and prioritize revenue-driving activities instead.

Since inception, Spott has been automating time-consuming recruitment workflows, such as the writing of candidate presentation reports, and has recently started paid trials with industry leaders such as Stanton Chase. Now, the platform is evolving further by bringing together everything recruiting firms need — from AI agents, to a full ATS & CRM and analytics — into one single, AI-native platform. Spott has already generated over 1,000 candidate reports for its growing list of customers.

From experiencing the problem, to building the solution

While working for McKinsey, BCG, and Bain, Spott’s co-founders experienced firsthand how recruiters wrestled with outdated, clunky systems. They realized that talent moves through conversations, not spreadsheets, yet recruiters were stuck logging conversations and updating records instead of driving results.

Realizing how AI could finally bring change, they teamed up to build Spott.

Discover the recruitment platform of the future

Over the past two years, AI tools have flooded the market, each solving a single problem but creating a bigger one - fragmentation.

The most common question we’ve heard since starting Spott is “Is it integrated? “From day one, we’ve felt the frustration of poorly connected software and the adoption challenges of stand-alone AI tools, and we are looking to change that.

Instead of juggling separate tools, recruiters get one powerful, integrated platform built around AI to focus on the most important parts of their jobs. By eliminating redundant single point solutions, Spott reduces costs, saves time switching between systems, enhances data operability and enables AI-driven automation of end-to-end workflows.

Spott accompanies recruiters across their entire workflow. It matches candidates to vacancies, automates outreach, schedules interviews, processes transcripts, manages pipelines, compiles reports, and supports business development—all within a single AI-native platform.

You can find our complete vision for the recruitment platform of the future here: https://spott.io/manifesto

What's next

The funding will be used to expand the engineering team in order to accelerate the execution of the product roadmap and expand operations, focusing on further scaling in the U.S. and Europe. As we continue to invest in our platform, we'll continue redefining possible with AI. This is only the beginning.