As companies look to build diverse workforces, the biggest problem seems to be sourcing candidates from historically underrepresented groups, often because companies don’t know where to look. TaTio, an Israeli startup from a couple of HR veterans, has built a platform to help connect companies to candidates who have the skills, but may lack a traditional resume.
Today the company announced a $5.3 million seed investment.
TaTio CEO Maya Huber says she and her co-founder, COO Mor Panfi, have over a decade of experience running HR companies. They personally experienced the frustration of trying to place people from a variety of underrepresented backgrounds, and the biggest problem was getting candidates through the resume review stage.
“Every solution out there was still relying on resumes as a first step for people to apply. And we thought that there must be a different way because through the years as we worked with
