Recruitment analytics technology provider Pymetrics has closed a series B round featuring Salesforce Ventures and returning investor Workday Ventures.

Salesforce Ventures and Workday Ventures, subsidiaries of enterprise software providers Salesforce and Workday, have both participated in a $40m series B round for US-based recruitment analytics software developer Pymetrics.

Growth equity firm General Atlantic led the round, which included venture capital firms Khosla Ventures and Jazz Venture Partners, boosting Pymeytrics’ funding to almost $57m altogether.

Pymetrics has created a platform that utilises artificial intelligence technology and neuroscience data to help eliminate bias in employee recruitment and promotion, assessing candidates’ cognitive…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.