The mother-focused recruitment platform developer increased its total funding to about $36m in a round that included new investors Citi and Synchrony.

US-based, recruitment services provider The Mom Project has received $25m in a series B round led by growth equity firm 7GC that included financial services firms Citi and Synchrony.

High Alpha, Silicon Valley Bank, Initialized Capital, Grotech Ventures, OCA Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Wintrust Financial, IrishAngels and Engage Ventures also took part in the round.

The Mom Project runs a service that helps link working mothers to companies with suitable vacancies. It oversees a 275,000-strong community and will put the funding…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.