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Applied

Platform for debiased hiring

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1-20 employees
  • B2B
  • Recruitment
  • HR
  • SaaS
  • Social Impact
Westminster, London, UK

Company mission

To help organisations create a world where everyone feels a sense of inclusion, equity, and belonging.

71% female employees

42% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

CVs are generally poor indicators of a candidate's future success in a profession and unconscious bias leads to ethnic/racial discrimination in the hiring process. Applied is setting out to solve this problem by providing businesses with recruitment software that streamlines talent acquisition through a data-driven process.

Unlike traditional applicant tracking systems, Applied's software doesn't use AI and instead anonymizes candidates. It then uses proprietary algorithms based on the latest behavioral science research to find suitable candidates for vacancies. By adopting its solution, employers not only fill their vacancies with more suitable candidates, but they reduce the time spent on hiring, obtain a higher retention rate after one year, and create a great candidate experience, overall boosting their brand.

After its latest funding round, Applied plans to allocate resources to enhance its proprietary algorithms, facilitate international expansion, and grow its customer base, all in pursuit of its mission to eliminate biases in the hiring process. With clients such as Pfizer, ASOS, Penguin Random House, and Careys, Applied has already made strides in transforming recruitment practices for notable organizations.

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Benefits

  • Flexible working hours
  • Work from home options
  • Retirement benefits
  • Wellness programs
  • Additional parental leave
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  • Paid emergency leave
  • Extra holiday
  • Professional development
  • Team social events
  • Equipment allowance

Company values

  • Create a fairer world: We want to empower the world to achieve higher levels of inclusivity and accessibility so that it underpins decisions from how products are designed to how employees are treated
  • Trust is our foundation: Trust is built with feedback, processes, and inclusivity. Trusting others at Applied means amplifying others’ voices and backing their calls. We can’t achieve great social impact without it
  • Own and drive change: Our ambition is audacious, so we take on big tasks, move fast, aim high, and continuously grow while we do it. Everyone owns the mission and can make a difference
  • Be curious and true to evidence: Investigate beyond the data to find the story and what works. We want to be true to the evidence at hand to make decisions but we aren’t paralysed to take action in the absence of it
  • Champion the user: We're changing the world and our users are central to that mission. We have to see the world from their perspective, find blindspots, and innovate for them. After all, they're our heroes

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Mar 2020

$3.6m

SEED

Oct 2018

$2m

SEED

Total funding: $6m

Leadership

Kate Glazebrook

(Co-Founder)

Previously Education Policy Officer at UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education and a Research Assistant at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. After founding Applied in 2015, served as CEO until 2020. Alongside now serving as Chair, they are a Venture Partner at Ada Ventures and a Member of the Advisory Board at Tripple.

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