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AllyO raises $14 million

By TechTaffy Desk

AI recruiting technology provider AllyO has raised a $14 million round of funding. The investment was led by Bain Capital Ventures. Cervin Ventures, Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), and Randstad Innovation Fund also joined the round.

Indy Guha, partner at Bain Capital Ventures, is joining AllyO’s board.

AllyO was co-founded by Ankit Somani and Sahil Sahni. Prior to founding AllyO, they worked at Google and McKinsey & Co., respectively.

Here is a blog post by the founders announcing the funding, and AllyO coming out of stealth mode: https://allyo.com/2018/03/20/were-finally-out-of-stealth-and-have-secured-funding-from-industry-leading-investors/

[Image courtesy: AllyO]

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