Six months after its launch, London-based AI recruiting startup Jack & Jill has raised $20 million in seed funding to reinvent the way people find jobs and companies hire talent.
The round was led by Creandum, the European venture firm behind Spotify and Klarna, with participation from Dig Ventures, Entrepreneur First, Ada Ventures, Firedrop, Repeat.vc, Episode1, Playfair and more than 75 angel investors – including former F1 world champion Nico Rosberg and backers from Lovable, Anthropic and ElevenLabs.
“Jack & Jill is one of the most exciting companies we have ever seen leveraging agentic AI,” said Peter Specht, General Partner at Creandum. “The significant traction they have achieved so early is testament to market demand. Matthew, Saaras and the team are leading a revolution in this industry and we can’t wait to see their expansion in the US.”
The funding will advance product development, AI infrastructure and global expansion, with a focus on entering the US market – starting in the San Francisco Bay Area – while deepening operations in London and across Europe.
Founded in early 2025 by Matthew Wilson (CEO) and Saaras Mehan (CTO), Jack & Jill was born out of the founders’ frustration with the inefficiency and bias of traditional recruiting.
“Imagine a world where everyone has their perfect job and every company has the right people,” Wilson said. “We are still a long way from that today. Our mission is to design recruiting in such a way that everyone receives first-class support – whether when hiring or looking for a job.”
Instead of human recruiters, Jack & Jill uses AI agents – “Jack” and “Jill” – who autonomously talk to people to understand their needs, preferences and skills, and then make personalized matches at scale.
“Jack” acts as a digital career coach and conducts voice conversations with professionals to learn more about their ambitions, experiences and skills. He then highlights relevant opportunities that truly align with their goals.
“Jill,” on the other hand, works with employers. She talks to hiring managers and talent teams to define what they’re looking for, then searches Jack’s network to identify ideal candidates. Jill’s advantage is scale: she can review thousands of conversations per day, act faster than human recruiters, and reduce costs by up to 50%.
“Agency recruiters are constrained by capacity while job boards flood companies with unsuitable candidates,” Mehan said. “We’re not automating a broken system – we’re rethinking recruiting from the ground up.”
In just six months, Jack & Jill has integrated into hundreds of high-growth London businesses, drawing on a network of 49,000 vetted professionals. Customers report faster hiring times, higher quality candidates, and significant cost savings compared to traditional recruiting.
The startup’s growth reflects a broader industry shift toward AI-focused hiring platforms as companies look to reduce inefficiencies and improve diversity and the candidate experience.
Unlike traditional HR technology platforms that rely on filters or static algorithms, the Jack & Jill model uses “agentic AI” – autonomous systems capable of making contextual decisions through conversations. This allows digital recruiters to simulate the nuances of human interaction while scaling to thousands of candidates at once.
With the new funding, Jack & Jill plans to double its London team, invest in AI compliance and security, and expand its global network of employer integrations.
“We are building the world’s most transparent, efficient and humane AI recruiting system,” Wilson added. “We are grateful to have investors who share our vision of making finding the right job – or person – as easy as a conversation.”
