HR-tech co HireSure.ai raises $2.5 M from Y Combinator, Three State Capital, others

HireSure.ai, a Bengaluru-headquartered HR-tech platform that enables companies to leverage data in making compensation decisions, has raised USD 2.5 million led by YCombinator and Binny Bansal's Three State Capital. San Francisco-based Tribe Capital and Pioneer fund also participated in the round. The company plans to use the funds to strengthen the community, build new products and scale up the engineering and product teams. Founded in 2019 by three graduates from IIT Kanpur - Anurag Dixit, Anshul Mishra, and Ramesh Konatham - the startup uses real-time compensation benchmarking data to help companies make compensation decisions and eliminate pay disparities. The firm claims to have partnered with 200+ startups in India including Meesho, Slice, Dream11, Apna, Porter, Dunzo, Khatabook, and Rapido. It plans to expand to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.