Egyptian AI recruitment startup Talents Arena has raised a US$750,000 pre-seed round of funding to power its expansion into Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2019 by Aya Elgebeely, Talents Arena has developed an AI-powered recruitment platform featuring a talents mining engine and automation features. So far it has made more than 180,000 job matches and placed thousands of candidates in suitable tech jobs. An alumnus of Flat6Labs and Plug and Play accelerator programmes, the startup has just closed a US$750,000 pre-seed funding round, led by UI Investments and featuring several prominent Saudi and regional angel investors. The funds will be channeled towards Talents Arena’s expansion plans into Saudi Arabia and the GCC region.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 10, 2023 15:00 UTC