May 13, 2021 / 12:52 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) An Indianapolis-based startup focusing on streamlining the hiring process for human resources teams has closed on a $600,000 pre-seed investment round. Qualifi says it will use the funding to further develop its platform, grow sales and marketing operations, and add up to 30 jobs over the next few years.
The company says its platform creates a seamless one-way audio interview experience designed to eliminate back-and-forth scheduling and capture better data to help recruiters making hiring decisions.
Darrian Mikell, co-founder and chief executive officer of Qualifi, tells Inside INdiana Business the funding represents the hard work his team has put in since the company’s founding in 2019.
Backers included Sixty8 Capital, Elevate Ventures, Queen City Angels, Flywheel Fund and notable angel investors.
The company intends to use the funds to grow its business from sales and marketing to further optimizing the platform.
Founded in 2019 by Darrian Mikell, CEO, Qualifi provides a platform tha tenables recruiters to create one-way interview experiences using audio and voice that candidates respond to over a standard phone call, eliminating scheduling, reducing communication times with candidates, and capturing data to help recruiters scale screening efforts.
The company grew from the accelerator and Pitch Pardi programs from Be Nimble, a social enterprise supporting the growth of black tech ecosystems. Qualifi also recently completed its participation in TechStars Anywhere.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/
 Qualifi, an on-demand screening platform allowing recruiting teams to phone interview 100s of candidates in minutes, has raised its first round of institutional capital, a $600,000 pre-seed investment. Major investors include: Sixty8 Capital, the Indianapolis-based fund for Black, Brown, women and LGBTQ+-led startups, Elevate Ventures, Queen City Angels, Flywheel Fund and notable angel investors. Qualifi will use the capital to grow its business â from sales and marketing to further optimizing the platform to address customer needs.
The Qualifi platform enables recruiters to create seamless one-way interview experiences using audio and voice that candidates respond to over a standard phone call, eliminating back-and-forth scheduling, reducing communication times with candidates, and capturing better data to help recruiters scale screening efforts. Recruiters using Qualifi shave one week off their time-to-hire average.
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