Copenhagen-based Kiku has raised €4 million in seed funding to accelerate its AI-driven recruitment platform for high-volume frontline hiring. The round was led by Cherry Ventures, with participation from Yellow and angel investors Fredrik Hjelm and Felipe Navio. Kiku addresses inefficiencies in the $100B+ frontline hiring market—where high turnover and lengthy recruitment cycles are the norm—by using AI to screen, qualify, interview, and onboard candidates within minutes. With this new capital, Kiku plans to scale its engineering and go-to-market teams, expand product capabilities, and support rapid adoption across industries like retail, hospitality, and logistics.
Founded in 2024 by Eric André and Rasmus Andersen, Kiku is focused on addressing the chronic inefficiencies in hiring for frontline roles—positions that make up the majority of the global workforce but are often underserved by conventional recruitment tools. The platform uses AI to automate the most time-consuming parts of the process, including candidate screening, interviews, and onboarding, reducing time-to-hire from weeks to minutes.
Kiku’s system is mobile-first and conversational, allowing applicants to engage in real-time voice or chat-based interviews at any hour, in multiple languages. Unlike traditional systems that rely on static forms or one-way video submissions, Kiku emphasizes dynamic interaction and merit-based evaluation, aiming to remove bias from hiring decisions.
With the new funding, Kiku plans to grow its engineering and commercial teams, expand into new markets, and continue developing its AI capabilities. The company sees a large and largely untapped opportunity in industries like hospitality, retail, and logistics, where hiring remains a pain point despite significant workforce demand.
“Kiku is solving one of the most painful and under-invested challenges in hiring. Eric and Rasmus bring deep operational experience, product insight, and urgency to this problem. We believe Kiku will define the category for AI in frontline recruitment,” said Sophia Bendz, Partner at Cherry Ventures.
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