Healthcare HR tech firm Jobizo bags $1.4 million in Pre-Series funding led by Alkemi Growth Capital

New Delhi: Jobizo, a healthcare hiring platform designed to revolutionize the hiring process for healthcare businesses, has raised $1.4 million in pre-series funding led by Alkemi Growth Capital.

This investment follows the $500,000 seed funding round led by AROA Ventures in 2022, which catalyzed Jobizo’s growth by over 500%, facilitated over 20,000 jobs in India and International countries, and helped fill over 10 million job hours. The new funds will be used for product enhancement, expansion into six to eight Indian cities, and expansion in the international markets.

To support this growth, Jobizo will hire for key leadership roles across departments like technology, operations, and customer service. Co-founders Naveen Trehan and Avishek Agarwal expect the funding to support Jobizo’s goal of creating over 100,000 jobs in India and 3,000 jobs abroad within 18 months. As part of its long-term goals, the platform aims to fill over 40 million job hours in the coming years.

Co-founders Naveen and Avishek believe the successful funding round and the platform’s association with Alkemi Growth Capital will help enhance Jobizo’s knowledge about the healthcare ecosystem and improve market connections. They issued a joint statement discussing future growth plans, saying, “The fund allows us to enhance our platform’s offerings and expand Jobizo’s reach in both domestic and international job markets. We believe it will support us in building the required infrastructure to bridge the skills gap in the global healthcare sector and provide flexible job opportunities to qualified professionals. Meanwhile, we are working on strengthening our core team through strategic hiring and executing our expansion goal one city at a time.”

Investment partner Alka Goel shared her views on the platform’s growth potential, saying, “Jobizo is redefining healthcare talent recruitment and flexible work models in India and the US by leveraging technology to connect skilled medical and allied healthcare professionals with employers. Healthcare talent recruitment is a highly unorganized, large, and fast-growing market both in India and globally. As healthcare businesses increasingly shift towards optimizing their hiring strategies, utilizing on-demand talent, and leveraging technology, specialized healthcare recruitment brands like Jobizo appear well-positioned to lead this pace.” She added, “The company’s strong execution, combined with rapid client adoption across India and global markets, in a scalable business model, aligns with Alkemi’s investment strategy. We believe in backing market disruptors, and Jobizo’s data-driven solutions, along with its proven talent engagement approaches, are addressing some of the most critical needs in the global healthcare recruitment market.”

According to the company’s statement, Jobizo’s mission is to revolutionize talent acquisition in the Indian healthcare sector through an AI-powered platform that connects employers with skilled professionals. The platform has contributed to over 10 million additional patient care hours in India and continues to address hiring challenges by reducing hiring timelines and costs while offering healthcare businesses access to a verified pool of candidates. By leveraging its expanding investor network and market expertise, Jobizo aims to create a welcoming environment for the workforce and tackle skill gap issues.