What Hellohive does

Hellohive is a virtual recruiting platform that connects early career talent, primarily students and recent graduates from diverse backgrounds, with employers seeking to hire entry-level and internship candidates. Founded in 2019 by Byron Slosar (former Tulane University career services professional) and originally launched as HIVE Diversity in 2020, the company rebranded to hellohive in November 2022 to broaden its mission beyond diversity-focused recruiting into general workforce transformation. The platform is built on 3x patented resume technology that standardizes candidate presentation and includes a watermark verification system; complementary products include the Hive Platform for employer recruiting, the Hive5 candidate preparation process, and Resume Tech for employer-side candidate data optimization.

The platform operates as a two-sided marketplace: candidates access the service for free through a self-serve gamified resume builder (helloResume), while employers pay subscription or quote-based fees to access the candidate pool, recruiting tools, and event programming. The company runs an enterprise field sales motion targeting large financial institutions through demo booking CTAs, complemented by an event-driven GTM that includes virtual job fairs, webinars, and hosted programs. The Equity Collective, a partnership with 27 wealth and asset management firms including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and BlackRock, functions as a core distribution channel for the financial services vertical.

Hellohive has raised approximately $9.3 million in disclosed funding across rounds from 2020 through February 2024, when it closed a $3.4 million seed round led by the Tisch Family with participation from The Pearl Fund. The company employs 101-250 people, is headquartered in New York City, and is incorporated as HelloHive Inc. in Delaware. Named enterprise customers span financial services, technology, consumer goods, fashion, consulting, manufacturing, media, and nonprofit sectors, with the candidate community spanning more than 1,400 schools.

Name

Hellohive

Legal name

Hellohive Inc.

Website

https://hellohive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hellohive is a two-sided virtual recruiting platform that connects early career talent (students and recent graduates) with enterprise employers via 3x patented resume technology, a free candidate-facing helloResume builder, and employer-paid access to a diverse talent pool spanning 1,400+ schools and 30+ enterprise customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Technology

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA), Resume & Professional Branding (CV, LinkedIn, Portfolio) (EDAAAKAB), Job Search Strategy & Application Skills (EDAAAKAC)

Keywords

• Early career recruiting
• Diversity hiring platform
• Resume building technology
• Campus recruitment software
• Talent acquisition platform

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Employer Platform Access: The company provides a recruiting platform to employers (companies) who pay for access to candidate profiles, resume technology, and hiring tools. The platform enables companies to engage with early career talent from diverse backgrounds through events and data-driven candidate matching.
2. Candidate Services: Free platform for students and recent graduates to create profiles, build resumes using patented technology, and apply to opportunities. This creates the talent pool that employers pay to access.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hellohive operates a virtual recruiting platform that connects diverse early career talent (students and recent graduates from 1,400+ schools) with employers seeking to hire from underrepresented backgrounds. Its core product is 3x patented resume technology (helloResume) that standardizes and professionally formats candidate resumes, paired with employer-facing recruiting tools, events, and data dashboards that enable companies to identify, engage, and hire diverse interns and entry-level employees.

Product overview

Hellohive operates as a workforce transformation platform comprising two primary products: the helloResume platform (a 3x patented resume-building technology) and the core Hive recruiting platform. The platform also includes the Hive5 Process for candidate preparation and Resume Tech for employer-facing candidate data optimization. These products work together to connect early career talent (students and recent graduates) with employers through standardized, technology-enhanced recruitment processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• helloResume: A 3x patented platform that helps candidates present their best on paper and in person, helping create resumes in a format employers trust. Featured clients include Goldman Sachs, Yahoo, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, HSBC, KPMG, and L'Oreal.

Products and services

• helloResume A 3x patented, standalone resume-building platform that helps students and recent graduates create professionally formatted, one-page resumes with an authenticity watermark, used by candidates applying to roles at enterprise employer partners such as Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Yahoo, KPMG, and L'Oreal.
• Hive Recruiting Platform The core virtual recruiting platform that connects employers with diverse students and recent graduates from 1,400+ schools, featuring proprietary resume technology, candidate engagement tools, events, and employer-facing dashboards for early career and DEI hiring.
• Hive5 Process A proprietary candidate preparation and engagement process within the Hive community that prepares students and recent graduates to present their profiles to employers, demonstrating commitment, professionalism, and a unique value proposition as part of the recruiting experience.
• Resume Tech An employer-facing module that uses Hellohive's patented resume technology to surface standardized candidate data, insights, and analytics that help recruiters screen and evaluate diverse early career candidates more efficiently.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3x more likely to be hired in top programs (per helloResume claims)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers34 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• DeelminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 February 2024Deel, a payroll and HR platform supporting companies with global workforce management in over 150 countries, is referenced alongside Hellohive in news coverage about workforce transformation services. Nature of formal partnership is not explicitly detailed.
• The Equity CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA diversity-driven collaboration between 27 wealth and asset management firms including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, and others. Hellohive serves as the technology partner providing equitable recruitment of students and job seekers from self-identified diverse backgrounds. The partnership dissolves barriers and paves the way for inclusive hiring in the finance industry.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Handshake: Handshake is the largest early-career/campus recruiting platform in the US, directly competing with Hellohive by connecting employers to college students and recent graduates. Both platforms serve the same enterprise customers (financial institutions, large employers) for entry-level hiring, with Handshake having broader scale but Hellohive differentiating via patented resume technology and DEI focus.
• RippleMatch: RippleMatch is an early-career recruiting platform that uses automation to match diverse candidates with enterprise employers. It is a direct peer to Hellohive, competing for the same early-career diverse talent pool and serving similar financial services and Fortune 500 employer customers.
• WayUp: WayUp is a platform connecting students, recent graduates, and employers with a focus on diversity hiring and early-career opportunities. It is a direct competitor to Hellohive in the same niche, with similar target customers and candidate demographics.
• Parker Dewey: Parker Dewey operates a micro-internship and early-career talent platform connecting college students with paid project-based work at companies. It serves the same early-career recruiting market as Hellohive with overlap in employer customers seeking entry-level diverse talent.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions): LinkedIn Talent Solutions is the incumbent professional recruiting platform that offers early-career and campus recruiting tools as part of its broader portfolio. It competes indirectly with Hellohive by serving the same employers for entry-level hiring, though LinkedIn's strength is mid-to-senior talent rather than early-career specialization.
• iCIMS: iCIMS is a large enterprise Applicant Tracking System (ATS) provider with dedicated early-career / campus modules. It competes with Hellohive for employer recruiting budgets at the same enterprise customers (e.g., financial institutions) but offers broader talent acquisition functionality.
• Greenhouse: Greenhouse is a leading ATS and recruiting platform that competes for enterprise hiring budgets. It overlaps with Hellohive at the employer customer level, particularly for structured early-career hiring programs, though its core focus is on general recruiting workflows.
• Eightfold AI: Eightfold AI is a talent intelligence platform that uses AI for talent acquisition, management, and DEI. It is comparable to Hellohive at the employer customer level for diversity and early-career initiatives, though operating at a much larger scale with broader HR functionality.

Emerging players

• Gem: Gem is a recruiting platform focused on outbound sourcing, CRM, and analytics for talent acquisition teams. It serves some of the same enterprise customers as Hellohive in the financial services vertical but focuses on the broader recruiting funnel rather than early-career specialization.

Others

• Class 5 Consulting: Class 5 Consulting is a boutique diversity sourcing and recruiting firm that supports employer diversity hiring initiatives. It is thematically related to Hellohive as a DEI-focused recruiting solution, but operates as a services firm rather than a technology platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hivediversity
• Instagraminstagram.com/hellohive

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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