TalentValue

What TalentValue does

TalentValue, Inc. is a Boulder, Colorado-based SaaS company founded in 2019 that operates an AI-powered compensation intelligence and talent analytics platform under the TalentValue brand (also accessible at compedge.io and talentvalue.ai). The platform aggregates real-time pay data across 5,000+ job titles at 17,000–18,000 companies in 22 regions and uses AI-driven job matching and leveling to automate compensation benchmarking, pay equity analysis, and peer-group comparison against indices such as FAANG, AI Elite, SaaS 100, and Tier 1 Public. Its product suite consists of four core modules: Search (market comp data lookup), Pay Equity (disparity analysis), Pay Profiles (employee compensation profiling with base, equity, and bonus breakdowns), and Listen (an employee voice and engagement platform with motivation index tracking). The company claims 94% accuracy for base salary data and approximately 50% time savings on compensation planning.

The company serves four customer segments: enterprise organizations seeking market compensation data for talent and pay equity decisions, venture capital firms supporting portfolio hiring and compensation strategy, startups competing against larger firms for talent, and individual job seekers and candidates using free access for salary negotiation. Its go-to-market is hybrid: a self-serve freemium tier at talentvalue.ai provides free access for individuals, while enterprise and team plans are sold via demo-led sales consultation with annual contract cadences. Distribution is global, with the platform accessible across the 22 regions covered in its data set.

The founding team includes Richard Lear (Vice President and Co-Founder) and draws from operators with experience at Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Google, and Vanguard. The company is privately held, has no disclosed funding rounds, no disclosed parent company or subsidiaries, no patents, and no public certifications. Revenue is not disclosed, and the company competes in the compensation benchmarking and HR analytics category against incumbent survey vendors and newer data-driven platforms.

Name

TalentValue

Legal name

TalentValue, Inc.

Website

https://compedge.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TalentValue is a Boulder-based SaaS company offering an AI-powered compensation intelligence platform covering 5,000+ job titles at 17,000+ companies across 22 regions, serving enterprises, startups, VC firms, and individual job seekers via Search, Pay Equity, Pay Profiles, and Listen products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Compensation Intelligence / HR Analytics Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Payroll Software & Payroll-as-a-Service (SaaS) (BPACAIAB), Career Services & Job Placement Platforms (Jobs, Recruiting, Employer Networks) (EDAFAMAM)

Keywords

• Compensation intelligence
• Talent analytics software
• Pay equity tools
• Salary benchmarking platform
• HR analytics SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription - Platform Access: Subscription-based access to the TalentValue compensation intelligence platform, providing real-time market pricing data, benchmarking tools, and AI-powered job matching capabilities. The platform offers tiered access from free to enterprise-level subscriptions.
2. Enterprise Solutions: Customized enterprise solutions for large organizations, startups, and venture capital firms with tailored compensation benchmarking, pay equity analysis, and pay profile tools. Revenue generated through annual or multi-year contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TalentValue provides an AI-powered SaaS compensation intelligence and talent analytics platform that delivers real-time market pay data, pay equity analysis, employee compensation profiling, and an employee voice/engagement tool. Its products—Search, Pay Equity, Pay Profiles, and Listen—serve enterprise HR teams, startups, venture capital firms, and individual candidates with compensation benchmarking and talent management functionality. The platform leverages AI-powered job matching and leveling across 5,000+ job titles at 17,000+ companies in 22 regions.

Product overview

TalentValue is a unified talent analytics and compensation intelligence platform offering four core products: Search for market compensation data discovery, Pay Equity for pay disparity analysis, Pay Profiles for detailed employee compensation management with breakdowns (base salary, equity, bonus), and Listen for talent management and employee engagement. The platform provides AI-powered job matching and leveling across 5000+ job titles at 17,000+ companies in 22 regions, enabling real-time market pricing and competitive compensation benchmarking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Search: Product for searching compensation and market data.
• Pay Equity
• Pay Profiles
• Listen

Products and services

• Search Web-based tool for finding and searching market compensation data and benchmarking job titles across companies in the technology sector. Used by executives, founders, hiring teams, recruiters, VCs, and candidates to access real-time pay data.
• Pay Equity Tool for analyzing and ensuring pay equity across job titles, identifying compensation disparities, and supporting pay equity reporting and compliance initiatives for organizations.
• Pay Profiles Tool for creating and managing employee pay profiles with detailed compensation breakdowns including base salary, equity, and bonus information. Designed for HR and compensation teams as well as employees seeking transparency.
• Listen Employee voice and engagement platform enabling authentic employee voice, transparent leadership, performance and productivity insights, and motivation index tracking through intrinsic motivators such as autonomy, purpose, empowerment, and strategic input.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% accuracy for base salary data
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Levels.fyi: Levels.fyi provides crowdsourced compensation data for tech companies across roles including engineering, product, and AI - a direct peer targeting the same tech-comp transparency use case that TalentValue's Search product addresses, with shared buyer personas of candidates, recruiters, and HR leaders.
• Pave: Pave is a leading compensation benchmarking and total rewards platform offering real-time market data, pay equity, and equity management tools - a direct competitor serving the same HR/Total Rewards buyer with a similar product surface to TalentValue's Search, Pay Equity, and Pay Profiles.
• Compa: Compa is an AI-native compensation intelligence platform offering market pricing, pay equity, and offer benchmarking for enterprises - an emerging direct competitor using similar AI-driven job matching/leveling approaches as TalentValue and targeting overlapping enterprise customers.
• OptionImpact: OptionImpact provides equity compensation benchmarking and modeling tools for startups and tech companies - a direct peer focused on equity comp analysis that overlaps with TalentValue's Pay Profiles product and equity-related benchmarking capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Salary.com: Salary.com is an established compensation data, salary benchmarking, and HR software provider serving both SMB and enterprise - a broad incumbent with overlapping compensation intelligence and HR software capabilities, though typically serving a broader industry set than TalentValue's tech focus.
• Radford (Aon): Radford, part of Aon, is a long-established compensation survey and benchmarking provider for technology and life sciences companies - a broad incumbent that historically dominated tech compensation data and competes head-on with TalentValue for enterprise comp benchmarking budgets.
• Mercer (Marsh McLennan): Mercer is one of the world's largest HR consulting and compensation survey firms - a broad incumbent offering traditional comp benchmarking, total rewards advisory, and pay equity services that compete with TalentValue's enterprise offerings but through a consulting-driven model rather than self-serve SaaS.
• PayScale: PayScale is an established comp data and salary benchmarking SaaS platform owned by Korn Ferry serving HR teams across industries - a broad incumbent offering overlapping comp benchmarking and pay analysis capabilities to a similar enterprise HR buyer, but with much wider industry coverage than TalentValue's tech focus.

Emerging players

• CandorIQ: CandorIQ is an emerging comp planning and headcount management platform for tech companies offering benchmarking, offer modeling, and comp cycle tools - an emerging competitor with partial overlap to TalentValue's Pay Profiles and enterprise benchmarking workflows.
• Lattice: Lattice is a people management platform that has expanded into performance, engagement, and compensation tools - an emerging adjacent player whose growing comp/engagement offerings (Listen-style features) overlap with TalentValue's Listen product and could become a more direct competitor in the talent analytics suite.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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