What GroYouth does

GroYouth is an India-based AI-powered HR marketplace operated by Donsuk Consulting Private Limited and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. The platform connects four customer segments — hiring organizations (employers, recruitment agencies, HR teams), service providers (manpower sourcing agencies, freelance recruiters, trainers, career coaches), job seekers (students, freshers, professionals), and universities/institutions — on a single AI-enabled talent ecosystem spanning sourcing, assessment, verification, hiring, upskilling, and workforce growth.

The platform's product surface is organised into four families: GY Hire (GY AI ATS, GY Portal, GY Campus, Talent Match AI, Talent Scout AI, Talent Connect, Hiring Scale, Interview Desk, GY Assist); GY Assessments (GY SAT, GY SAT Plus using OCEAN/RIASEC psychometric frameworks, GY Skill, GY FIT with video/audio/computer-vision-based mock interview scoring); GY Coach (career counselling plus the GyPsy AI agent for 24/7 habit-based coaching); and background verification services. Underlying capabilities span NLP, computer vision, recommendation engines, predictive analytics, generative AI, and autonomous agents operating across text, video, audio, structured, and multimodal data. Marketplace mechanics link 500+ agencies, 3,000+ recruiters, and 100+ campuses to a candidate pool of 120,000+.

Monetisation combines SaaS subscriptions (GY Portal Silver/Gold/Platinum at INR 5,000-25,000 per year; GY Campus tiers at INR 5,000-100,000 per year), per-placement transaction fees (INR 5,000 per successful hire), per-assessment fees (INR 750 per GY SAT Plus; INR 1,400-2,750 for bundled assessments), coaching session fees (INR 2,000 per session), 50% marketplace commission share with career counsellors, and one-time employer branding packages. Go-to-market is hybrid: product-led growth through a free GY SAT assessment driving funnel into paid services, enterprise field sales for large employers and university partnerships, inside sales for mid-market, and a partner programme for recruitment agencies, freelance recruiters, HR consultants, and career counsellors. No funding rounds, revenue figures, or headcount data are disclosed in the source material.

Name

GroYouth

Legal name

Donsuk Consulting Private Limited

Website

https://groyouth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GroYouth is an India-based AI-powered HR marketplace platform offering integrated ATS, psychometric assessments, AI interview prep, career coaching, and background verification for employers, recruitment agencies, job seekers, and universities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Marketplace / Talent Acquisition Software

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

RPO Technology, ATS Administration & Recruitment Operations (BPACABAN)

Keywords

• AI recruitment platform
• HR marketplace
• Talent assessment
• Campus hiring
• Background verification

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (GY Portal): Subscription plans for employers and recruiters to access the platform, source candidates, and manage hiring workflows. Plans include Silver (CV access only), Gold (CV+GY SAT Plus), and Platinum (CV+GYSAT Plus+GY FIT). No sign-up or admin fees.
2. SaaS Subscription (GY Campus): Subscription plans for institutions to manage campus placements, student data, assessments, and employer coordination. Plans range from Silver to Platinum with custom pricing for bulk requirements.
3. Per-Successful-Placement Fees: Success-based fees charged per completed placement through the platform, particularly for campus hiring. INR 5000 per successful placement.
4. Marketplace Commission: Recruiters earn placement fees and receive payouts for successful hires. 50% revenue share for counselors on coaching sessions. Pay-per-shortlisted-candidate and pay per qualified resume hiring model.
5. Assessment Fees: Fees for psychometric assessments (GY SAT Plus), skills tests (GY Skill), and interview readiness (GY FIT). Individual pricing for job seekers and bulk pricing for institutions.
6. Coaching Session Fees: Fees for one-on-one career counseling and coaching sessions via GY Coach. INR 2000 per session for job seekers. 50% revenue share for counselors.
7. Recruiter Payouts: Recruiters and service providers earn through the platform by submitting candidates, with payouts for successful placements and shortlisted resumes.
8. Employer Branding & Featured Listings: One-time services for employer branding packages and featured job listings to increase visibility for hiring organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

GroYouth operates an AI-powered HR marketplace platform that provides integrated hiring, assessment, coaching, and verification services. Its core offerings include an AI-driven Applicant Tracking System (GY AI ATS), employer career portal (GY Portal), campus recruitment (GY Campus), talent intelligence AI tools, multi-format assessments, AI-augmented coaching, background verification, and a service provider marketplace that connects employers with recruiters, coaches, and other HR service providers.

Product overview

GroYouth is an AI-powered HR marketplace platform offering a comprehensive talent ecosystem with four integrated product lines: GY Hire (AI-powered ATS and hiring platform including GY AI ATS, GY Portal, GY Campus, Talent Match AI, Talent Scout AI, Talent Connect, Hiring Scale, Interview Desk, and GY Assist), GY Assessments (psychometric and skills evaluation including GY SAT, GY SAT Plus, GY Skill, and GY Fit), GY Coach (career counselling and coaching including GY Coach and GYPSY AI agent), and background verification services. The platform connects hiring organizations, service providers (recruitment agencies, trainers, coaches), job seekers (students, freshers, professionals), and institutions (colleges, universities) through a unified marketplace supporting the entire talent lifecycle from sourcing and assessment to hiring, upskilling, and workforce management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GY Hire: AI-powered ATS for streamlined hiring and candidate sourcing
• GY SAT
• GY SAT Plus
• GY FIT
• GY Coach
• GY Campus
• GY Portal
• GY AI ATS
• GY Assist
• GyPsy

Products and services

• GY AI ATS AI-powered Applicant Tracking System that manages hiring workflows for employers and recruiters
• GY Portal
• GY Campus
• Talent Match AI
• Talent Scout AI
• Hire Caliber AI
• Hire Engage
• GY SAT
• GY SAT Plus
• GY Skill
• GY FIT
• GY Coach
• GyPsy AI Agent
• Background Verification
• Job Adverts
• Free Hiring Site
• Recruiter Backfill
• Franchise Network
• Service Provider Network

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% faster hiring (reduced time-to-hire)
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

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 capability12 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Donsuk Consulting Private LimitedcoreOthersParent company of GroYouth. GroYouth is the HR recruitment and talent marketplace SaaS platform owned and managed by Donsuk Consulting Private Limited.
• Capacita ConnectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as a service provider partner in the GroYouth marketplace network. Capacita Connect is an IBM Business Partner offering skilling and workforce development services.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Global job search engine with strong presence in India. Competes with GroYouth for employer job postings and candidate traffic, offering ATS integrations and sponsor employer branding; broader and less specialized than GroYouth's integrated AI-assessment marketplace.
• Mercer Mettl: Established Indian assessment and proctoring platform now part of Mercer. Overlaps with GroYouth's GY SAT, GY Skill, and GY FIT modules for enterprise pre-hire testing, but operates as a broader incumbent with deeper enterprise distribution rather than a marketplace-led model.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network owned by Microsoft with a dominant Talent Solutions / Recruiter business. Competes with GroYouth for employer hiring spend and candidate mindshare, particularly among white-collar professionals, but as part of a much broader professional networking platform rather than a specialized HR marketplace.

Direct peers

• Monster India: Indian arm of the global Monster job board network. Comparable as an India-focused job portal connecting employers with candidates, competing for the same mid-market employer segment GroYouth targets through GY Portal subscriptions.
• Naukri (InfoEdge India): India's largest online recruitment marketplace, operated by InfoEdge. Directly comparable to GroYouth as a job portal and recruitment platform connecting employers with job seekers in India, though at vastly larger scale and with a much deeper employer database.
• Shine.com: India-focused job portal and recruitment platform. Directly comparable to GroYouth's GY Portal in serving Indian employers and job seekers, though without GroYouth's depth of psychometric assessment and AI video interview capabilities.
• Talview: AI-powered hiring assessment and video interview platform headquartered in India. Directly overlaps with GroYouth's GY FIT and GY SAT Plus products, particularly on remote interviewing and psychometric-style assessments for enterprise employers.
• Wheebox: India-based online assessment provider specializing in pre-hire psychometric and skill testing. Directly comparable to GroYouth's GY SAT, GY SAT Plus, and GY Skill products, and serves many of the same enterprise and institutional assessment customers in India.

Emerging players

• Cutshort: India-focused AI hiring platform combining a talent marketplace with skill assessments. Comparable to GroYouth's integrated sourcing-plus-assessment approach for the Indian tech and startup employer segment, though with a narrower focus than GroYouth's campus and coaching breadth.
• Hirect: AI-powered direct interview hiring platform focused on chat-based candidate-to-employer matching. Closely comparable to GroYouth's AI-driven sourcing and matching approach, though Hirect focuses on direct chat interviews rather than GroYouth's broader psychometric-plus-video model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GroYouth-61565506073186
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/groyouth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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