Spott
Category: AI in HR & Talent
Spott is the AI-native ATS and CRM platform for recruitment agencies, unifying applicant tracking, CRM, multi-channel outreach and AI agents in one system. Spott was founded in 2024. The company is led by Lander Degrève. Based in Leuven, Belgium. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $24.2M. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include Balderton Capital, Base10 Partners, Y Combinator, Fortino Ventures, True Equity.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Leuven, Belgium
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $24.2M
Value proposition
Replaces fragmented legacy ATS/CRM stacks with a single AI-native platform where AI agents are embedded across the entire recruiting workflow, letting recruiters cut admin time and place candidates faster.
Products and solutions
AI-native ATS + CRM platform, AI agents, semantic Search & Match, multi-channel outreach & campaigns, Conversation Intelligence (call note-taking/summarization), Data Enrichment, Candidate Presentation (company portal, CV formatting), Unibox, Decision Intelligence, analytics & reporting, integrations (mail, calendar
Unique value
The first-of-its-kind AI-native ATS/CRM architected with AI at the core (not bolted onto a legacy database), consolidating point solutions into one integrated system with humans in control of explainable AI recommendations.
Target customer
Recruitment and staffing agencies (permanent placement, executive search, staffing, RPO & consulting) across Europe, US and APAC.
Industries served
Recruitment / Staffing, HR Tech, Executive Search, RPO & Consulting
Technology advantage
AI-native architecture built from the ground up (vs. legacy relational ATS retrofitted with AI); embedded AI agents across every workflow; enterprise-grade licensed AI models, cloud hosting and third-party APIs for data privacy; semantic search and automated candidate matching.
How they differentiate
Positions as the AI-native alternative to legacy incumbents like Bullhorn — unified ATS+CRM with AI embedded at the core rather than bolted on, plus unified multi-channel communication and zero-loss data migration from legacy systems.
Main competitors
Bullhorn, Loxo, Recruit CRM (also Recruiterflow, Vincere, Manatal, Ezekia)
Key partnerships
Y Combinator (W25 batch), backed by Balderton Capital, Base10 Partners, Fortino Ventures, True Equity, integrations with mail, calendar and WhatsApp.
Notable customers
Stanton Chase (Executive Search), Pauwels Consulting, Serena Advisory, HROne Group, PSG - Technology &
Major milestones
Founded November 2024 in Leuven, Y Combinator W25 batch, $3.2M seed (2025), opened New York and Sydney offices, $21M Series A led by Balderton (Sept 2026).
Growth metrics
500+ agencies worldwide; 44 team members; revenue up ~10x since start of year (per founder); 1,000+ candidate reports generated; offices in Leuven, NYC and Sydney.
Market positioning
Fast-growing challenger in the recruitment software market; one of the fastest-growing Belgian startups, serving 500+ agencies worldwide with offices in Leuven, New York and Sydney.
Geographic focus
Europe (HQ Belgium), US (New York) and APAC (Sydney); competing globally against US incumbents like Bullhorn and Loxo.
About Lander Degrève
Ex-Bain (strategy projects across HR-tech and recruiting operations); built an AI job-match tool and a GenAI consulting-case interviewer as side projects; background in Financial Statistics with IB internship at JPMorgan; met co-founders at KU Leuven.
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Official website: https://spott.io