Jack & Jill, the AI recruitment company, has raised £15m ($20m) in seed investment to build and expand in Europe and the United States. The round was backed by leading European early-stage firm, Creandum, as well as prominent VCs including Dig Ventures, Entrepreneur First, Ada Ventures, Firedrop, Repeat.vc, Episode1, Playfair and over 75 high-profile angel investors, including Nico Rosberg, and from companies such as Lovable, Anthropic and ElevenLabs.
The business was co-founded by Matthew Wilson and Saaras Mehan, to address the frustration they felt with the inefficiency and bias in the recruitment system while building previous startups.
AI recruiters, Jack and Jill, are designed to give everyone the service of a world-class recruiter at a fraction of the cost.
Jack helps candidates find and land the next step in their career. He speaks to professionals to learn deeply about their experiences, skill sets, and ambitions, only surfacing jobs that truly match.
Similarly, Jill introduces companies to a small number of well-matched candidates for each role. She speaks to hiring managers and talent teams to understand what they are looking for and then scans thousands of conversations from Jack’s network, to pick ideal candidates. She operates faster, more accurately, and at half the cost of traditional recruiters meaning she is a viable partner for job roles of all seniority.
It all starts with a phone call. Jack and Jill can have thousands of conversations each day, acting autonomously to match candidates and roles. Because they speak with the user, they have the nuance and understanding of human recruiters, with the scale and speed of AI.
Jack & Jill is already scaling rapidly in London with Jill integrated into hundreds high-growth companies, recruiting from Jack’s network of 49,000 top talent. Customers are reporting faster time-to-hire, higher candidate quality and savings on the traditional recruiter fees of up to 50%.
Following early traction in the UK, Jack & Jill is preparing for imminent expansion into the US market, targeting the Bay Area, to serve a global audience of candidates and employers seeking more intelligent, cost-effective and frictionless hiring.
The company was founded in early 2025 by Matthew Wilson, who scaled HR technology firm Omnipresent from 0 to $600m valuation in three years, and Saaras Mehan, YC-backed founder of Kular.ai and former England Chess Team member. The company currently employs 12 people.
