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Metaview raised a $60M Series C led by Insight Partners to scale AI recruiting agents, bringing total funding to $110M as it targets 250 staff by 2027.
Key Takeaways
- Metaview closed a $60M Series C on September 30, 2026, led by Insight Partners; valuation was not disclosed.
- Total funding reaches $110M, with 7,000+ customer companies and headcount planned to grow from 80 to 250.
- The round comes about 15 months after a $35M Series B led by GV.
Lead
Metaview, the London and San Francisco recruiting software company, announced a $60M Series C on October 1, 2026. Insight Partners led the round, which closed on September 30. Founded in 2018 by former Uber and Palantir employees Siadhal Magos (CEO) and Shahriar Tajbakhsh (CTO), the company sells AI agents that source candidates, review applications and run screening conversations. It did not disclose a valuation.
What Did Metaview Announce?
Metaview announced a $60M Series C that lifts its total funding to $110M. The company plans to spend the money on new recruiting agents, a New York office and a jump in headcount from 80 to 250 by the end of 2027. It also plans a community and training programme called "10x Recruiting", aimed at what it describes as talent engineering.
The round follows a $35M Series B in June 2025, led by GV, which took total funding to about $50M at that point. The Series C is therefore the larger cheque, and it arrived roughly 15 months later. Fast follow-on rounds of that kind usually reflect either strong revenue growth or competitive pressure, and the company has published no revenue figures to say which.
Who Backed the Round and What Is the Valuation?
Insight Partners led the round, with participation from GV, Intrepid Growth Partners, Seedcamp, Vertex Ventures US, Plural and Garuda Ventures. Metaview has not disclosed the valuation, so the price Insight paid for its stake cannot be checked against the Series B.
Seedcamp, Plural and Vertex Ventures US are early backers who also appear on the Series B cap table. Their return suggests existing investors saw reason to add to their positions. Insight, a growth-stage investor, is a different kind of lead from GV, which led the previous round. That points to a company being priced on scaling metrics rather than on product promise.
What Does Metaview Actually Sell?
Metaview sells software that records and analyses interviews, plus a growing set of agents that do recruiting work directly. The company says it has recorded more than 6M job interviews and counts more than 7,000 companies as customers, among them Deel, Affirm, Navan and Replit.
Its flagship agent, Fillmore, handles sourcing, outreach, follow-ups and call scheduling. Metaview is also building a dedicated screening agent that conducts structured conversations with applicants. The company acquired Reval in August 2026; deal terms were not disclosed.
Metaview's pitch rests on a volume problem. By its own count, applications per recruiter have risen 412%, and the average time to fill a role is nearly 45 days. The company also says some customers have cut hiring time by more than 75%. Those figures are the company's own and have not been independently verified. Final hiring decisions stay with people, a design choice that also limits regulatory exposure in markets that treat automated hiring as high risk.
Why Does the Round Matter for Rivals?
The round matters because it raises the bar for a crowded field of AI hiring startups, most of which are earlier in their funding history. Spott raised a $21M Series A and Jack & Jill a $40M Series A, so Metaview now holds more than the Series A rounds of both combined. Larger applicant tracking vendors and HR platforms are building similar features, which narrows the space for stand-alone tools.
Ryan Hinkle of Insight Partners said the recruiting process generates more candidate volume than most organisations know how to handle. That reads as a bet that AI-written applications will keep flooding hiring pipelines, and that employers will pay for software to filter them. It is also a bet that candidates and regulators will accept machine-run screening conversations, which remains untested at scale.
What Comes Next for Metaview?
The next test is whether agents that act on behalf of recruiters can win budget from the teams currently buying interview note-taking software. Moving from recording interviews to running them raises the stakes. A flawed screening agent affects who gets a job, not just how a transcript reads.
Growing from 80 to 250 employees in about 15 months is aggressive, and New York will give the company a third hub alongside London and San Francisco. Revenue disclosure, or a valuation attached to the next round, would show whether growth justified the pace.
Outlook
Metaview has $110M in total funding, a growth-stage lead investor and a plan to triple its team by the end of 2027. The funding gives it room against better-capitalised incumbents and well-funded startups. Without disclosed revenue or valuation, the strength of the business remains unconfirmed. How its screening agents perform with employers and candidates will shape the next round.
