inploi

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Location London, UK
Founded 2016
Latest Stage Growth
Total Raised £4.35M+
Website https://www.inploi.com
Sector
hrtech ai saas recruiting

Founders

Matthew de la Hey Co-founder & CEO
Alex Hanson-Smith Co-founder

About

inploi is a London-based candidate-experience platform focused on enterprises with high-volume hiring needs — hospitality, retail, healthcare and similar industries — applying AI agents to automate sourcing, screening and application workflows alongside systems like Workday and SAP 1. The company was founded in 2016 by Matthew de la Hey (CEO) and Alex Hanson-Smith 2.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-04-21 Growth £3M (~€3.4M) YFM Equity Partners — 145
2023-07-25 Seed £1.35M — Chris Nelson, Julia Ross and others 3

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Sources

  1. “Peek inside the pitch deck inploi used to raise £3M from YFM Equity Partners for AI hiring agents,” Tech Funding News, April 2026. Accessed April 2026. https://techfundingnews.com/inploi-3m-funding-ai-hiring-agents-workday-sap/↩↩

  2. “Matthew de la Hey, co-founder and CEO of inploi,” EnSpire Oxford. Accessed April 2026. https://enspire.ox.ac.uk/article/matthew-de-la-hey-co-founder-and-ceo-of-inploi↩

  3. “Recruitment startup inploi raises £1.35 million as it fixes the world of hiring,” Tech.eu, July 25, 2023. Accessed April 2026. https://tech.eu/2023/07/25/recruitment-startup-inploi-raises-ps135-million-as-it-fixes-the-world-of-hiring/↩

  4. BusinessCloud, “YFM leads £3m funding into talent tech innovator inploi,” April 21, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://businesscloud.co.uk/news/yfm-leads-3m-funding-into-talent-tech-innovator-inploi/ — Confirms YFM Equity Partners-led £3M growth round on April 21, 2026 for inploi’s AI hiring agents platform. ↩

  5. UKTN, “Talent recruitment platform inploi raises £3m,” April 21, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.uktech.news/news/investment-news/talent-recruitment-platform-inploi-raises-3m-2026042 — Independent confirmation of inploi’s £3M growth round on April 21, 2026; customers include Compass Group, Wagamama, Gail’s, PureGym, and multiple NHS trusts. ↩