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Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec

Jobvite secures $7.2 million in Series A financing

On-demand recruitment solution attracts investment from CMEA Ventures

Jobvite, the provider of next generation on-demand recruitment solutions, today announced the completion of a $7.2 million Series A financing led by CMEA Ventures. The company will use the investment to expand product development, marketing and sales efforts. Jim Watson, Managing Director, and Saad Khan, Partner, of CMEA will join the company's Board of Directors.

Jobvite provides an on-demand recruitment application that manages the entire recruiting and hiring process. Built on Web 2.0 technologies, Jobvite is radically easy to use for everyone involved in recruiting. Social networking, collaboration and Outlook integration engage all employees productively in their hiring tasks. The Software as a Service application solves the problem of coordinating hiring activities and data across departments, so companies can identify and hire the best people.

Jobvite customers include TiVo, Infinera, SupportSoft, Mattson Technology and Tellme Networks.

To win the war for talent, companies need to engage all of their employees in recruiting, said Jesper Schultz, Chief Executive Officer of Jobvite. Our next generation solution instantly allows all employees to be involved. Our customers use Jobvite as a strategic advantage to hire the best people.

While the enterprise software market continues to experience consolidation, the Software as a Service market is experiencing explosive growth. Jobvite's solution for recruiting and hiring offers a dynamic way to find the most important yet scarce resource of top talent. It will completely change the way companies go about recruiting and hiring, said Jim Watson, Managing Director at CMEA.

We're very pleased to be working with CMEA as we continue to innovate in the recruitment space, Jesper Schultz continues. As a partner, CMEA brings deep operating experience that will support our market expansion.