Job&Talent and the road to unicorn status: a €1.3 billion valuation and a focus on capital efficiency

TechnologyInternationalEl Ecosistema StartupNov 14, 2026, 4:03 AMAI summary

Job&Talent co-founders Juan Urdiales and Felipe Navío recount in an interview with Business People how they went from a local job portal in 2009 to a labor marketplace across three continents managing 300,000 workers a year. The company closed a €92 million Series F in April 2025 at a €1.3 billion valuation, with BlackRock joining. The text frames the case within a Spanish ecosystem valued at €125 billion, with 17 unicorns, according to ICEX.

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Job&Talent closed a €92 million Series F in April 2025 at a €1.3 billion valuation, with BlackRock alongside Atomico, DN Capital, Hercules, Infravia, Kibo and Kinnevik
Kinnevik, a 5% shareholder, cut its valuation of the company by 26%, to just over €1.4 billion, after warning of a significant slowdown due to falling e-commerce demand
The company deployed AI agents: its first agent, Clara, conducted more than 180,000 interviews and contributed to more than 7,000 hires

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