Yello
“Can an established campus-recruiting SaaS reinvent itself as an AI-native platform before AI-first challengers commoditize the category?”
Founded2008
HQChicago, Illinois, United States
FoundersJason Weingarten, Dan Bartfield
Total raised$89.4M
Latest roundLater Stage VC, $5.79M
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / HR & Recruiting
The story
Founded 2008 as Recsolu to help enterprises manage campus recruiting; rebranded to Yello in 2015 to expand into professional recruiting. Acquired WayUp for candidate sourcing. Now positioned as an AI-powered campus recruiting platform with FedRAMP authorization for federal agencies. Yello has no embedded finance surface area — it is a pure recruiting/HR SaaS product with no payments, banking, lending, or money-movement components.
Product timeline
2008
Founded as Recsolu to support large enterprises with campus recruiting· launch
2015
Rebranded from Recsolu to Yello and expanded to professional recruiting; closed $5M Series B led by Argentum· pivot
2022
Achieved FedRAMP authorization in partnership with the Department of State· compliance
2024
Achieved ISO 27001 certification and celebrated two years of FedRAMP authorization· compliance
2026
Launched Yello Campus Recruiting Agent — AI agent for events, sourcing, and interview scheduling· product
Acquisitions
The stack
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