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Ropes has raised $3.1M in a seed round led by GSV Ventures to scale its AI-driven hiring platform. This funding will help the company enhance its unique approach to assessing engineering talent.

PRIVATEApr 02, 2025

Amount Raised

$3.1 Million

Round Type

Seed

New YorkSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceSaaS

Investors

BoxGroupGSV Ventures

Description

Ropes, the AI-driven platform transforming how engineering talent is evaluated, announced today it has raised $3.1M in seed funding. The seed round, led by GSV Ventures with participation from Box Group, will accelerate the company's mission to bridge the gap between technical assessment and real-world performance. In today's trillion dollar skills-based hiring market, accurately measuring technical abilities is the biggest obstacle to efficient hiring. Ropes has built a new way to vet technical talent in the AI era.

Who else raised in SaaS and Software around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Ropes that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Cursor raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on April 21, 2025.
  • Left Main REI raised an undisclosed amount (Seed) on May 15, 2025.
  • Instead raised $5M on May 15, 2025.
  • Rentana raised $5M (Seed) on May 6, 2025.
  • Skillvue raised $6.3M (Seed) on May 5, 2025.
  • diio raised $2.5M (Seed) on May 5, 2025.

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Company Information

Company

Ropes

Location

New York, New York, United States

About

Ropes is a software platform that bridges the gap between technical assessment and real-world performance. It creates assessments unique to roles and evaluates candidates in a manner similar to human interviewers. Ropes aims to improve the skills-based hiring process by accurately measuring technical abilities. The platform utilizes AI to provide real-world simulations tailored to customer domains and tech stacks.

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