Published: April 21, 2026 at 1:23 pm
YFM Equity Partners has led a £3 million investment round into talent tech innovator inploi.
The London startup, founded by Matthew de la Hey and Alex Hanson-Smith in 2016 to serve the recruitment needs of the hospitality and leisure sector through a marketplace, was forced to pivot hard to enterprise SaaS when COVID wiped out its customer base and pipeline.
With customers including Compass Group, wagamama, Gail’s and NHS trusts, inploi has facilitated millions of applications across over 70,000 vacancies since that pivot.