For many leaders, HR Tech was the missing piece in the puzzle as they configured the post-pandemic environment of enabling work and the workforce. What came to the rescue for those beating the crisis, was digital capabilities to enhance both performance as well as people experience, through technology.

A few weeks ago, we introduced to you some of the emerging startups that are showcasing their cutting-edge offerings - that help build a smarter and digitally fluent HR function - to talent and business leaders across the globe at People Matters TechHR SEA Startup Program 2021. 

With the much awaited virtual conference just two days away, here are the latest additions to the lineup of innovators coming to your screens to share how they are reinventing the HR and worktech landscape:

Payreview

Year of launch: 2018

Headquarters: Mumbai

Founded by Anurag Srivastav, PayReview is a cloud SaaS platform that supports compensation strategy on an end-to-end basis. Its solutions touch base on multiple occasions in employee life cycle from talent attraction to talent retention supported by talent analytics

PayD

Year of launch: 2020

Headquarters - Singapore

Founded by Justin Kong and Darvesh Daswani, Payd is a financial well-being platform that works with employers to allow its employees to receive a portion of their salary as they earn it. Via the Payd app, employees see a live view of their earnings and can instantly access their earned salary whenever they need it. This allows them to better budget and to have the flexibility they deserve. By focusing on financial awareness and flexibility, Payd helps employers improve their employee engagement, productivity and retention.

SmartWFM

Year of launch: 2016

Headquarters: Sydney, Australia

Founded by Jarrod McGrath, Smart WFM is a global human capital management (HCM) consultancy specializing in digital transformation. The company’s service offerings include advisory, implementation and support. Smart WFM also offers Service On Demand and the Apitome Software Suite designed to support the HCM customer journey. 

Neufast

Year of launch: 2018

Headquarters: Hong Kong SAR

Founded by Agnes Wun and Dr. Dennis Lee, Neufast Limited is an award-winning HR Technology provider with a team of I/O psychologists, HR practitioners and data scientists with an accumulated experience of 50 years from leading Talent Management Consulting companies, industries, and Higher Education Institutions. The startup specializes in the improvement of efficiency, fairness, and transparency in candidate selection to support employers acquire quality hires in the APAC region. Neufast employs state-of-the-art video analytics and natural language processing to support HR digitalization strategy of leading enterprises with multi-lingual (Mandarin, English, Cantonese) AI video interviewer for digitizing structured behavioral interviews.

Diversely

Year of launch: 2020

Headquarters: Singapore 

Founded by Helen McGuire and Hayley Bakker, Diversely works towards creating innovative, bias-free tools and D&I analytics to take the guesswork out of hiring. The startup provides AI-driven bias-free hiring tools to help businesses broaden their reach to the best talent and increase their workplace diversity. The tools provide help in finding better candidates more quickly, easily and without recruitment fees - wherever you are in the world. Diversely works on a fully automated subscription basis that is accessible for all companies, big and small.

Excited to meet the trailblazers of worktech and everything HR? Meet these rising startups, investors, mentors, illustrious industry speakers, and talent leaders and professionals from across the globe at People Matters TechHR SEA 2021, coming to your screens from May 5th - 7th, 2021. Click here to register.