One of the world鈥檚 fastest-growing video interview scaleups is targeting $50m turnover following a major upgrade to its technology.
Willo was founded by Euan Cameron and Andrew Wood in Glasgow in 2018 with a mission to help connect the world鈥檚 most talented people with new opportunities.
Growth at the scale-up, which received 拢1.5m in investment in 2022, has surged in 2023, with almost 50,000 people hired through the platform 鈥� up 73 per cent year-on-year.
The firm鈥檚 technology 聽is already by more than 5,000 organisations around the world in more than 140 countries including Prada, HelloFresh,聽, and the NHS.
It is now fully integrated with 11 of the world鈥檚 biggest HR platforms, including Ashby, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and SmartRecruiters.
Willo has also moved into the top 10 video interview software platforms according to global software marketplace G2.
Euan Cameron, Willo鈥檚 co-founder and CEO, estimates turnover at the tech firm will top $50m (拢39m) within the next two-and-a-half years 鈥� with the latest upgrade and expansion in the North America the gateway to achieving it.
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He said: 鈥淭his is one of the biggest developments at Willo since launch.
鈥淚t enables existing and future large customers to benefit from Willo鈥檚 interviewing technology within their existing HR and recruitment ecosystem, making the process even more seamless and opening the door to potentially millions more users.
鈥淚t also signals a significant shift in direction for Willo as a company as we seek to meet the needs of some of the world’s largest organisations. We are already working with HelloFresh, Prada, the NHS, Hotjar and others, and we fully expect to see more Fortune 500 businesses taking up the technology.
鈥淚t is difficult to forecast the true impact on growth of these new integrations 鈥� but it puts us firmly on a path to becoming the world鈥檚 premier provider of video interview software, and that possibility has never been more real.鈥�
Willo鈥檚 new 鈥榩lug-and-play integrations mean users can enable integrations without developer support or any technical knowledge, everything is plug-and-play.
Other benefits recently introduced include automated ID and Right to Work checks to streamline the hiring process and make the hiring experience at scale more frictionless for customers and candidates.
Recently, Willo also unveiled the appointment of tech deals expert Kevin Swan as VP Finance in a move signalling a shift towards more data-led insights and intelligence.
Award-winning Swan previously headed up professional services giant EY鈥檚 tech deals division in Scotland.