UNLEASH Startup Award: Lightning Round

This UNLEASH Startup Award semi-final will be the only one to take place onsite, and is a must-see for anyone interested in the latest up-and-coming HR Tech. The top semi-finalists will compete in a particularly dynamic competition, pitching their product at hyper speed (three minutes or less!) and receiving instant live feedback from our expert panel of judges.

Our judges will provide fresh, critical, and very direct feedback before ultimately selecting one winner based on both pitch and product. The company with the most “buy-in” will take the grand prize: a guaranteed competition spot in the UNLEASH Startup Award finale at UNLEASH America 2023!

Agenda:

11:40 AM, Wrky: Would you Drive with your Eyes Closed? Wrky: Unlocking the Final Frontier of Business Data. Organizations globally spend $856bn annually on Enterprise Systems, while they reportedly lose $7tn globally on employee disengagement but don’t join the dots. At Wrky, we integrate and contextualize people data with enterprise system data to unlock the last frontier of business intelligence – true People Analytics. Our mission is to UNLEASH HR as a business driver and VALUE creator.
Dr. Brian Slattery, CEO & Founder, Wrky

11:50 AM, Talk’n’Job: Apply While Having a Drink- Voice-Based Job Applications. This presentation is about the efficient sourcing of candidates in the Blue Collar & GenZ target group and the right candidate approach. With figures and best practice examples, current problems, developments, and a solution for them will be presented.
Markus Krampe, CEO, Talk’n’Job 

12:00 PM, Vault Verify: The Employee Data Battleground – Why You Should Rethink your VOE/VOI Vendor Decision. After a brief service overview, Tim Fessenden will describe the new employee data battleground drawn by CPRA and other state legislation. With new data stewardship responsibilities, employers must secure access to their employee data. Tim will then highlight 4 ways that Vault Verify is uniquely positioned to protect employee data and provide a better way to outsource verifications of employment and income.
Tim Fessenden, CEO, Vault Verify

12:10 PM, Virgil HR: A SaaS Solution that Brings Instant, Prescriptive Employment, and Labor law Guidance to HR. Jocelyn will share the inception and journey of VirgilHR, explain the compliance challenges HR professionals face today, and illustrate how VirgilHR’s ground-breaking solution revolutionizes compliance for HR.
Jocelyn King, CEO & Founder, VirgilHR

12:20 PM, Equidi: Embracing Innovation to Level up the Ledger on Gender. We live in an unequal world. According to the World Economic Forum, at the current rate of progress, it will take 132 years to close the global gender pay gap. The problem? You can’t change what you can’t see – and current approaches to solve this complex issue haven’t shifted the paradigm. Join Natalie Flynn from equidi as she shares her innovative tech solution that puts gender on the agenda to shape a more equitable and inclusive future – one we can all look forward to.
Natalie Flynn, CEO & Founder, equidi