Tempo secured £5M in Series A funding led by Adecco Groups

Tempo, a London, UK and Manchester, UK-based recruitment platform, secured £5M ($6.2M) in Series A funding.

The money was raised from investors led by Adecco Group.

Proceeds will be used to invest in technology, accelerate further UK expansion and increase its workforce from 35 to 50 in 2020.

Tempo, founded in 2017 by Ben Chatfield and Ollie Povey, provides a recruitment platform for scale-up companies including Monzo, Starling Bank and Bulb. Its platform uses technology to simplify the recruitment process, with machine learning used to match job seekers to potential employers and video interviews used for screening. Other backers in the company including VC firm Hambro Perks, and Chris Bruce and Michael Whitfield, founders of Thomsons Online Benefits.