Leapsome
Leapsome sells an AI-powered HR platform that combines recruiting, talent management and compensation tools. It serves over 2,000 companies including Spotify and Mercedes-Benz, and raised $60M in a 2022 Series A.
The growth story
Leapsome grew from 54 to 142 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $60M along the way, most recently a Series A in March 2022.
About
Leapsome provides HR software that handles employee data from hiring through compensation in one system. Its AI features aim to help HR teams manage more employees with fewer resources by centralizing people operations.
The company has grown to 142 employees since its 2016 founding. Its $60M Series A in 2022 included investors like Creandum and Insight Partners, though current headcount growth rates aren't available.
Founders and leadership
Customer success and support is the largest department with 35 employees. The leadership team comes primarily from European tech companies, with a median tenure of just one year across the organization.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 21 (-5% YoY), Sales 19 (+27% YoY), Customer Success and Support 15 (+7% YoY), Community and Social Services 14 (+27% YoY), Operations 12 (+33% YoY), Marketing 11 (-15% YoY).
Talent flow
Leapsome recruits heavily from SAP, Personio and Google, with 3 hires from each. Alumni frequently move to other HR tech firms like Personio and HiBob, suggesting skills transfer within the niche.
Most common previous employers of Leapsome staff: SAP (4), trivago (3), Personio (3), Google (3), Zalando (3), Amazon (3). Former Leapsome employees most often moved to Personio (3), Tribe.xyz (2), WalkMe (2), HiBob (2), SBG Funding (2), Kombo (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Leapsome mafia
Seven alumni have founded companies, including harochi (1 founder plus 4 former staff) and Needle (1 founder plus 2 staff). This suggests strong entrepreneurial spillover from the HR tech specialization.
7Macklin Buckler, was Senior Account Executive until 2021Julian Shergill, was Entrepreneur in Residence until 2024Simon Wöllner, was Senior Product & Strategy Manager II until 2025Zaid Meurer, was Strategic Sales Coach, EMEA until 2023Matthew Rapoza, was Senior Account Executive until 2023Patrick Schenavsky, was Global Head of Sales Enablement until 2023
Malthe Harslof, was EVP Global Sales (CSO) until 2024Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 63% direct, 13% search, 12% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Leapsome: Teamwork (63), Microsoft Office (56), Project Management (52), Microsoft Excel (48), Communication (47), Leadership (42), Sales (40), Customer Service (40).
Where the team actually sits
Leapsome people are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (67), New York, United States (15), Germany (11), Berlin Metropolitan Area (10).
Search footprint
Leapsome attracts about 0 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1 ranking keywords and lost 0 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Leapsome has 142 employees as of September 2026.
Leapsome has raised $60M in total, most recently a Series A round in March 2022.
Leapsome was founded in 2016 by Jenny Podewils.
The most common previous employers of current Leapsome staff are SAP (4 people), trivago (3 people), Personio (3 people).
Former Leapsome employees most often move to Personio (3), Tribe.xyz (2), WalkMe (2).
At least 7 companies have a founder who previously worked at Leapsome, including harochi, Needle, Sikia.ai.
The most common skills among Leapsome staff are Teamwork, Microsoft Office, Project Management, Microsoft Excel, Communication.
Leapsome staff are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (67), New York, United States (15), Germany (11).
Leapsome has about 21 people in Engineering, down 5% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Leapsome has about 19 people in Sales, up 27% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 135 current and 188 former Leapsome profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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