Refriend
Investor One-Pager•2026
Reinventing Candidate Hiring

Turn job applications into referrals.

Refriend connects job seekers with internal employees who can refer them to roles at their companies.

Verified Company Employees4x Higher Interview Rates
The problem

Great candidates and referrers can't find each other.

For candidates

A referral can significantly improve your chances — but finding an internal referrer for every position is slow, random, and often impossible.

For employees

Employees are happy to refer and may receive referral bonuses, but they rarely have the time, reach, or access to strong candidates beyond their own network.

The solution

A structured, scalable referral network.

Candidates apply to referral-enabled positions, and qualified profiles are connected with employees inside those companies who can refer them.

  1. CandidateApplies on Refriend
  2. RefriendMatches with employees
  3. Internal EmployeeReviews & refers
  4. ReferralTo the company
The market

A large and growing market for a better way to apply.

Refriend competes for the same candidate intent currently captured by traditional job platforms, with a referral-first approach.

$8.1B

Global Online Job Search Platform Market (2025)

20252032
0.05%

5–Year Market Share Target

≈$4MAnnual Revenue

Our long-term goal is to make Refriend a place candidates check before applying through a traditional job board.

TractionLive data
Live API metrics and a referrer snapshot
Connected to Refriend API
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394

Subscriptions sold

€6,942

Plan-value revenue

167

Companies

375

Employee referrers

Revenue reflects subscription plan values, not all monthly renewal payments; it may understate actual receipts. Employee referrers is a manually maintained snapshot.

Still skeptical? Subscription and company figures are refreshed automatically when new data is available.
Built from industry experience

25+ years in recruitment and employment platforms.

Refriend's co-founders bring over 25 years of combined experience, with a track record from building and operating IranTalent (the largest and longest-running recruitment platform in the Middle East) and WINATALENT (an international freelancing platform).

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IranTalent

The largest and longest-running recruitment platform in the Middle East.

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WINATALENT

An international freelancing platform.

RefriendA new chapter, built on decades of experience.
The raise
€50,000

A focused pre-seed round to fund up to 12 months of execution and network scale.

Primary use of capital

Growth & User Acquisition

Scale candidate acquisition, position coverage, and expand the verified employee referral network.

Product & Platform Development

Strengthen the platform, candidate matching, referral infrastructure, and company workflow automation.