Urfuture, a Lancashire-based hiring platform designed to replace CVs and job boards for entry-level talent, has raised £1.7 million in seed funding led by River Capital. The raise will fund scaling of its marketplace, team growth, and the launch of a white-labelled employer product designed to help companies remove CVs and screen talent faster in the AI era.
Founded with the mission of rebuilding entry-level hiring, Urfuture launched in August and has since reached more than 50,000 downloads, seen more than 11,000 jobs posted, and built a social community of more than 120,000 followers, with content reaching more than 170 million views. Employers using the platform include Tesco, British Airways, West Midlands Police, and the Metropolitan Police. The platform’s earliest customers include Knovia and SP Electricity North West.
The company’s core argument is that the traditional hiring system is broken for entry-level candidates. CVs fail to represent young people who lack work history, job boards do not reach this generation where they spend their time, and AI is compounding the problem by flooding employers with high volumes of low-quality, low-signal applications. Urfuture aims to address this by rebuilding the hiring experience from the ground up for both young job seekers and the employers trying to find them, with a long-term goal of becoming the front door to work for the next generation.
