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Last week, Dex announced its $3.1M pre-seed round, led by Concept Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun program, alongside incredible angels from companies like Meta, Wise, Deliveroo, and Incident.io.
The hiring world is changing fast. In 2025, almost $1 trillion will be spent on recruitment fees globally — yet the average tenure in tech is lower than ever, and hiring success rates continue to fall. Amidst AI-generated CV spam and "interview cheating bots," it’s harder than ever for companies and candidates to find the right match.
Dex is tackling this head-on. By combining generative AI voice technology, machine learning-driven matchmaking, and large-scale data intelligence, Dex helps employers and candidates focus on what really matters: finding true alignment on skills, values, and culture.
Rather than replacing human connection, Dex’s AI makes more meaningful hiring conversations possible by removing the noise and better qualifying candidates and roles at scale.
At Concept Ventures, we back founders with a maniacal commitment to their customers/users.
We saw founders in Paddy Lambros and Harry Uglow who not only deeply understand the broken hiring market but are uniquely equipped to fix it. Paddy’s background leading early-stage talent at Atomico and Improbable, combined with Harry’s engineering leadership at Atomico, gives Dex the rare mix of domain expertise and technical excellence needed to build this new category.
Dex’s vision of combining conversational AI with real human relationships resonated with us strongly. In a world racing toward volume and automation, Dex stands for trust, quality, and care - AI improving experiences and rethinking categories.
Dex is currently live with a select group of high-growth startups and hedge funds, with plans to open wider later this year. You can join the waitlist here.
We couldn't be more excited to support the Dex team as they help companies and candidates form partnerships that truly last.
Welcome to the Concept family, Dex! 🚀
