Coople, a European flexible jobs platform previously known as Staff Finder, announced that it has raised USD 21 million from One Peak Partners, Goldman Sachs Private Capital and Harbert European Growth Capital. The new capital will be used to fund further investment into Coople’s product and technology innovation, recruitment and continued expansion in Switzerland and in the UK ahead of further international expansion.

In total Coople has raised USD 45 million to date, following investment from One Peak Partners, Goldman Sachs Private Capital, Rothschild Paris Orléans and angel investors.

Separately, Coople also announced that it has appointed Viktor Calabrò, Coople’s Founder, as Executive Chairman with a focus on innovation and thought leadership. The group also as promoted Rinaldo Olivari, previously Managing Director for the UK, to Group Chief Executive Officer and of Anthony Vaslin, previously Managing Director for Switzerland, to Group Chief Operating Officer. These appointments take effect immediately.

David Klein, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at One Peak Partners, said “We are excited to continue supporting Coople alongside new and existing investors. Coople is enjoying extremely high growth rates in one of the most attractive technology market opportunities in Europe and is increasingly consolidating its position as the leading on-demand flexible staffing platform with investments in product, automation and continued international expansion.”

Stellares, AI job matching start-up with operations in the US and Israel, announced that it has closed a USD 3.5 million dollar seed round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). The start-up founded in 2016 by entrepreneurs Roi Chobadi and Andy Katz. The start-up has developed an algorithm based on AI that is the basis of a recruitment platform that helps workers find the best suited jobs for their talent, based on a mix of personal and professional goals, according to the Times of Israel. Jersualem Venture Partners said Stellares will first target the US engineering market over the next 2-3 years before expanding to the entire tech sector.