Helio AI is Scaling Its AI Recruiting Agent Globally

Helio AI, an AI-powered recruiting platform with ATS and a gamified personality test, led by Iako Jikia, Nini Mosiashvili, Natia Kukhilava, and Sulkhan Sakhvadze, has secured a $1M seed round led by SABAH.fund, joined by DOMiNO Ventures, Axiom, Tetrad VC, and Angel investor Bas Godska. The new funding will support global expansion of Helio’s AI Recruiting Agent, enhance product capabilities, and transform hiring processes in fast-growing markets.

Helio AI pairs an intelligent, multilingual recruiting agent with game-based psychometric tests, automating up to 70% of recruiter tasks and speeding accurate hiring for large applicant pools. A $350K pre-seed round helped build its AI platform and secure traction with hundreds of brands across seven emerging-market countries.

In its $1M seed round, investors highlighted Helio AI’s role in addressing a major HR challenge: the manual, repetitive, and biased processes of frontline hiring, particularly in high-turnover industries.

Co-founder and CEO Iako Jikia said, “We’re grateful for the continued trust of our early investors and proud to welcome new partners who share our culture and energy. This round is a key step in scaling Helio globally and amplifying the impact already being created across our markets.”

SABAH.fund Managing Partner Abbas Kazmi said, “Helio AI addresses a systemic challenge in HR, closing the gap in advanced AI recruitment solutions with a team poised to shape the future of hiring.”

Axiom added, “Helio AI tackles one of business’s most persistent and costly problems: understanding human capability beyond the CV.”

Early traction was a key signal for investors of Helio’s product-market fit. Tetrad VC noted, “Helio is expanding internationally, working with major brands, and tackling a critical hiring challenge. Growing month after month without heavy marketing shows the product works and the team knows what they’re doing.”

For DOMiNO Ventures, Helio’s leadership and execution were decisive factors. They said, “Over the past 1.5 years, we’ve seen Helio’s consistency, transparency, and strong execution, reinforcing our belief that the team can build a category-defining company while solving a critical problem.”

Serial angel investor Bas Godska, founder of Acrobator Ventures and early backer of companies like MIRO and Harver, also joined the round, bringing deep expertise in growth, marketing scale-ups, and cross-regional expansion.

With this funding and global investor support, Helio AI is set to accelerate its expansion, scaling its AI Recruiting Agent and delivering faster, fairer, and more intelligent hiring worldwide.