HR Tech · sub-niche
Internal mobility marketplaces.
Match employees to internal projects + roles based on skills, interest, growth path.
One-quarter buildTrickle — one deal per quarter
Why now
Retention is cheaper than hiring. Internal mobility programs need software.
What the signal looks like
Repos with HRIS adapters, skills-graph libraries, and project-management integrations.
Public examples
We name publicprojects + categories only — never founders we track inside the paid product. The buyer’s edge stays inside the product.
- Gloat / Eightfold internal mobility
- Mercury Mobility shape
- Open-source skills-graph libraries
What this displaces
An annual goal-setting meeting + a LinkedIn search.
Our build-vs-invest call
Niche but durable. Fund only with prior HR-tech GTM. The moat is the skills-graph + the HRIS integration + the workflow.
Common questions about this niche
- Buyer?
- Large enterprise HR leaders.
- Pricing?
- Per employee per year.
- Defensibility?
- Skills-graph depth + integrations.
More inside HR Tech
- AI recruiting shortlist tools — Automatic candidate shortlist from job descriptions + LinkedIn + GitHub + personal sites.
- Employee onboarding automation — First-30-days automation: paperwork, intros, training, equipment, software access.
- Performance review LLMs — AI-drafted reviews, feedback summarization, calibration sessions.
- Payroll for distributed teams — Multi-country payroll + benefits + tax compliance for remote-first teams.