Fika Jobs raises $4M to build AI-powered video hiring platform

Fika Jobs, a Stockholm-based startup, raised a $4 million pre-seed funding round led by Luminar Ventures to develop a video-first hiring platform where AI agents conduct interviews and assemble candidate profiles.

The platform uses AI to generate personalized interview questions after candidates connect their LinkedIn profile, and candidates then complete a roughly 10-minute video interview powered by Google’s Gemini models.

After the interview, Fika automatically edits responses into short video clips and organizes them into a live profile that employers can discover and revisit as new roles open.

Unlike many competitors that focus on employer-side sourcing and screening, Fika’s approach centers on candidate-maintained video profiles that have already been evaluated by AI, aiming to assess communication skills and cultural fit early in the process.

The platform will open early access to candidates this week, with a broader public launch planned for this fall, starting in Sweden before expanding internationally.

Fika currently has a small team and expects to reach around 10 employees by the end of the year, with more than 100 companies on the waitlist and over 50 companies having tested the platform, including Plenty Labs, SICS.ai, Kognity, and Rebtel.

Employers pay nothing up front, but Fika takes a 10% fee of a candidate’s first-year salary upon a successful hire, which the company says is lower than the 20% to 30% placement fees charged by traditional recruiters.