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Contrario Scores $2.3M Seed Financing

2026-05-20
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Contrario closed their seed funding at $2.3M, led by Nexus Venture Partners.
Contrario, an AI-native recruiting platform built for high-growth companies, announced its official launch. The platform helps companies at every stage hire faster by combining expert recruiters with AI agents that take on the operational work. In under six months, the company has reached $6M in annualized revenue and paid out over $1M to recruiters. Contrario is quickly gaining traction with 200+ of the fastest growing companies, including Slash, Wispr Flow, and Listen Labs. The team closed their seed funding at $2.3M, led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Inventum Ventures, Goodwater Capital, and notable angel investors including David Chen, Ex-Algorithmic Trader, Hudson River Trading; Abhijeet Dwivedi, Special Projects, OpenAI; Hank Couture, VP, DoorDash; and Jerry Cain, CS Professor, Stanford.
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