Fika Jobs Secures $4 Million Pre-Seed for AI Video Hiring Platform

2 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 23

$4 million in pre-seed funding will help Stockholm-based Fika Jobs build out its AI-driven, video-first hiring platform, expand its team and prepare a wider launch later in 2026.
The platform asks candidates to link LinkedIn profiles, complete roughly 10-minute AI interviews powered by Google Gemini, and turn responses into short video clips employers can browse instead of relying only on resumes.
Fika is pitching that model as a fix for opaque, inefficient hiring and as a way to surface communication skills and potential—especially for early-career and non-traditional candidates that resumes may undersell.
The company plans to open early candidate access this week, start in Sweden and grow to about 10 employees by year-end; more than 100 companies are on its waitlist and over 50 have already tested it.
Employers pay no upfront fee, with Fika taking 10% of a successful hire's first-year salary, while the founders acknowledge video profiles also raise discrimination risks by exposing appearance, age and accent earlier.