The startup will use the capital to expand its product team and step up its marketing efforts, while developing new features specifically aimed at blue-collar recruitment.
Ghent-based Ringtime, an AI agent platform for managing inbound and outbound conversations, has raised €1.8 million in a seed round led by Volta Ventures, with participation from Syndicate One, JK Invest, New School VC and Allusion.
The company is focused on addressing structural labour shortages across sectors such as retail, logistics and hospitality, where many roles remain unfilled. Traditional recruitment processes for blue-collar workers often rely on repetitive outreach and manual screening, while existing tools are not well adapted to the communication preferences, languages, and availability of these candidates.
Ringtime’s platform automates the recruitment process end-to-end, using AI to determine the most effective way to reach candidates, including preferred channels, timing, and language. It then manages conversations, screening, and matching through a single orchestration layer.
Ringtime is evolving into a complete, intelligent solution for connecting technical candidates to the right job across sectors, languages and geographies. We’re building the infrastructure that brings supply and demand together faster than the market can do on its own,
said Diederik Syoen, co-founder of Ringtime.
Founded in 2025, the company is already generating revenue and working with clients such as Trixxo Jobs, Synergie Jobs and House of HR. In addition to recruitment, Ringtime is also used in sectors such as real estate and technical installations, where managing high volumes of communication is critical.
The funding will be used to expand the team, scale marketing efforts, and strengthen the company’s position in the recruitment sector, with plans to expand into additional European markets.