Krenovator Lands Seed Funding to Power Up AI Hiring Platform

Boosting AI Brains in Southeast Asia

Malaysia-based Krenovator, a talent platform designed for AI-powered tech hiring, has secured seed funding to expand its regional presence and upgrade its platform capabilities. The startup connects Southeast Asian software engineers with global companies and wants to streamline the hiring process using artificial intelligence. With its latest funding—led by Silicon Valley’s The Hive Southeast Asia and Malaysia’s Malayan Bank Berhad—the company aims to improve its tech engine and grow its talent base. This latest move signals growing investor appetite for AI-driven recruitment platforms that bridge workforce gaps across borders.

A Smarter Way to Find Tech Talent

Krenovator offers an AI-powered talent assessment engine that evaluates engineers’ skills in real time, matching them to suitable job opportunities. It also provides developers with upskilling tools, project-based career building, and a collaborative community. The platform currently supports over 14,000 tech professionals and has enabled hundreds of job matches. With fresh capital, Krenovator plans to extend these offerings and integrate even smarter AI to help companies make faster, more accurate hiring decisions.

Scaling with Intelligence and Regional Focus

The funding will help Krenovator double down on user acquisition in Indonesia, Vietnam, and other fast-growing ASEAN markets. By solving geographic and skill-gap challenges with algorithms and data, Krenovator believes it can become the go-to platform for hiring software engineers in the region. CEO Cheong Chia Chou emphasized the startup’s mission to empower local talents to participate in the global digital economy—without necessarily leaving home. As competition tightens for skilled developers worldwide, intelligent talent platforms like Krenovator are poised to play a pivotal role.