A resume tells you what someone has done. It tells you almost nothing about how they will actually perform. We led Mappa's $3.4 million seed round because the company closes that gap with something every candidate already has: their voice.
Hiring based on how people actually work
Mappa analyzes more than 30 vocal signals from a short conversation, drawing on over 100,000 data points in under a minute, to measure the things resumes miss: communication, ownership, empathy, and composure under pressure. For employers the payoff is concrete. Mappa reports more than $30,000 saved per hire and hundreds of hours saved per open role, and already serves more than 100 employers across the United States and Latin America.
The company was founded by Sarah Lucena, Pablo Bérgolo, and Daniel Moretti, with roots in Miami and Brazil. They bootstrapped Mappa to multimillion-dollar revenue before raising a dollar from us, and the seed round was oversubscribed.
Why we led the round
We love founders who prove the model before they ask for capital, and who build for markets others overlook. Latin American talent is some of the most underestimated in the world, and Mappa is building from there outward.
“Resumes tell you the highlights of what someone has done, Mappa AI shows you how they'll perform in the real world.”
Tim Draper
That is the kind of practical, global, founder-proven company we are proud to back early.
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