Contracts/Deals: Recruit invests in OVIA, becomes Wowzer

Video screening and interviewing technology firm OVIA has received a major investment from strategic partner firm, Japanese recruitment consultancy Recruit.
Wed, 6 Jun 2012
Video screening and interviewing technology firm OVIA has received a major investment from strategic partner firm, Japanese recruitment consultancy Recruit.

OVIA will rebrand as Wowzer, which is intended by the company to be a more “memorable, fun” name.The funding is led by venture capital firm DCM, whose co-founder and general partner Davis Chao now serves on the Wowzer board. He previously worked at Recruit, and is also a board member at Chinese HR recruiter 51job.

Masumi Minegishi, president and chief executive of Recruit, says: “Video screening will be a key factor in recruitment efforts around the globe.

“By investing in the technology at Wowzer, we have an important hand in contributing to that trend.”

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