Online recruitment tendering platform TalentPuzzle has secured funding from The Aspire Fund.

Following its launch last year, TalentPuzzle secured its first external investment round from a syndicate which includes the government’s flagship £12.5m Aspire Fund, managed by Capital for Enterprise Ltd (CfEL).

The firm has also  received investment from private fund Venrex Investment Management and two further angel investors, in a funding round that will allow the company to enhance its platform, increase marketing efforts and build on its database.

Established in November 2008, the £12.5m Aspire Fund supports women-led businesses to increase the number of successful female entrepreneurs within the UK, so that they are not hampered by a lack of growth capital.

Virginia Raemy, chief executive and founder of TalentPuzzle, says: “I am very happy and feel reinforced by the trust that Aspire and Venrex are showing us through their respective investments. I have big goals for TalentPuzzle and with our investors’ support plan to establish TalentPuzzle as the UK’s leading recruitment marketplace for employers and recruitment agencies.”