KEY Portfolio: Vangst

Vangst is an AI-native staffing and workforce solutions platform that connects businesses with vetted, ready-to-work talent across temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire roles. Headquartered in Denver, Vangst pairs a proprietary, in-house AI recruiting engine with full employer-of-record support, handling recruiting, onboarding, compliance, payroll, workers’ compensation, insurance, and day-to-day management for its W-2 workforce. Built as the leading hiring platform for the cannabis industry, Vangst has since expanded across agriculture, manufacturing, and light industrial verticals, and is extending its model into construction, skilled trades, healthcare, life sciences, and engineering. Vangst is scaling a platform designed to bring technology-driven efficiency to one of the largest and most fragmented sectors of the economy.