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Rising selection · No. 17 in The Rising 100

Saaras Mehan

Co-Founder & CTO · Jack&Jill

City
London
Stage
series-a
Region
Europe
Rising rank
No. 17

Biography

Saaras Mehan, a Cambridge computer science graduate and former England youth chess player, co-founded Jack & Jill, a London-based AI recruitment startup, after previously founding Kular.

Jack&Jill

Saaras Mehan works as co-founder & cto at Jack&Jill, a ai / recruitment company based in London at the series-a stage.

Why they're rising

Jack & Jill raised $20M (Creandum, Dig Ventures) in Oct 2025 to expand to the US, with major press coverage (TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Times), while Mehan remains relatively unknown outside tech/HR circles.

What we verified

Confirmed co-founder, operating company with recent $20M raise; strong momentum and differentiation.

Sources

  1. TechCrunch
  2. Business Insider
  3. The Times