# Katherine Allen

> Katherine Allen is the co-founder and CEO of Flo Recruit (branded as Flo), an Austin-based vertical SaaS company that builds recruiting and hiring software for the legal industry. She started the company as an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, went through Y Combinator in 2019, and left school to build Flo full time with co-founder Atreya Misra. Today Flo partners with more than 125 law firms, including close to 70% of the AmLaw 100, and over 100 law schools serving 25,000-plus students, and has raised roughly $5.5 million-plus across seed and a 2025 Series A round.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Flo Recruit
- **Organizations:** Flo Recruit, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, Plan II Honors, University of Texas at Austin
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Flo Recruit, a vertical SaaS platform for legal recruiting and hiring, Grew Flo to partner with 125+ law firms, including nearly 70% of the AmLaw 100, Built a platform used by 100+ law schools serving more than 25,000 student users

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Begins work on an early version of Flo Recruit as a sophomore at UT Austin, initially with two of her sorority sisters
- **2018** — Meets Atreya Misra, a UT electrical and computer engineering graduate student, who joins as software developer and co-founder
- **2019** — Joins Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch and leaves UT Austin to pursue Flo Recruit full time
- **2019** — Raises a $1M seed round backed by Y Combinator, Dorm Room Fund and LiveOak Venture Partners
- **2023** — Closes an oversubscribed $4.2M seed round led by LiveOak Venture Partners and Moneta Ventures
- **2025** — Announces Series A funding led by LiveOak Ventures and Moneta Ventures to expand law school and law firm talent solutions

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Flo Recruit, a vertical SaaS platform for legal recruiting and hiring
- Grew Flo to partner with 125+ law firms, including nearly 70% of the AmLaw 100
- Built a platform used by 100+ law schools serving more than 25,000 student users
- Selected for Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch
- Raised roughly $5.5M+ across seed and Series A rounds
- Awarded the John S. Butler Distinguished Student award at UT Austin for her campus contributions through Genesis and Flo Recruit

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Flo Recruit announced Series A funding led by LiveOak Ventures and Moneta Ventures, with participation from The LegalTech Fund, Y Combinator and Teamworthy Ventures, to expand its law school and law firm talent solutions.
- **2023-08** — Closed an oversubscribed $4.2M seed round to expand reporting features and system integrations.

## Links

- Website: https://florecruit.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-allen-flo
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kath__allen
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/MPZ07IRgggo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FloRecruit

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Last updated: 2026-07-16