The last month of 2025 contained a few larger European HR Tech fundings for new start-ups or uprising scale-ups.   Again different areas of employee benefits plays as well as several recruiting and learning focus investments characterize the fundings in the European and also in the US market. US has seen less super large rounds at the end of the year - whilst there is still a chance that some closing from end of December will be communicated in early 2026.   Here are the deta

Following a very active October in terms of HRTech M&A this update summarizes November transactions and there were several ones again in the European HR Tech space. Again, multiple are characterized by established vendors acquiring AI-first vendors. Furthermore, also the payroll and HCM consolidation driven by the HCM and payroll groups continued. Here is the summary for November 2025: 𝐇𝐑𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 📝   Epassi   (FI) backed by   TA Associates   and  

In November, HR Tech fundings for new start-ups or uprising scale-ups in Europe were less significant and notable in size compared to some previous months, while US showed some additional larger rounds. In general, the direction of funding towards AI-first talent acquisition and learning startups continues. Here are the details: ⬇𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 💵   Guidoio   (IT) raised a €3.5M seed-round led by led   360 Capital   alongside   Azimut Libera Impresa   for Italy's fir

Nach den ersten Anzeichen einer Verbesserung des Geschäftsklimas im Frühjahr 2025, bestätigt die Konjunkturbefragung unter HR Software-Anbietern im Herbst diese Entwicklung. Die Bewertung der aktuellen Geschäftslage macht einen deutlichen Sprung nach oben und auch die Geschäftserwartungen verbessern sich weiter gegenüber denen im Frühjahr.   Geschäftslage und -erwartungen Der Geschäftsklimaindex für den deutsch­sprachigen HR-Tech-Markt folgt den geäußerten Hoffnungsschimmern

For my first business trip in my new role as WorkTech/ HRTech advisor I travelled to Amsterdam 🇳🇱 today. The trip alone showed me why...