Whilst 2026 with a limited number of fundings announcements, February was much more busy with several companies communicating their funding rounds often still closed before Christmas / end of year.   Similar to the last months of 2025, investments are again primarily in the frontline payroll, benefits, learning and talent acquisition space. Here are the details: ⬇𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 💵   Naboo   (FR) raised a $70M Series-B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with pa

The year 2026 started of with a limited number of fundings announced - likely also due to holiday season. Similar to the last months of 2025, investments are again primarily in the benefits, learning and talent acquisition space. Here are the details: ⬇𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 💵   Carol   (IT) raised a €6.5M Series-A round led by   Futura SGR   and   P101   plus an additional €2M debt financing. Carol's total equity raised thus exceeds €11 million since its founding. Specific

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

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

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