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Last month, again showed some interesting hashtag#European hashtag#HRTech & hashtag#EdTech startup investments - this time especially in Germany. Whilst global investment showed quite significant fundings (e.g. in the US), the number of venture deals in Europe was limited. 

Let me know if I overlooked something in the comments below! 👇 

⬇𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:

💵 dopay (UK) raised a $13.5m Series A led by Argentem Creek Partners for its cashless payroll payment platform for businesses.

💵 CultureAI (UK) raised a $10m Series A led by Smedvig Ventures and Mercia Ventures for its human risk management platform that helps identify workforce security risks and coach employees.

💵 Female Invest (DK) raised a €10.3m Series A led by Rubio Impact Ventures and Educapita for expansion of its financial learning community, wrapped in one, to the US.

💵 doinstruct (DE) raised a €7.6m in a funding round led by Creandum for its mobile training solution for frontline workers.

💵 WorkerHero (DE) raised a €4m Series A led by Mediahuis Ventures with participation of Bonsai Partners and 10x Founders for its bluecolor/ frontline worker job and recruiting platform.

💵 Educatly (IE) raised €2.5M Seed round led by TLcom Capital LLP and Plus VC (+VC) for its student-recruitment platform providing students with all the information they need to study abroad.

💵 HR Duo (IE) raised €1.7M debt funding from Salica Investments to expand its workforce management solutions further into UK.

💵 Solidroad (YC W25) (IE) raised €1.2M seed funding round from angel investors for its AI-powered platform dedicated to revolutionizing hiring, onboarding, and training for enterprises.

💵 DYNO (DE) raised an additional €1m for its pre-seed round now totaling 2.5m led by Haufe Group Ventures for its digital and provision-free solutions for occupational pension schemes.

Also Talent2Go (DE) and Everday (NL) reported some funding or grant activity. Not being pure HRTech, but also services business also HR Path's (FR) €500m debt financing has been picked up in several venture funding reports. 

Globally, SmartHR, Inc.'s (JP) $140m Series E was remarkable.

Congrats to the startups, their teams and the founder including Frans van Eersel, James Moore, Emma Due Bitz, Charlotte Rothert, Thorsten Gross, Richard Fischer, Mohmmed El Sonbaty, Jerome Forde, Mark Hughes, Marc Karkossa, Luis Weber, Mike Joszko and their teams as well as to the investors!