European HR Tech Fundings 09/2025

In September HR Tech fundings for new start-ups or uprising scale-ups picked up again compared to a less busy August summer month. There have been some really noteworthy investments in early-stage and Series-A/ Series-B HRTech ventures in Europe. The investments again underline that AI is driving innovation in all disciplines of HRTech. This time UK and Spain lead in numbers of investments in September. AI-driven recruitment again is 🔥...

Here are the details:

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💵 TERN Group (UK) raised a $24M Series-A round led by UK-based Notion Capital, with participation from RTP Global, LocalGlobe, EQ2 Ventures, Leo Capital, Presight, Tom Stafford (Co-Founder, DST Global, the former NHS Chairman, the CEO of AXA Healthcare and several senior policymakers to build the future of global healthcare workforce. With this raise TERN Group focuses on expanding geographies, investing in AI, and scaling training and operations: https://www.clockin.de/series-a-enhttps://www.tern-group.com/blog/ern-group-raises-24m-series-a-to-build-the-future-of-global-healthcare-workforce

💵 deskbird (CH) raised a $23M Series-B round led by Octopus Ventures with co-investments from NEVA SGR (Intesa Sanpaolo Bank) and AVP, and participation from Alstin Capital, Session, and PortfoLion for its desk booking software enabling AI-powered workplace intelligence for the new work era: https://avpcap.com/deskbird-raises-23-million-series-b-to-redefine-workplace-management/

💵 MyEdSpace (UK) raised a $15M Series-A round led by White Star Capital with participation from Educapital, Emerge VC, Active Partners and Coalition Capital for its online learning platform offering live, interactive lessons for UK students. The new funding will support hiring more teachers, adding subjects, and advancing AI-powered learning tools to improve the student experience. The company is now scaling its UK model across the Atlantic, with initial US courses launching in October: https://www.uktech.news/education/myedspace-11m-series-a-20250929 

💵 clockin (DE) raised a €10M Series-A round led by Newion and NRW Ventures, with participation from existing investors SCALEHOUSE Capital and D11Z. Ventures for its time tracking, resource planning, and absence management software for frontline worker heavy SMBs (e.g. craftsmen). The funding is supposed to accelerate the expansion of the software and AI functions for mobile teams in European SMBs: https://www.clockin.de/series-a-en

💵 Orbio AI (ES) raised a €6.4M Seed round led by Visionaries Club, who doubled down after investing in an earlier round, with additional participation from Plus Partners, Enzo Ventures and 2100 Ventures for "the world’s first AI-native human capital management (HCM) system“. Orbio’s platform is supposed to integrate autonomous, conversational agents that operate around the clock to manage the entire employee lifecycle – from recruitment and onboarding to development and retention: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/09/spanish-ai-native-system-orbio-has-raised-over-e6-million-for-its-hrtech-offering/

💵 Workfully (ES) raised a €4M+ Seed round led by Shilling VC with participation Indico, Pitchdrive, and Secways to reinvent recruiting by empowering independent recruiters. The new capital will fund expansion into Ireland, Germany, Benelux, and the Nordics, further development of the first AI-powered monetization platform for recruiters, and a series of in-person launch events for talent leaders: https://tech.eu/2025/09/23/workfully-bags-eur4m-to-put-independent-recruiters-at-hirings-core/

💵 Pack - The People Development Platform (ES) raised a €3.5M Seed round led by Rialto Venture Capital to address the growing complexity of people development by mapping skills, fostering agile and aware teams, and preparing organisations for future challenges. Its platform integrates skill mapping, digital assessments, and personalized growth paths, including coaching, mentoring, and targeted training, supported by an AI-driven monitoring system that continuously measures progress and business impact: https://tech.eu/2025/09/16/pack-lands-eur35m-to-scale-ai-for-workforce-development/

💵 Pactos (DE) raised a €2.7M Pre-Seed round led by HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) with participation from industry experts including Robin Capital and HR Angels Club for its AI platform for managing external workforces. The company will use the funding to expand its AI functionalities, strengthen its development team in the DACH region, and accelerate its B2B growth: https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/pactos-raises-2-7m-in-pre-seed-round

💵 Hubert (SE) raised a €2.5M Seed round led by Spintop Ventures with participation Bonnier-linked profiles to accelerate AI-led transformation of high-volume hiring with AI screening agents. The funding will be used to accelerate the product roadmap and go-to-market: https://www.hubert.ai/insights/hubert-raises-2-5m-to-accelerate-ai-led-transformation-of-high-volume-hiring

💵 TALENTIQA (CZ) raised a €1.1M Seed round backed by Purple Ventures and Venture to Future Fund to expand its AI-powered hiring assistant. The investment is set to accelerate Talentiqa’s rollout across Europe and beyond. The company was initially launched under the name Jobsider, in close collaboration with HR professionals to test features. It has since focused on its intelligent pre-screening core, rebranding to Talentiqa: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/09/czech-it-out-hrtech-startup-talentiqa-raises-e1-million-to-let-ai-do-the-first-job-interview-even-at-midnight/

Additional start-ups reported smaller or undisclosed funding including SAPIO (CH) and AIBLE Simulations (UK).

🌎 Interesting global fundings include the $150M+ in debt funding for EarnIn (earned wage access; US), the $35M Series-A for Scale AI rival micro1 (US), the $17M Series-A of Alex AI (job interview automation; US).

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

Congrats to the startups, their teams and the founder including Krishna Ramkumar, Avinav Nigam, Ivan Cossu, Kharis Yanakidis, Frederik Neuhaus, Sergi Bastardas, Valerio Rossi, Pietro Maria Picogna, Antonio Zill, Philipp Eckert, Fredrik Östgren, Marek Dian and their teams as well as to the many familiar investors involved!

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