Introduction
May brought another strong showing for HrTech.
11 companies raised an amount of $80.4 million in funds.
This month’s fundraising leaned into AI-driven recruitment, ATS systems, and workforce management for freelancers, multilingual teams, and desk-less workers.
As hiring becomes increasingly global and complex, investors are backing platforms that simplify workflows, uncover hidden talent, and support modern workforces.
Here’s the breakdown.
Flip offers a modern HRMS built specifically for workers in industries like retail, logistics, and hospitality. The platform combines HR workflows with internal communications, aiming to connect employees who often don’t sit at desks—think scheduling, onboarding, and chat in one app.
- Amount Raised: $28M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Lead Investors: Lea Partners
Shakers connects freelance talent to fast-moving companies, but unlike standard gig platforms, it focuses on curated teams built by AI. Think of it as assembling a remote task force on demand—ideal for startups and enterprises needing flexible execution without internal hiring.
- Amount Raised: $15.9M (€14M)
- Funding Round: Series A
- Lead Investor: Partech
Humanly provides AI-powered candidate engagement tools, including chat-based screening, interview scheduling, and bias-reducing assessments. It’s designed for high-volume recruiters who need to scale quickly without sacrificing quality or DEI goals.
- Amount Raised: $7M
- Funding Round: Series B
- Lead Investor: Drive Capital
BrioHR delivers an all-in-one HR suite for Southeast Asian startups and mid-sized firms, covering hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and more. Its regional UX design and affordable pricing model make it appealing in cost-sensitive markets.
- Amount Raised: $6.5M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Lead Investor: Openspace Ventures
Skillvue analyzes both hard and soft skills through a combination of assessments and smart integrations. The platform aims to replace outdated CVs with dynamic skill profiles that evolve over time, especially for tech and digital roles.
- Amount Raised: $6.3M (€5.5M)
- Funding Round: Seed
- Lead Investor: 360 Capital
Flo Recruit provides a platform that helps law firms run campus recruiting, job fairs, and applicant tracking in a digital-first format. It automates scheduling, candidate communications, and compliance in a field where outdated hiring processes often create bottlenecks.
- Amount Raised: $5.03M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Lead Investor: LiveOak Ventures
Profinda helps large organizations identify, deploy, and retain internal talent by matching employee profiles to open roles or projects. Its algorithm factors in skills, interests, availability, and even location, unlocking hidden workforce potential.
- Amount Raised: $4.9M (£3.99M)
- Funding Round: Conventional Debt
- Lead Investor: Palatine Private Equity
Findd offers workforce management tools tailored to industries like construction, retail, and logistics. Its mobile-based facial recognition and geofencing features make it easy to manage shifts and payroll without physical clocks.
- Amount Raised: $3M
- Funding Round: Credit Facility
- Lead Investor: PaceZero
HireRoo is an applicant tracking (ATS) and evaluation platform built with Japanese regulatory and UX needs in mind. Its ptimizes hiring for local SMBs who don’t have large HR teams but need reliable digital tools to stay competitive.
- Amount Raised: $1.51M
- Funding Round: Series A
- Lead Investor: Delight Ventures
Kalent helps recruiters find the best-fit candidates by scanning over a billion profiles across the web. It positions itself as an AI-powered sourcing assistant, prioritizing automation and breadth over traditional resume databases.
- Amount Raised: $1.13M (€1M)
- Funding Round: Pre-Seed
- Lead Investor: Kima Ventures
Neufast offers a multilingual video interviewing platform powered by AI. It provides automated screening, sentiment analysis, and compliance features tailored for Southeast Asian and APAC markets.
- Amount Raised: $1.1M
- Funding Round: Pre-Series A
- Lead Investor: Wavemaker Partners
These fundraisings wouldn’t have been possible without these investors:
- Partech : A global investment firm with a strong presence in Europe and Africa, with a strong focus on future-of-work solutions, AI, and freelancing.
- 360 Capital: Supports European startups building AI-powered tools with practical business applications. In HRTech, their focus is on hiring platforms and human potential analytics.
- Openspace Ventures: One of Southeast Asia’s leading VC firms, their HRTech investments revolve around compliance-heavy, all-in-one systems.
- Drive Capital: AI-focused venture capital firm investing in high-growth startups that redefine productivity, ethical AI and automation in HRTech.
- Kima Ventures: A Venture Capital and Private Equity known for supporting for their focus on disruptive automation and sourcing technologies.
- Wavemaker Partners : A Venture Capital that backs early-stage startups across Southeast Asia, with an interest in AI and workforce localization.
- Delight Ventures: Supports Japanese founders building B2B software, often in fintech and HR. Their investments often emphasize domestic expansion before global scale.
- PaceZero : A Private Credit investor providing non-dilutive capital to scaling companies with high user retention and compliance-led growth.
- Palatine Private Equity : A Partner-led Private Equity firm with flexible funding to UK companies focused on workforce development.
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