European HR Tech Investment Update 09/2024

Last month, was a more busy months with interesting #European #HRTech & #EdTech startup investments. Notably, this includes several next generation #edtech startups as well as some HR core and all-in-one solutions.

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?? Zelt (UK) raised an impressive $50M Series A round for its all-in-one HCM platform for HR, Finance & IT.

?? Jet HR (IT) raised a €12M seed round from Picus Capital and various angel investors for its payroll administration platform.

?? Lendorse (DE) raised a €10m debt financing round for its ‘Study Now, Pay Later’ student financing model.

?? Sloneek (CZ) raised a €3.6M seed round led by Purple Ventures with Venture to Future Fund and Vision Ventures for all-in-one solution for HR.

?? become.1 GmbH (DE) raised a €3.3M seed round led by D11Z. Ventures with participation of Haufe Group Ventures, the Start-up BW Innovation Fund managed by MBG Baden-Württemberg GmbH , HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds as well as several angel investor also of the HR Angels Club for its all-in-one platform for employee benefits.

?? Willo? (UK) raised a GBP1.8M venture round from Peter Bauer , 1818 Venture Capital and several other angel investors for its virtual interview platform.

?? Twin Science & Robotics (UK) raised a GBP1.25M venture round ley by SOULMATE VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED with APY Ventures for platform developing children’s skills through purpose-led STEM learning.

?? Lucida AI (TK) raised $0.5M pre-seed led by Neo Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. for its team-focused AI-driven English coaching solution.

Also teech (DE), BeGenio (UK), Blair West (UK) and Somos Coworkers (UK) reported some funding activity.

?? Notable global investments include:

?? $1B Post-IPO Debt by ADP (US)

?? $175M Series B by PW (PhysicsWallah) (India)

?? $75M Series A by Harmonic (US)

?? $59M Series D by Oyster? (US)

?? Undisclosed Amount invested into Censia by Workday Ventures (US)

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

Congrats to the startups, their teams and the founder including Chris Priebe , Marco Ogliengo , Bjoern Christian Wolf , Filip Lukac , Friedrich Villhauer , David Wambsganss , Euan C. , Asude Altintas Guray , Mustafa Girgin , Mustafa D. , Max Ruderman , Tony Jamous , Joanna Riley and their teams as well as to the investors!

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