Orbio
orbio.ai
$21M
Series A
Sergi Bastardas
Co-founder & CEO
- Sergi Bastardas, Stanford-educated, leads Orbio targeting the 2.7 billion frontline workers ignored by enterprise software.
Series AB2BEnterpriseAI-Native
16 HR & Recruiting companies raised a combined $99.5M across 3 pre-seed, 12 seed, 1 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- Sergi Bastardas, Stanford-educated, leads Orbio targeting the 2.7 billion frontline workers ignored by enterprise software.
- Matan Hoffmann served in the IDF and has worked at major companies including Amazon, BCG, and Citi before founding Carefam.
- Co-founded Windmill alongside Yext alum Brian Distelburger and Mark Tanner to apply context-graph thinking to people performance.
The HR & Recruiting sector saw 16 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $99.5M. The median round sits at $5M, with 94% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 6% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 19% of all HR & Recruiting activity in 2026.
Geographically, HR & Recruiting funding is concentrated in United States, which accounts for 7 of the 16 raises (44%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest HR & Recruiting round in 2026 is Orbio's $21M series a, led by Sergi Bastardas. HR & Recruiting activity accelerated through May, when raises jumped to 7 announcements.
Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking HR & Recruiting, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.
| # | Company | Stage | Raised | Founder / CEO | Region | Signals | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fika Jobs fika.jobs | Pre-Seed | $4M | Alexander Dubois Co-Founder | Sweden | Pre-Seed AI-Native Marketplace | |
| 2 | Carefam carefam.com | Seed | $14.5M | Matan Hoffmann CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed Enterprise B2B | |
| 3 | Fika Jobs fikajobs.ai | Pre-Seed | $4M | Jakob Dubois Co-founder & CEO | Sweden | Pre-Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 4 | Orbio orbio.ai | Series A | $21M | Sergi Bastardas Co-founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Series A B2B Enterprise | |
| 5 | Contrario contrario.ai | Seed | $2.3M | Arya Marwaha CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed YC Backed Revenue-Generating | |
| 6 | Fresh People freshpeople.com | Seed | $3M | Jose J. Burgos Lancero Founder & CEO | Spain | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 7 | Saile saileapp.com | Pre-Seed | $2.2M | Marc Ayoub Co-founder | United States | Pre-Seed Healthcare Marketplace | |
| 8 | Certifyde certifyde.com | Seed | $2M | Skylar Hauswirth Co-founder and CEO | United States | Seed Enterprise AI-Native | |
| 9 | Dex dex.ai | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros Co-Founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Seed B2B AI-Native | |
| 10 | Dex dex.work | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros Co-Founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Seed AI-Native Marketplace | |
| 11 | Dex dex.app | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros Co-founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 12 | Dex dex.so | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros CEO & Co-founder | United Kingdom | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 13 | Windmill windmill.com | Seed | $12M | Max Shaw CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 14 | Dex meetdex.ai | Seed | $5.3M | Paddy Lambros CEO and Co-founder | United Kingdom | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 15 | Paraform paraform.com | Seed | John Kim Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed Marketplace B2B | ||
| 16 | Novaworks novaworks.ai | Seed | $8M | Kelley Steven-Waiss Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed Enterprise AI-Native |