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HR & work startup funding in 2026

Every HR & work round we tracked this year: the biggest raises, active investors and where the money went.

Research desk · data to 2 November 2026
Raised$432m
Rounds8
Median round$36.5m
$100m+ rounds2

We tracked 8 startup funding rounds in HR & work so far in 2026, together worth $432m in disclosed funding. The median disclosed round was $36.5m.

The largest was HiBob's $166m Growth round, led by Salesforce, at a $3.2bn valuation. 2 rounds reached $100m or more and accounted for 63% of the money.

By region, North America took $274m (63%).

2 companys raised at a valuation of $1bn or more: Thatch, HiBob.

The biggest rounds

  1. 1HiBobGrowth · HR & work · New York$166m
  2. 2ThatchSeries C · HR & work · United States$108m
  3. 3MetaviewSeries C · HR & work · London$60m
  4. 4BitesSeries A · HR & work · Tel Aviv$40m
  5. 5ZenzapSeries A · HR & work · Israel$33m
  6. 6TundrSeries A · HR & work · Milan$13.3m
  7. 7JemSeries A · HR & work · Cape Town$8.4m
  8. 8RoleoSeed · HR & work · Estonia$3.3m

Figures cover the rounds in our tracker, which records disclosed amounts converted to US dollars at announcement. See the methodology.

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