Human resources technology and workforce management
GrowthX put a combined $1 million into Hired Valley and Talebhub and moved both into Snoonu Startup Factory. Hamad Al-Hajri is recycling Snoonu’s stack around an AI hiring platform and a student-economy app. The split of the $1 million was not disclosed.
AI recruitment platform SorsX is using LEAP 2026 to mark Saudi Arabia as its first stop in a wider MENA expansion, entering a market that already has a domestic HR-tech competitor in Jisr.
FAST has tapped Hashim Mahmood, a seasoned human resources leader from TikTok and ByteDance, to serve as head of people and culture. The Dubai headquartered marketing technology group is expanding rapidly with over 200 people and 180 AI agents working together. This appointment focuses on blending human teams with artificial intelligence for sustainable growth.
Most professionals carry a quiet, invisible burden, the sheer number of disconnected tools they juggle just to share what they know. BrainsMingle is built to collapse all of that into one place, and the Egyptian, AI powered networking startup has just raised 400,000 dollars in a pre seed round led by BasharSoft.
Employee wellbeing used to be a perk companies bragged about in brochures. In an era of constant disruption, it has become closer to operational infrastructure. Wellbees, an AI powered employee wellbeing platform, has raised $3.6 million in a Series A led by Qatar Development Bank to expand across the Gulf.
RemotePass has raised $17.4 million in Series B funding led by EBRD Venture Capital. The Dubai-founded global employment platform reached profitability in early 2025 and has now facilitated over $800 million in cross-border payroll across 150 countries before taking this round.
Saudi based startup Resquad AI has closed a $1.5 million seed funding round to scale its AI powered tech recruitment platform, expand across MENA and global markets, and accelerate development of its proprietary large language model for hiring automation.
UAE-based HR-tech startup Cercli raises $12 million in Series A funding led by Picus Capital to expand its AI-native workforce management platform globally.
Engagesoft, founded in Jordan by brothers Omar and Tareq Tahboub, has raised $3.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Silicon Badia to expand its AI-driven employee engagement platform across MENA.