Sectors/HRtech/2012

HRtech funding in 2012

European HRtech startup funding raised during 2012.

In 2012, 26 European HRtech companies closed 28 funding rounds and raised €14M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Germany led by capital raised, and Crowdcube was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€14M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Germany

HRtech: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2010	€9.8M	+193.5%	8	+0.0%	—
2011	€14M	+41.7%	19	+137.5%	—
2012	€14M	-1.2%	28	+47.4%	—

Break down 2012 by period

Half-year

Rank among sectors

#24

0.3% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

92.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€3.6M	5
Feb	€150k	3
Mar	€0	2
Apr	€1.0M	1
Jun	€3.2M	2
Jul	€707k	3
Aug	€160k	2
Sep	€936k	3
Oct	€2.5M	2
Nov	€800k	4
Dec	€700k	1

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	HRtech — top countries by capital, 2012
Germany	€6.1M
UK	€4.8M
Spain	€1.0M
France	€1.0M
Finland	€793k
Netherlands	€0
Austria	€0
Türkiye	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	HRtech — stage mix, 2012
Series A	€5.4M
Seed	€2.7M
Series B	€2.5M
Early VC	€2.3M
Other	€764k

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
STUDITEMPS GmbH	Series A	Jan 2012	€3.0M
PeoplePerHour	Series B	Oct 2012	€2.5M
Twago	Series A	Jun 2012	€2.4M
TalentSoft	Early VC	Apr 2012	€1.0M
Transfluent	Seed	Sep 2012	€793k
Escape the City	Early VC	Jun 2012	€750k
clickworker GmbH	Other	Dec 2012	€700k
Adzuna	Early VC	Jan 2012	€599k
Etece	Seed	Nov 2012	€500k
MOVE Guides	Seed	Jul 2012	€496k

View all 28 HRtech deals in 2012 →

Top investors

most active in 2012, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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