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Who invested in Employment Hero

3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

HR Tech

Valuation: $1.4B, Mar 2026

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$75Mraised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources

$15MSeries C$60MSecondary
Latest round
Secondary, $60MFeb 2025
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Investors
6 (1 led)
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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

201520172019202120232025
?Debt$15MSeries C$60MSecondary
First round
Debt
Jan 2015
Biggest round
$60M
Secondary · Feb 2025
Usual gap between rounds
5.6 years
the median of 2

The rounds

  1. Feb 2025
    Secondary$60M3 new1 returning

    Source recorded

  2. Jul 2019
    Series C$15M3 new

    Reported by Tech in Asia

  3. Jan 2015
    DebtAmount undisclosed

    No investor was named in the report.

    From a historical funding record

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Everyone who backed them

Airtree VenturesVC firm2rounds
SeekVC firm1round, led 1
Insight PartnersVC firm1round
Salesforce VenturesCorporate VC1round
TCVPrivate equity1round
OneVenturesVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Employment Hero as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

Partners for GrowthVC firmPer its own site
SEEK InvestmentsGrowth equityPer its own site

Quick answers about Employment Hero

Who invested in Employment Hero?

Employment Hero's investors include Airtree Ventures, Seek, Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures and TCV, and 1 more on record.

How much has Employment Hero raised?

Employment Hero has raised $75M across 3 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

When did Employment Hero last raise?

Employment Hero's most recent round was a Secondary of $60M in Feb 2025.

What was Employment Hero's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $60M in Feb 2025, is also its largest on record.

Who backed Employment Hero first?

Employment Hero's first round on record, in Jul 2019, was backed by Seek, Airtree Ventures and OneVentures.

What stage is Employment Hero at?

Employment Hero's latest named round is a Secondary, in Feb 2025.

Where is Employment Hero based?

Employment Hero is based in Australia.

Who led Employment Hero's rounds?

Seek led the Series C in 2019.

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