Spanish AI-native platform Orbio raises over €6 million to expand its HRTech solution

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The funding round was led by Visionaries Club, which increased its investment from an earlier round, with additional support from Plus Partners, Enzo Ventures, and 2100 Ventures.

“We’re proud to have built the first AI-native system that brings automation, intelligence and speed to HR in a way the industry has never seen before,”said Sergi Bastardas, Orbio’s CEO and Co-founder. “Companies today take months to hire, lose their best candidates because they can’t move fast enough, and waste huge amounts of time on tasks that add no value. Orbio changes that completely.”

Orbio’s platform uses autonomous, conversational AI agents that work 24/7 to manage the entire employee lifecycle—from recruitment and onboarding to development and retention. By automating tasks that often burden HR teams, Orbio enables HR professionals to focus on strategic initiatives and drive growth within their organizations.

Launched just three months ago by Sergi Bastardas (CEO, former Founder of Colvin), Nacho Travesí (CRO, former Co-founder of Cobee with a successful exit), and Antonio Melé (CTO, Founder and former CTO of Nucoro), Orbio has already handled over 60,000 candidate interviews for major employers including AT&T, Vicio, Honest Greens, and Verisure.

Customers have seen impressive results:

• 80% faster hiring cycles, allowing them to secure talent ahead of competitors.
• Up to 20% reduction in early turnover within the first 20 days.
• 99% candidate satisfaction throughout the interview process.

“These results confirm what we believe: Orbio’s AI-native approach has the potential to fundamentally redefine HR,” Bastardas added. “By combining speed, precision and data-driven decisions, we’re building the strategic partner that companies need to attract, develop and retain talent at scale.”

The new funding will help Orbio speed up product development, drive commercial growth, and expand globally. The company plans to enter new European and Latin American markets while strengthening its presence in existing regions, including Spain, Portugal, Mexico, the UK, Italy, and the US.

Orbio will also grow its team by hiring AI specialists and establish an advisory board to support its international expansion.

This funding follows closely after deskbird’s €19 million round for its workplace management platform, as reported by EU-Startups. Together, these rounds highlight strong investor interest in HR and workplace software across Europe, covering solutions from hybrid work management to AI-driven human capital management.

Orbio’s investment adds to a series of notable HR and workplace-focused deals this year. Earlier, Skillvue raised €5.5 million for skills-based hiring, Shyfter collected €1.5 million to expand its shift-scheduling platform, and Shakers secured €14 million for its AI-driven talent matching solution. Larger players have also attracted funding, with Factorial extending its unicorn status through an additional €110 million raise.

Overall, these developments show sustained investor demand for software that addresses all stages of the employee lifecycle from recruitment and scheduling to benefits and retention.

Isabella Yamamoto, investor at Visionaries Club said: “HR has long been defined by scattered point solutions that fail to deliver across the full workflow and very high back-office burden. We saw that CHROs were asking for a next- generation HCM system that removes the need to switch between tools, capture data and truly automate work. Orbio is tackling that, starting with hiring. Thanks to the team’s deep HR expertise, they’ve already reached a point, just four months in, where they’re working with some of the world’s largest enterprises.”

Orbio is supported by a board of business angels and advisors from key markets, including HRTech experts such as Phil Chambers (former COO of Workday and Founder of Peakon), Borja Aranguren (Founder of Cobee), Carlos Fernández Elviro (former COO of JobandTalent and current COO of Docplanner), and Thiago Pessoa (Founding Team member of Wellhub).

About Orbio

Their mission is to help HR teams move from reacting to leading. Using AI agents, they give HR teams a “virtual workforce” that handles repetitive tasks, generates useful talent data, and drives real business results—like faster hiring, lower turnover, better talent, and stronger outcomes. Unlike expensive tools with long setups, their AI is designed to make a real impact on the organization.