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Hubert Announces €2.5M in Funding to Accelerate AI-Led Transformation of High-Volume Hiring

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  • Hubert raised €2.5M seed funding led by Spintop Ventures with participation from Bonnier family investors, to accelerate product innovation and target 400% revenue growth in 2025 while staying profitable.
  • Its AI-first hiring platform conducts structured screening interviews autonomously, cutting recruiter screening time by up to 80%, improving quality up to 5x, and delivering fairer, bias-aware evaluations.
  • Already trusted by Securitas, Coop, and ManpowerGroup, Hubert serves high-volume employers across retail, logistics, hospitality, and BPO, positioning itself as a global leader in ethical, scalable, and transparent recruitment.

PRESS RELEASE — Hubert, the AI-first hiring platform transforming high-volume recruitment, announces a €2.5 million seed round led by Spintop Ventures with participation from Bonnier-linked profiles Jakob Tolleryd, Chairman of Bonnier Capital, Peder Bonnier, Vice Chairman of Bonnier Group, and Joen Bonnier, Board Member of Bonnier Capital. The funding follows a year of exceptional growth and sustained profitability, and will be used to accelerate Hubert’s product innovation as the company targets over 400% revenue growth in 2025, while remaining profitable.

Built on proprietary technology, Hubert autonomously conducts structured screening interviews, 24/7 at scale, helping organizations streamline frontline and operational hiring. The platform reduces time-to-hire, saving up to 80% of recruiter screening time, improves quality by up to 5x and enables fairer, more consistent candidate evaluation.

“Hubert is setting a new global standard for fair, data-driven hiring. The positive outcomes of AI interviews have already been demonstrated in multiple studies and Hubert’s explainable AI has all the ingredients to scale into a category leader. We are thrilled to support them as they redefine managing high-volume hiring”, says Peter Carlsson, Partner at Spintop Ventures, the leading Nordic early-stage VC focused on software innovation and long-term sustainability.

At a time when talent acquisition teams face increasing pressure to deliver results fast and at scale; Hubert offers a structured, bias-aware and scalable alternative to traditional screening, alleviating this challenge. Already trusted by industry leaders such as Securitas, Coop, and ManpowerGroup, Hubert serves high-volume employers across retail, logistics, hospitality, and business process outsourcing. The platform integrates with multiple ATS providers and is built to meet the growing demand for efficient, fair, and data-driven hiring.

“This investment gives us the funds to accelerate our product roadmap and seize the opportunity ahead,” said Fredrik Östgren, CEO and Co-Founder of Hubert. “We’re revolutionizing large-scale hiring for our customers; and doing it profitably, with fairness and transparency at the core.”

Benefits of Hubert:

  • Proprietary AI — Built on Hubert’s own technology stack for speed, scalability, and defensibility.
  • Fair & Transparent — Structured interviews with bias-mitigation by design and a 9/10 average candidate experience rating.
  • Scalable & Cost-Efficient — Up to 80% faster hiring and significant reductions in manual screening time and cost.
  • Human-Centric — Every candidate receives personalized feedback, ensuring a better candidate experience at scale.

As demand for ethical, automated hiring solutions accelerates, Hubert is redefining how high-volume recruitment is done — with measurable impact for both candidates and hiring teams.

About Hubert
Hubert is a recruitment technology company using proprietary AI to conduct automated screening interviews at scale. Its platform supports high-volume hiring with a faster, fairer, and more data-driven process — enabling better outcomes for both candidates and recruiters.
www.hubert.ai/

Inquiries: media@hubert.ai

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Featured image: Fredrik Östgren, CEO and Co-Founder, Hubert. Credit: Hubert

James Dargan
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James Dargan

James Dargan is a writer and researcher at The AI Insider. His focus is on the AI startup ecosystem and he writes articles on the space that have a tone accessible to the average reader.

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