Dubai-based Qureos secured $5 million in a seed round co-led by Prosus Ventures and Salica Oryx Fund. The round included participation from Oraseya Capital, PlusVC, and early HubSpot executive Daniel Tyre.
Led by CEO Alexander Epure and co-founder Usama Nini, Qureos utilizes “Iris,” an autonomous assistant that automates the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle across 2,000+ job boards. The platform enriches candidate profiles and conducts role-specific audio/video interviews in under 15 seconds. This shift toward high-velocity, automated enterprise workflows mirrors the “visibility-first” models seen in Kime’s generative engine optimization.
Market Signal
- The Velocity Alpha: Qureos solves the “fragmentation trap” by replacing disconnected tools with a unified system. For high-growth organizations, reducing hiring cycles to six days removes thousands of hours of manual administrative debt, allowing firms to scale at the speed of the market.
- Institutional Moat: Adoption by over 1,000 organizations, including Qatar Airways and Dubai Economy and Tourism, validates the platform’s ability to handle high-volume, sovereign-level compliance and localization requirements across the GCC.
- The Compliance Friction: A primary execution hurdle remains the evolving “Nationalization Mandates” (such as Emiratisation and Saudization). Qureos must continuously adapt its algorithmic ranking to balance global talent quality with strict local labor laws, a balance that is increasingly scrutinized by regional regulators.
Key Details
- Funding: $5M ($8M total)
- Lead Investor: Prosus Ventures, Salica Oryx Fund
- CEO: Alexander Epure
- Use Case: End-to-end autonomous hiring and recruitment for MENA enterprises
