Qureos, an AI-driven hiring platform founded in the Middle East, has raised $5 million in a Seed funding round to tackle one of recruitment’s most persistent problems: time to hire.
The round was led by Prosus Ventures and Salica Oryx Fund, with participation from Oraseya Capital, Plus VC, F6 Ventures, BDev Ventures, Sunny Side Venture Partners, and Daniel Tyre, an early HubSpot executive. Existing investors COTU Ventures and Globivest also participated.
Founded by Alexander Epure and Usama Nini, Qureos was built around the idea that hiring is slow not because of candidate volume, but because the process itself is fragmented. Recruiters typically rely on disconnected tools across sourcing, screening, and interviewing, while candidates move through opaque workflows with little feedback. Qureos consolidates these steps into a single system designed to continuously optimise for speed and quality.
According to the company, customers using Qureos have reduced hiring cycles from several months to as little as six days, turning recruitment speed into a competitive advantage rather than an operational constraint.
At the core of the platform is Iris, Qureos’ AI assistant, which acts as the interface between employers and candidates throughout the hiring process. For employers and recruitment agencies, Iris automates sourcing, screening, and interviewing, while continuously learning from hiring outcomes. For candidates, the system matches individuals to relevant roles across the wider job market, explaining why they are a fit and providing early, role-specific feedback.
On the employer side, job openings are distributed across more than 2,000 job boards globally, as well as social and direct channels. Candidate profiles are enriched using publicly available data and AI-based prediction models, screened against role requirements in under 15 seconds, and assessed through AI-led interviews delivered via audio or video and tailored to each role.
“Hiring at scale is one of the most operationally complex challenges facing modern organisations,” said Robin Voogd, Head of Middle East Investments at Prosus Ventures. “Qureos replaces fragmented recruitment workflows with a single, intelligent system that allows companies to hire faster without compromising on quality.”
The platform is currently used by teams across more than 1,000 enterprise and public sector organisations, including Qatar Airways, Dubai Economy and Tourism, BAAN Holdings, and Union Properties.
For high-volume hiring teams, Qureos estimates that manual application review and initial interviews can consume up to 15 hours per role, amounting to more than 2,000 hours of recruiter time annually. By automating these stages, the platform removes a significant operational bottleneck and expands recruiter capacity.
“Hiring speed is becoming one of the most decisive advantages for modern companies,” said Alexander Epure, co-founder and CEO of Qureos. “We built Qureos to help employers and candidates meet in the middle, with a system that improves with every hire.”
The new capital will be used to deepen Qureos’ AI capabilities, expand its go-to-market team, and accelerate geographic expansion through enterprise and recruitment agency partnerships.
