Dubai - Sharikat Mubasher: Qureos, a UAE-based AI-driven hiring platform, raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by Prosus Ventures and Salica Oryx Fund to develop AI capabilities, expand its go-to-market team, and accelerate geographic expansion through enterprise and agency partnerships.
The round saw participation from Oraseya Capital, PlusVC, F6 Ventures, BDev Ventures, Sunny Side Venture Partners, and Daniel Tyre, and follow-on investment from COTU Ventures and Globivest, the company revealed in a statement today.
Qureos enables enterprises to run high-volume, time-sensitive hiring, reducing hiring timelines from months to as few as six days. For employers and recruitment agencies, Iris by Qureos functions as an AI recruiter assistant, automating sourcing, screening, and interviewing while continuously optimizing for speed and quality.
For candidates, Qureos’ AI assistant matches individuals to relevant roles across the broader job market, clearly signaling where they are the right fit and why.
"Hiring speed is becoming one of the most decisive competitive advantages for modern companies," said Alexander Epure, Co-Founder and CEO of Qureos.
Qureos grants candidates early visibility into aligned opportunities and provides role-specific feedback that helps them engage with the right opportunities from the outset.
Robin Voogd, Head of Middle East Investments at Prosus Ventures, commented: “Hiring at scale is one of the most operationally complex challenges facing modern organizations. Qureos has built a practical, end-to-end system that replaces fragmented recruitment workflows with a single, intelligent platform. By unifying sourcing, screening, and interviewing, the company enables employers to hire faster without sacrificing quality, a critical advantage in high-growth, time-sensitive markets.”
For his part, Hasan Haider, Founder and Managing Partner at Plus VC, stated: “By dramatically reducing time-to-hire while improving recruiter productivity and candidate experience, the company is redefining how modern organizations approach talent acquisition. We are excited to support Alex Epure, Usama Nini, and the team as they continue to establish Qureos as a category leader in this space. This is exactly the kind of infrastructure-level innovation we look to back.”
Qureos helps candidates enrich their profiles using publicly available information and AI-based prediction models, then screens profiles against role requirements in under 15 seconds. Shortlisted candidates are assessed through AI-led interviews, delivered via audio or video, and tailored to each role.