Valeria

valeriahr.com ↗ ·Barcelona ·Pre-seed

Valeria (Valeria HR) is a Barcelona-based AI-powered payroll and workforce operations platform for companies with high staff turnover — hospitality, retail, restaurants, distribution and logistics. It automates onboarding, digital contracts, Social Security filings, payroll processing and Spanish labour-law compliance, largely through a WhatsApp-based assistant, and claims to work with 100+ companies and around 25,000 professionals. In February 2026 it raised roughly $2M (~€1.7M) led by VentureFriends with Fortino Capital and 10K Ventures.

Founded

2024

Founders

Total funds raised

$2M

SectorsHR Tech, Payroll, AI, SaaS, Compliance Start-up MapHR & Future of Work › Frontline workforce operations

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Founders

Carlos Saiz

Co-founder

Pau Laporte

Co-founder & CEO

Sergio Morales Bonet

Co-founder & CTO

Global models 5

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A workforce platform for high-turnover frontline employers (logistics, retail, hospitality) that automates hiring, onboarding and paperwork, much of it through mobile and text chat.

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Harri

United States · harri.com ↗

A hospitality-focused workforce platform covering hiring, onboarding, scheduling, payroll and labour compliance for restaurants and hotels with high staff turnover.

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Workstream

United States · www.workstream.us ↗

Runs hiring, onboarding and payroll for hourly workers through a text-message-first assistant, sold to restaurants and retail chains, much like Valeria's WhatsApp-led model.

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Deputy

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A shift-work platform that sells scheduling, timesheets, payroll integration and labour-law compliance to hospitality, retail and healthcare employers.

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Investors 3

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VentureFriends

www.venturefriends.vc

Led Pre-seed 2026 Greece

10K Ventures

10kventures.co ↗

Pre-seed 2026 Germany

Fortino Capital

www.fortinocapital.com ↗

Pre-seed 2026 Belgium

Funding rounds 1

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2026-02-04	Pre-seed	$2M	VentureFriends +2 more

News 3

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Published	Article
2026-05-26	ValerIA, la startup barcelonesa que contrata en minutos ↗ The New Barcelona Post 2026-05-26
2026-03-03	Why we invested in Valeria ↗ VentureFriends 2026-03-03
2026-02-05	Valeria lands $2M to fix payroll for the frontline economy ↗ Tech.eu 2026-02-05