HR Duo secures £1.4m to scale and accelerate UK expansion

HR Duo has secured a €1.6m (£1.4m) funding round led by existing key investor Puma Growth Partners and strong support from Enterprise Ireland.

The firm’s platform is the integrated control point where HR, compliance and workforce management converge, bringing together time and attendance, rostering, employment relations and compliance intelligence in a single system. 

HR Duo serves SMEs with between 100 and 1,000 employees who run complex shift-based and frontline workforces under significant regulatory obligation – typically without large, dedicated HR teams. 

For customers, the platform delivers the ability to run compliant, efficient people operations at scale. The company operates across verticals including manufacturing, construction, healthcare, retail and hospitality.

The new capital will be deployed to grow HR Duo’s UK sales team and strengthen its SaaS infrastructure to support scale. Building on its established UK presence, including a dedicated operation in Birmingham, HR Duo is now accelerating its commercial push across Great Britain.

“This investment marks a confident new chapter for HR Duo. We grew ARR by almost 30% last year, and we are targeting over 41% growth this year,” says Jerome Forde, CEO at HR Duo.

“With 75% of our pipeline in the UK and a growing presence out of Birmingham, the direction of travel is clear. The continued backing of Puma Growth Partners, Enterprise Ireland and our seed investors gives us everything we need to scale with purpose.”