peopleIX, a Cologne-based AI-powered people intelligence platform, has secured €2.3 million in pre-seed funding, led by Earlybird-X with contributions from neoteq ventures, TS Ventures, and HR Tech business angels. The company aims to solve workforce inefficiencies by integrating fragmented HR and

Ordio, a Cologne, Germany-based startup digitalizing the workforce management and scheduling of companies with shift operations, raised €2.9m in seed funding. Backers included Capnamic & Simon Capital. The seed round was Ordio’s second financing round after earlier securing a seven-fi