216 Capital Invests in Talenteo, the African HRTech Startup Digitizing Talent Management

216 Capital announces a new strategic investment in Talenteo, an HRTech startup founded in Algeria. The company offers a complete SaaS platform for human resources and payroll management, specifically designed to meet the needs of African SMEs and mid-sized companies.

A Human-Centered Solution, Built for Africa’s Demographic Boom

By 2030, Africa is expected to have more than one billion working-age individuals—becoming the world’s largest talent pool. With over 80% of jobs created by SMEs and mid-sized businesses, HR management is a growing challenge and a key lever for performance, compliance, and competitiveness. Talenteo is emerging as a locally developed, tech-driven solution tailored to these dynamics.

A Smarter, Simpler, and Compliant HR Platform

Already adopted by over 10,000 active users, Talenteo offers a SaaS platform that combines artificial intelligence, local legal frameworks, and automation of key HR processes:

- Personnel administration

- Time tracking and payroll

- Talent development

- Regulatory compliance

Thanks to its intelligent engine, Talenteo helps ensure HR operations are reliable, automates repetitive tasks, and strengthens HR departments’ ability to anticipate and adapt—especially in a fast-changing economic and regulatory environment.

“We believe business success starts with investing in people. Talenteo was designed to help African companies digitize their HR management to support growth and impact,”

says Louai Djaffer, CEO of Talenteo.

A Strategic Investment to Accelerate Pan-African Expansion

In a market where demand for digital HR solutions is growing fast, this new six-figure investment, led primarily by 216 Capital, marks a major milestone for Talenteo.

It will enable:

- The opening of new operations in Tunisia, the first step in a regional rollout

- Strengthening of the platform’s technology, especially AI capabilities

- Scaling across strategic HR markets in Francophone Africa

“Talenteo embodies exactly the kind of innovation we back: locally rooted, scalable, and built to address the operational realities of African companies,” explains Dhekra Khelifi, Partner at 216 Capital Ventures.