ZenHR Raises $6M Seed Led by Impact46 to Scale MENA HR & Payroll Platform

ZenHR Secures $6M Seed Round

ZenHR, a Saudi HR technology company, has raised $6 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Impact46.

What ZenHR Does

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Riyadh, ZenHR provides a cloud-based human resources and payroll platform localised for Middle East and North Africa labour laws, payroll cycles and compliance regimes. Its compliance coverage includes GOSI, WPS, Muqeem and Qiwa.

The suite spans:

• Employee management
• Attendance
• Recruitment
• Performance management
• Skills assessments

The company is also building ZenEWA, an earned wage access product that lets employees draw wages they have already earned before payday. In addition, ZenHR is adding AI-driven automation and insights across HR workflows.

Market Reach

ZenHR operates across 11 MENA markets, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan, and serves thousands of organisations.

Deal Details

• Company: ZenHR
• Round: Seed
• Amount: $6,000,000
• Currency: USD
• Date: 2026-09-03
• Lead Investor: Impact46
• Investors: Impact46

Why It Matters

The Seed round gives ZenHR capital to deepen its localised HR and payroll offering across MENA and to advance ZenEWA and its AI-driven workflow capabilities. For acquirers and strategic partners, ZenHR represents a regional HR platform with multi-market compliance coverage and an expanding product surface spanning payroll, talent and earned wage access.