Safehire.ai Raises £500k Seed

Safehire.ai, a London-based digital risk screening company, has secured £500k in follow-on funding to scale its platform. This latest investment, which follows an earlier £1.05m round in April 2025, brings the company total funding to £1.55 million.

Investors

This funding round was provided by a private investor.

Safehire.ai Use of Funds

The new capital will be used to scale the company's Digital Risk Screening platform beyond the education sector, support larger enterprise use cases, develop insider risk capabilities, and prepare for international expansion.

About Safehire.ai

Founded in 2025 by Simon Holden and Sean Lumley, Safehire.ai provides an AI-powered Digital Risk Screening platform. By combining large language models with human analysis, the company helps organizations identify digital risks across surface, deep, and dark web sources to support high-trust hiring and workforce assurance decisions.

Funding Details

Company Website: https://safehire.ai

Company: Safehire.ai
Raised: £500k
Round: Seed
Funding Date: August 5, 2026
Lead Investor: Private investor
Software Category: HR Tech and Cybersecurity
Source: https://www.safehire.ai/blog-posts/press-release-safehire-ai-completes-ps500k-follow-on-investment-to-scale-digital-risk-screening-into-high-trust-sectors