The financing was led by Brighteye Ventures with participation from Playfair and RLC.
"In founding Skiller Whale, I wanted to offer CTOs a real alternative to hiring for skill gaps. This means the kind of learning that has a ~100% completion rate, gives people immediately usable skills, and guarantees that nobody wastes a single hour learning something they already know."
The pre-seed round was led by Antler to fund product development, team expansion, and international growth.
"People want help but they just don’t know where to get it – the internet is a minefield of bad advice so we make parenting that little bit easier by democratising access to hundreds of experts. From humble beginnings brainstorming around my kitchen table, we are now seeing a fast uptake of experts and users worldwide with an average growth of 88% month on month. Our goal is to help as many families as we can, at whatever life stage they are at. With the launch of the app, we hope to bring this even closer to reality. The positive feedback received from our community is why we’re doing this!"
The round was led by The Untitled Ventures with backing from several other investors.
"Our new venture seed fund seeks to select only deeptech projects that are globally oriented and combine original proprietary technologies with specific industry applications in emerging markets and a clear monetization model that allows a startup to earn and create opportunities for a quite measurable increase in efficiency for clients in comparison to their traditional way of doing business"
The round was led by Love Ventures with participation from angel investors including Sarah Willingham and Stephen Morana.
"Despite better-funded competition and forced closures, our revenue has tripled since before the pandemic and we have emerged as the market leader in at-home beauty. This round enables us to further invest in the keys to that success: our world-class team, industry-leading software platform, and established playbook for launching in new cities."
The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Eight Roads.
"With third-party data disappearing, paid social delivering diminishing returns and consumers increasingly overwhelmed by endless brand advertising, our technology puts advocacy at the heart of marketing to reconnect marketers and consumers. The most successful brands are realising how this can drive growth, increasing customer acquisition and returns across the marketing activity spectrum."