Blackfinch Ventures led the Series A round to support product development and company growth.
"Every company has its own unique set of safety challenges. Interventions such as training and processes only go so far to improve safety. We’re helping companies uncover and understand the underlying influences of unsafe actions and provide the resources to help them change those behaviours."
The investment will support expansion in the United States and the ongoing development of the company data platform.
"The whole team is excited to take the next step to further support organisations in driving value from their data, so that they can achieve their business goals. The investment from Octopus Ventures is a fantastic affirmation of the scale of impact we’ve been able to deliver to our customers. We look forward to working with Octopus to further develop our product and expand into new markets."
RLC Ventures and RTP Capital led the pre-seed round for the mobile learning startup.
"We are delighted to be leading GoodCourse’s pre-seed round and to join the team on their mission to bring best in class e-learning courses to the world of non-desk workers. The entire RLC team is delighted to be backing Chris and Omar, and we can’t wait to get going."
The funding round was led by Ventura Capital and Gauss Ventures, with participation from Goldman Sachs, pushing the company valuation to $2bn.
"It’s really been phenomenal to watch customers adopt our product at such significant speed. Our entire 200+ team is truly humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve millions of customers daily and rest assured we are all working around the clock to delight them. We have been fortunate to experience such phenomenal growth over the last 14 months and today we are celebrating becoming one of Europe’s fastest unicorns.Our unique business model, which is built on regulation and places consumer financial wellness at the heart of our operations, has created a revolution in the BNPL industry. We’re excited about this major milestone but realise that the job is nowhere near done and this really only marks the beginning of our growth journey as we aim to become the best way for consumers to pay for anything, anywhere."