Backing Visibly... and digging into sales and growth tools to empower CEOs, CROs and CMOs
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Why we (happily) backed Visibly!
Last month, we backed Visibly (once again!) for its €7m seed round (with Creandum, Seedcamp and Triple Point) to help the company transform regulated training in the infrastructure sector through its innovative Certification-as-a-Service platform.
At Brighteye Ventures, our investment thesis emphasizes "just-in-time learning." We invest in startups that offer scalable, cost-effective training solutions to bridge immediate skill gaps. By backing companies like Visibly, we aim to modernize vocational training, enhance accessibility, and reduce costs, driving forward impactful educational technologies for blue/green-collar workers.
Looking to boost outbound sales for your team…?
Gartner predicts that by 2025, 30% of outbound sales communications will be AI-generated. Sales teams can leverage AI in two main ways: "co-pilots," which work alongside human operators, and "agents," which autonomously handle tasks based on preset prompts. While co-pilots are more common, agents are gaining traction.
Top tools include getcargo.io, leadbay.ai and topo.io from France, and clay.com and persana.ai from the U.S. For more tool recommendations, check out millefeuille.ai.
Or looking for better growth flows and tactics?
Growth Unhinged explores over 100 self-serve products to highlight the best practices for CROs and CMOs. Miro's onboarding excels by avoiding confusion and providing personalized templates, creating a seamless UX. Canva's cancellation flow uses emphasizes the value of premium features, pushing for more customer retention. Otter.ai's price increase email frames updates positively, linking them to new features and benefits. These strategies offer valuable insights for enhancing user engagement and retention. More growth tools to be found on Growth Unhinged.
Investment news
Warsaw-based CampusAI has secured €9.2m in pre-seed funding to expand its AI collaboration training platform globally. The funding round was led by Polish angel investor Maciej Zientara.
London-based Niya raised £1.5m in a pre-seed round, backed by angel investors including Simon Murdoch and Ladi Greenstreet, to develop an AI-powered career platform (upskilling, mentoring, job opportunities) for underrepresented workforces.
Den Bosch’s based Neople, an AI startup, raised €1.5m in a round led by Peak Capital, with Curiosity participating. The funds will expand the team and enhance Neople's generative AI technology for creating intelligent digital co-workers that integrate with platforms like Slack and Zendesk to assist customer support teams.
Jobs in Edtech
Ironhack is looking for a VP of Finance (Madrid, Spain / Hybrid).
YouSchool is looking for a Community Manager (Bordeaux, France).
Hack The Box is looking for a Senior Back End Engineer (Alimos, Greece).
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Onward & upward!