Skillvue raises $6.3 million ahead of international expansion
Italian HR tech platform Skillvue has raised $6.3 million in seed funding to support its plans to expand its AI-powered recruitment tool into workforce management.
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Skillvue, an AI-powered platform that enables companies to adopt a skills-based approach to HR processes, has announced a $6.3 million funding round to support its plans to transform how companies identify, measure, and develop skills.
Led by 360 Capital, with full pro-rata participation from previous lead investors Italian Founders Fund and 14Peaks Capital, the seed funding round brings Skillvue’s total funding to $9.5 million since its launch.
Skillvue says it has evolved from its original focus on recruitment and plans to become a skills partner for organizations looking to map competencies at scale. Its platform allows companies to use consistent methodology for skills assessments for both new talent and existing employees at a fraction of the cost of traditional assessment methods.
By breaking down job structures into their component skills, Skillsvue says it can help organizations unlock talent that would otherwise remain hidden in conventional role-based approaches.
The investment will help Skillvue accelerate the development of Skills Assessment Agents to support HR professionals with their daily routines, moving beyond basic task automation to provide higher-quality outputs.
According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHMR), 70 percent of HR professionals say finding workers with the right skills is a top priority for 2025, with 35 percent planning to use pre-employment tests or assessments to identify qualified candidates and 28 percent planning to relax education requirements.
Research from Politecnico di Milano, the Polytechnic University of Milan, found that in 2024 just 35% of Italian companies were able to identify and unlock "hidden talent" within their organizations.
Skillvue says around half of Italian HR leaders plan to increase their use of AI in 2025, with 80 percent aiming to streamline processes, reduce costs, and automate repetitive tasks.
Since a previous pre-seed round in September 2024, Skillvue has increased its annual recurring revenue by 800 percent between 2023 and 2024. The team will also double from 14 to 30 full-time employees by the end of 2025 across Italy, Germany, and Canada.
“We’re harnessing the power of AI to put skills at the heart of workforce performance, transforming how companies identify, hire and grow talent. Our technology drives faster, more informed recruitment, smarter talent management and real scalability across HR processes,” says Nicolò Mazzocchi, CEO and Co-founder at Skillvue.
“With this funding, we’re hitting the accelerator to keep building our Skill Assessment Agents, able to ensure that everyone’s capabilities are visible, valued, and fully unlocked while simultaneously granting a smooth assessment experience both for HR and for final users.”
