SkillUp: Lisbon R&D and €6M for AI
Summary
SkillUp, an edtech company based in Seattle, has chosen Lisbon for its global R&D center. The company raised €6 million in a Series A round led by Explorer Investments, with FundBox’s IRC fund also participating. It plans to hire 50 new AI and product management professionals for the Lisbon hub through 2028. SkillUp already serves customers such as Google, Microsoft, and IBM, and it combines AI personalization with human mentoring to improve course completion rates.
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$6.5M
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Date
July 15, 2025
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Microsoft, Fundbox, IBM
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