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Skillsoft
Edtech · Nashua, United States · Founded 1990 Unicorn
Skillsoft mafia
Startups founded by Skillsoft alumni
Former Skillsoft employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Dieter RungeUnited States
Vincent PastorUnited Kingdom
Ciaran BollardIreland
Michael MeinhardtUnited States
Cédric FabianskiUnited States
Marco SommaDenmark
Vasu RamUnited States
Jeremy SalmonFrance
Brendan Lee YoungCanadaGlobal footprint
Where Skillsoft has talent and traffic
(11 of 3,160 staff)
team presence
across markets
Capital deployed
Skillsoft's 7 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Skillsoft appeared as a backer or acquirer, 2007–2021. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
7 deals across Skillsoft's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
Skillsoft's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Skillsoft
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Skillsoft on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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