🍃 Our March Update: New Investment - Installer
Hi all,
We hope it’s a Happy March so far!
In the middle of diving into everything AI for Corporates, we’ve been super happy to share a 🆕 investment – in a Norwegian startup changing the game on renewable energy assets. More on this news below. This week we’ve also had the pleasure of catching up with existing portfolio companies over a lovely lunch 🥖 in Paris.
We hope you’ll enjoy our update, which includes:
Investment Update – Installer announces $4M Seed round
Insights – AI for Corporates: Hiring, Training & Enhanced Productivity
Events – let’s meet at ASU+GSV?
Let’s go!
Best,
The Brighteye Team 👋🏽
💰 INVESTMENT UPDATE
🆕 Installer - $4M Seed
We’re delighted to share the news of our investment in Installer - leading a $4 million Seed round in the Norwegian startup, alongside PT1, Futurum Capital, and Sondo Capital.
Installer optimises the installation and maintenance process of renewable energy assets ♻️ like EV chargers, solar panels and heat pumps. Via a data-driven, AI-enhanced platform, Installer helps speeding up climate tech adoption by seamlessly matching clients with instant access to skilled installers.
Amazing job 🌟 so far, Gunnar Windsand Sem, Kristoffer Gjerde and team – we’re excited to support you on your journey!
🗞️ The good news got some decent media coverage, too - in Tech.eu, EU-Startups, Tech Funding News, TechNews180 and Shifter (in 🇳🇴)
🔎 INSIGHTS
🏢 AI for Corporates - 3 Articles out
Our Series of articles on AI for Corporates are all live (ft 3 New Market Maps!) – and we launched it with a session at our London office last week (more on that in Events below 👇🏽).
The 3 papers are focused on AI for Hiring, Training and Enhancing Productivity:
📌 AI for Hiring looks at how AI is transforming talent acquisition and onboarding. Some topics you can explore further in the first write-up:
- AI’s role in identifying and assessing talent
- AI-powered screening and bias reduction
- AI in Onboarding, including Early Productivity
📌 In “AI for Training - the Evolution of Corporate Training,” we explore 5 ways in which AI is transforming corporate training, examining how companies use AI to:
- Build personalised learning paths
- Automate content creation
- Track performance in real-time
- Reduce training costs
- Identify future skill gaps
📌 "AI for Enhanced Productivity - Learning in the Flow of Work," the third and final article, covers the evolution of productivity in corporate environments, how AI enables:
- Automating routine tasks and reducing manual work
- Enhances decision-making
- Revolutionises collaboration and knowledge sharing
- Enhances creativity via content creation and ideation
🇪🇺 Reflections on The EU’s AI Act – by he who wrote it
The EU’s AI Act is set to influence the global AI landscape - but how did it come together behind the scenes? In this guest Article ✒️ on our Brighteye Sidekick, Gabriele Mazzini, the architect of the legislation, shares his views on how the Act came together, where it goes too far and where it holds promise. If you’re in tech, policy, or investing, we think this is necessary reading...
In Part 1, we uncover:
🔹 The driving forces behind the AI Act
🔹 Key challenges in balancing innovation & regulation
🔹 What this means for startups, investors, and the future of AI in Europe
🎪 EVENTS
Coming up….
🧰 AI for L&D and People Leaders Sessions
Starting tomorrow, we are excited to be preparing for the first Session of our “bootcamp-like” online sessions on AI for L&D and People Leaders. This Thursday afternoon, 27 March, we’ll be “Unlocking AI’s Potential in L&D.”
Please register now to join the call to hear Lavinia Mehedintu, co-founder of Offbeat, one of Europe's leading voices on leading L&D practice, Rita Azevedo, reimagining learning at Sana and formerly head of learning at Klarna, and Dr Philippa Hardman (founder at DOMs, founder at Epiphany and a Linkedin Top Voice) dive into how AI-powered tools can transform and empower you and your L&D function.
Objectives:
Build awareness of AI fundamentals and terminology.
Understand key AI trends transforming talent and learning functions.
Explore how AI aligns with L&D priorities (personalisation, scalability, talent insights).
Key Takeaway: Awareness of AI fundamentals and a snapshot of your AI maturity.
In the coming weeks, we have 3 more Sessions:
Session 2️⃣ Exploring AI-powered solutions, with case studies (3 April)
Session 3️⃣ Building an AI-powered L&D Strategy (15 April)
Session 4️⃣ Gaining executive buy-in for your strategy (22 April)
🇩🇪 Female VC Breakfast in Berlin
Next week our Associate Izzy will be in Berlin, where she’s partnering with A on Co-hosting a Female VC Breakfast. We’ve already hosted two similar events in London, with a great turnout and energy. Will we see you in Berlin on 3 April?
🇺🇸 See you at ASU+GSV?
Our Founding Partner Ben Wirz is heading to San Diego for the ASU+GSV Summit on 6-9 April. Please let him know if you’d like to 🫖 catch up!!
Looking back:
March has been a busy month, with hosting events both home and away….
☕️ Amsterdam Breakfast Wrap
We had a brilliant morning ☀️ together with 60 Investors, Founders and Community friends in 🇳🇱 Amsterdam in early March – thanks to all who joined the conversations!
Co-hosted with Rubio Impact Ventures at their office - in the 🦓 Zoo – we enjoyed partnering with Dutch Edtech, DFF Ventures (Dutch Founders Fund), Endeit Capital, No Such Ventures & Peak for this breakfast.
Two inspiring talks 🎤 from Founders Marieke van Iperen (Co-founder and CEO Settly), André Haardt (Chapter) & Eugene Lubbers (Prets) - led by Ata Şenkon (Rubio) & from Maarten Engelen (DFF Ventures), Tea Elezi (Peak) and David Guérin (Brighteye) on the Investment side (below) - moderated by Jitske van Os (Dutch Edtech).
🎀 AI for Corporates Series Launch
We love having friends over, and enjoyed an evening of talking about AI for Corporates at our London office on 19 March. The event was hosted to celebrate the launch of our 3-piece Series of articles written on AI for Corporates (as shared above 👆). Head of Platform and Research Rhys shared some of the findings with the 25 attendees, followed by Olivia Elf from Sana and Ian Walker from Salesforce sharing some of their insights in a conversation with Brighteye Partner Ben.
🧩 Product for Learning Evening
It was another evening packed with energy on the ground floor as we co-hosted an evening dedicated to building 🏗️ learning products. Matt Walton at Product for Learning brought Geoff Stead (ex Babbel & MyTutor.co.uk) and we filled the space with talk about creating healthy habits and product-led growth for learning.
Thanks to all involved, and great group 📸 selfie, Geoff – let’s do it again, soon!
