Ivee lands £745,000 seed to certify staff with verified AI skills profiles
This article covers Ivee, an HRtech startup, which has raised £745,000 in a seed funding round to build an AI upskilling platform and talent network. The development aims to help employers train staff to use AI tools and identify candidates with verified AI skills, supporting HR and L&D teams in measuring and sourcing AI fluency.
Ivee has raised £745,000 ($1m) in a seed funding round to build out an AI upskilling platform and talent network aimed at helping employers train staff to use AI tools and identify candidates with demonstrable AI fluency. The funding will be used to accelerate product development, grow ivee’s talent pool and deepen partnerships with employers and training providers across the UK and internationally.
Why it matters
Organisations are investing in AI tools faster than many workforces can absorb them. That gap — employees hired before generative AI became mainstream lacking practical experience with prompting, tool orchestration and automation workflows — is now a bottleneck for adoption. ivee positions itself as a response to that skills mismatch, offering a way for businesses to measure and surface AI capabilities inside and outside their teams. For HR and L&D teams, validated skills data can reduce uncertainty when planning AI rollouts or hiring for AI-adjacent roles.
Inside the product
Ivee combines short, task-centred learning with a verification layer and a searchable talent network. Each user builds a dynamic AI Skills Profile that updates as they complete lessons and assessments, giving managers visibility into capability across an organisation. The platform curates relevant AI tools, delivers practical micro-lessons based on real tasks and provides a framework to validate, track and showcase skills for both internal mobility and external recruitment.
The company says its talent network contains more than 80,000 candidates with verified AI skills profiles, enabling employers to find people with demonstrable fluency in areas such as prompting, tool orchestration, automation workflows and AI-native thinking. The seed funding is intended to expand that network and enhance the product’s verification and matching features.
Who are the investors?
The round was backed by Social Impact Enterprises alongside a syndicate of angel investors, including entrepreneur and media figure Steven Bartlett, and participating partners from established European venture firms Dawn Capital and Balderton.
Social Impact Enterprises leads the round; the angels and VC partners provide both capital and access to networks of employers and talent partners that ivee intends to deepen relationships with. Dawn Capital and Balderton are well-known investors in enterprise and SaaS businesses, which aligns with ivee’s focus on workforce tools for organisations. The involvement of high-profile angels adds visibility that could help recruiting and commercial partnerships as the company expands.
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Founder perspective
In the announcement, Amelia Miller, Co-founder & CEO at Ivee, said:
Our north star is simple: no one should be left behind as work changes. The way we learn has to match the speed of AI. ivee is built for continuous change - and change is one thing that's for sure in the age of AI.
Co-founder Lydia Miller is listed as part of the leadership team; the company is positioning the founders to oversee product and employer partnerships as the platform scales.
The bigger picture
The raise comes as AI investment continues to surge and employers seek to turn tool purchases into productivity gains. ivee’s deal also follows its selection as the UK Government’s primary events partner for the £2bn AI Upskilling initiative, signalling alignment with public efforts to close national skills gaps.
The announcement reflects growing interest from HRtech investors in businesses that combine learning, credentialing and talent marketplace functionality. If ivee can convert verified skills data into reliable hiring signals and measurable improvements in adoption, it could address a persistent issue for firms deploying generative AI: having technology that people actually know how to use.
The funding and government partnership place ivee at the intersection of public policy and private investment in workforce transformation, a space likely to see sustained attention across the UK and Europe as employers adapt to accelerating AI-driven change.
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