Skillvue scooped up $6.3M to help companies discover their next star performers

While 70% of HR professionals actively seek talent with specific skills, many organisations overlook untapped potential within their existing workforce. Skillvue has launched an AI-driven platform that enables companies to implement skills-based frameworks across all HR processes — from recruitment to internal mobility and talent management.
Today, Skillvue announced a $6.3 million funding round, led by 360 Capital, with full pro-rata participation from previous major investors, includingItalian Founders Fundand14Peaks Capital, and co-investment from Orbita Verticale. This funding will enhance how organisations identify, evaluate, and develop skills among candidates and employees. Following a$2.8 million pre-seed round in 2024and an initial $375,000 investment from business angels in 2021, Skillvue’s total funding now reaches $9.5 million.
The funds will also accelerate the development of Skills Assessment Agents, designed to assist HR professionals in their daily tasks. Going beyond simple automation, these agents will streamline each stage of the assessment process and deliver better outcomes. This initiative aligns with current market dynamics — approximately half of Italian HR leaders plan to increase their AI usage in 2025, with 80% focusing on optimising processes, reducing costs, and automating repetitive tasks.
In a job market facing significant disruption, where 59% of workers will need reskilling by 2030, Skillvue’s AI-powered platform is evolving from a recruitment tool into a comprehensive Skills Assessment Agents system. This system breaks down traditional job structures to uncover the skills and potential that drive enhanced performance.
Founded in 2021 byNicolò MazzocchiandSimone Patera, Skillvue emerged from a clear mission to solve a fundamental problem in talent acquisition. The founders had experienced the challenges of traditional recruitment methods firsthand, having “made their fair share of hiring mistakes, often due to imperfect skills assessments and lack of objective methods for evaluating candidates’ full potential,” as Mazzocchi explains. This challenge became the catalyst for creating a more objective, data-driven approach to skills assessment.
The company’s evolution has been remarkable. From its initial focus on recruitment, Skillvue has transformed into a comprehensive skills assessment platform that uses AI to analyse candidates’ and employees’ skills quickly, objectively, and at scale. Their technology builds on the structured behavioural interview methodology (BEI), which has proven more predictive and accurate than traditional cognitive assessment models.
Skillvue’s proprietary AI conducts asynchronous interviews, evaluating technical capabilities and soft skills, delivering exceptional results. This approach predicts job performance up to five times more accurately than traditional methods, giving organisations a significant advantage in talent acquisition and development.
Skillvue stands out through its innovative application of AI to behavioural event interviews. The platform automates this established HR practice, letting candidates complete interviews online at their convenience. The AI then analyses responses to provide standardised, objective assessments that eliminate human bias while significantly improving efficiency.
This technology proves particularly valuable for companies hiring junior candidates or for public-facing roles, where traditional CVs often fail to capture a person’s true capabilities. Skillvue helps organisations discover hidden talent that might go unnoticed by focusing on actual skills rather than credentials.
In the post-recruitment phase, Skillvue is a strategic tool for HR departments to analyse their workforce’s skills at scale, providing objective data for talent allocation decisions. This skills-based approach has shown remarkable results, including a 107% improvement in effective talent placement compared to traditional methods.
The company has built an impressive client portfolio, including prominent organisations such as Unipol, Douglas, Carrefour, Credem, and Randstad. Following their 2024 pre-seed round, Skillvue has doubled its team from 10 to 20 members across Italy, Germany, and Canada, with plans to reach 30 by the end of 2025.
Skillvue’s growth strategy includes significant organisational advancements. Creating a dedicated Psychometric Team led by Dr. Tony Lee demonstrates their commitment to scientific rigour in validating and enhancing AI-based assessment models. Establishing a specialised Customer Success team of People Scientists shows Skillvue’s focus on helping clients optimise their skills assessment strategies.
The strategic separation of the AI Department from the Development Department enables the company to accelerate research into advanced assessment methodologies while implementing practical client solutions. This structure positions Skillvue to maintain technological leadership in the rapidly evolving HR tech landscape.
Skillvue’s expansion comes at a crucial moment in workforce management. SHRM reports that 70% of HR professionals consider finding candidates with the right skills a top priority for 2025. Furthermore, 35% plan to implement pre-employment tests or assessments to identify qualified candidates, while 28% intend to relax education and degree requirements. However, research from Politecnico di Milano shows that in 2024, only 35% of Italian companies successfully identified and harnessed “hidden talent” within their organisations.
Skillvue plans to expand its technological capabilities significantly by developing Skills Assessment Agents. These AI agents will move beyond simple automation, streamlining each assessment stage while delivering superior outcomes. Their continuous improvement will focus on enhancing assessment accuracy and user experience.
As explained by Nicolò Mazzocchi, CEO and co-founder of Skillvue: “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.”
“We are standing at a pivotal moment for the future of work, where skills — not titles — will define success. Skillvue is not just riding this wave; they are shaping it by combining cutting-edge AI with a deep understanding of skills-based dynamics. Skillvue sets a new benchmark for how companies recognise, value, and develop skills as the drivers of growth and success — a vision already embraced by leading players across industries. We are thrilled to support Nicolò, Simone, and the entire Skillvue team in their ambitious journey to scale and redefine how human potential is truly valued,” saidLucrezia Lucotti, Partner at 360 Capital.
Lorenzo Franzi, Partner at IFF, &Edoardo Ermotti, Founder & General Partner at 14Peaks Capital, said in a joint statement:  “Skillvue’s vision fits perfectly at the intersection of two central developments for those who study and build the future of work: the application of AI to HR processes and the transition to skills-based organisational models. We are convinced that these are not just trends, but structural transformations that will redefine how companies hire, develop and value human capital for decades to come.”