As organisations grapple with the complexities of managing and growing their workforce, Pack, an Italian HR tech startup founded in 2022, addresses the challenge of fragmented, siloed employee data by offering a unified platform that integrates skill mapping, digital assessments, and personalised development paths, allowing companies to turn workforce data into actionable insights for talent development.
Today, Pack raised €5.8 million in its recent Series A funding round, led by Italy’s Rialto VC and joined by US-based Acadian Ventures, along with HR tech experts, including David Clarke, Thomas Otte, Jason Corsello, Steven Hunt, Luca Saracino, Doris Tomanek, and Jeroen Van Hautte.
The fresh funds will propel Pack’s AI advancements and fuel its expansion into key European markets, including France, Germany, and the UK, positioning it as a leader in Human Capital Intelligence across Europe.
Making teams more agile, aware, and prepared for future challenges
The company was founded by CEO Pietro Maria Picogna and CPO Giacomo Gentili, who built Pack to help organisations navigate the fast-evolving world of talent development. They created Pack to meet the rising demand for smarter talent management in an era when companies must retain and upskill employees to stay competitive amid massive workforce shifts.
Unlike legacy HR suites such as Workday, Cornerstone OnDemand, and SAP SuccessFactors, which retrofit AI features onto existing frameworks, Pack’s platform is designed to collect and analyse skill data alongside real-time digital assessments continuously. It then recommends tailored coaching, mentoring, and training paths while tracking their business impact over time.
This approach is already trusted by over 80 multinational companies, including Amadori Group, Leroy Merlin, and Edenred, proving its effectiveness in helping organisations transform human capital management.
What’s next?
Pack plans to grow its workforce from 30 to around 50 employees over the next six months, focusing on AI development, product innovation, and customer success.
“Pack introduces a new way of thinking about people development: a platform that enables organisations to activate large-scale personalised growth paths based on insights and data, starting from skill mapping and assessments. Their trajectory shows how Europe’s most innovative companies are reimagining talent cultivation in concrete terms,” says David Clarke, one of the investors in the round and a former CTO at Workday.
