Klara is taking a significant step forward in its development with a first funding round of €1.2M. Launched in 2020 by Romain Etay and Nazim Chibane, two former Bpifrance employees, the platform was built with a clear mission: to equip HR and training professionals with the tools to monitor employee development and steer skills development programmes. This funding round marks a concrete acceleration of that ambition.
Klara: A Platform Born from an HR Conviction
Equipping Talent and Learning Teams in Practice
Klara is designed for Talent Management and Learning teams looking for a flexible tool to demonstrate the value of their HR development policy. The platform enables organisations to deploy a structured skills development strategy, support employees in their professional journeys and generate qualified data on skills and engagement.
As Nazim Chibane, co-founder, explains: "Klara aims to equip teams looking for a flexible tool to meet the growing need to demonstrate the value of HR development policies."
This data allows organisations to more effectively anticipate the aspirations and training needs of their employees, and to facilitate internal mobility on the basis of reliable, structured information.
Established Clients from the Outset
Since its launch, Klara has deployed its solution to over 10,000 users, working with groups such as Carrefour, Thales and BPCE. This early traction illustrates the genuine nature of the need it addresses: large organisations are looking for structured tools to manage the development of their employees and make their HR policies visible and measurable.
A Funding Round to Accelerate Deployment
Side Capital and Business Angels from the Tech Ecosystem
This €1.2M round was led by Side Capital, with participation from Business Angels from the tech ecosystem. Thibault Rémy, CEO of MeilleursAgents, and Arthur Peticoz, co-founder of Wynd and Majelan, took part in the operation.
Their commitment alongside Klara reflects the credibility of the project and the relevance of its positioning in an HR market undergoing full digital transformation, where the digitalisation of the employee experience has shifted from a competitive advantage to a structural expectation for large organisations.
The Objectives Behind This Raise
The funds raised allow Klara to accelerate its development and deploy its solution more widely across organisations. The priorities underpinned by this investment are twofold: consolidating a robust technological foundation and enriching the product range, so that organisations can match the talent available in-house with their skills needs in an ever more precise and personalised way.
The Product Vision: Centralising Employee Development
Varied Use Cases, One Common Thread
Klara covers a wide range of use cases: People Review processes and career committees, mentoring programmes, support for high-potential employees and Graduate schemes, and the monitoring of certain training initiatives. Different scopes, but a shared logic running through all of them: to drive a people-centred approach, better understand employees' ambitions and concretely support their professional development.
This centralisation of employee development within a single tool gives HR teams and managers an end-to-end view of career paths and skills, enabling them to make informed decisions based on factual data.
Klara's European Ambition
Beyond deployment in France, the vision behind this funding round is clear: to make Klara the leading European Talent Management platform, offering organisations a benchmark tool for structuring, steering and demonstrating the value of their HR development policies at scale.
