Qureos is aiding individuals from over 127 nations find out sought-after abilities with cohort-based knowing courses led by first-rate market specialists that match the working with needs from Qureos’ service companions.
UAE-based EdTech and also Future of Job market Qureos has actually elevated $3 million in its pre-seed round led by Dubai-based early-stage VC Cotu Ventures and also New York-based early-stage VC Colle Funding as it looks for to fast lane development and also democratise “Discover to Gain” chances for skill worldwide.
The round likewise saw engagement from worldwide and also local financiers, consisting of Globivest, Plutus21 Funding, Dubai Angel Investors, and also AlZayani Financial Backing. A number of angel financiers consisting of present and also previous leaders of Swvl, Boston Consulting Team, Moelis & & Business, Careem, Cisco Equipments, Koinz, Message Bird, Bain & Business, Hiperpool, Adnoc, QIA, and also various other significant people.
Established In August 2021 by Alexander Epure, Mehrad Yaghmai and also Usama Nini, Queros started life as an interest task for the creators to speed up jobs by making mentorship a lot more obtainable. This enthusiasm task was verified when picked by the Dubai Future Accelerators to resolve the ability space in the change from school to the office and also in between work.
Qureos is constructing an experiential knowing neighborhood to transform just how individuals link, find out and also function. Qureos is aiding individuals from over 127 nations find out sought-after abilities with cohort-based knowing courses led by first-rate market specialists that match the working with needs from Qureos’ service companions.
Qureos is addressing the ability space in the change from school to the office and also those transforming jobs. Worldwide, there are 254 million Gen Z that have actually finished and also are still out of work because of the ability space, most especially in arising markets where young people joblessness is over 36 percent. The task market is transforming much faster than college educational programs and also arising skill are not obtaining typical task positionings. Qureos is taking advantage of the $470 billion e-learning and also future of job markets that are presently divided.
” Our company believe that brand-new knowing versions like Qureos, which incorporate cohort-based, concurrent education and learning with neighborhood, are mosting likely to end up being a lot more conventional and also interrupt typical gamers. From our viewpoint, the power and also enthusiasm that the group showed from our preliminary discussions, to the grip showed so beforehand, and also the deep item vision, were all components to driving our sentence in business. We’re delighted to be a component of this trip and also seeing the group’s vision of upskilling skill come true,” stated Amir Farha, creator and also handling companion at Cotu Ventures
With split second applications on numerous task systems today, working with tiredness is coming to be a worry on human resources groups with 47 percent of prospects falling short task meetings because of an absence of placement to the firm.
By 2025, Millennials and also Gen Z will certainly compose 75 percent of the worldwide labor force according to Deloitte. Because of this, companies are dealing with a raising typical expense of hiring of $4,129 per hire and also a typical time-to-hire of 42 days.
By developing a finding out neighborhood, Qureos permits expanding companies to use an on-demand labor force of skill that have actually been mentored to provide an excellent quality of job. With Qureos, companies have the ability to lower their cost-to-hire by approximately 79 percent and also their time-to-hire by 36 percent with Qureos’ exclusive performance-based hiring structure.
” Discovering and also working with are detached and also Qureos intends to take advantage of its distinct placement at the nexus of these 2 markets with an experiential knowing neighborhood where arising skill can pick up from market specialists and also acquire experience with mentor-led working with mates from companies,” stated Alexander Epure, Founder and also Chief Executive Officer at Qureos.
” Qureos is pursuing a large chance with the supreme goal of developing a community that opens the possibility of the human resources. There is a significant untapped possible among arising skill which is not utilized and also it has to do with time we produce a motivational tale that unites individuals that straighten with our goal” stated the creators.
With indigenous network impacts of the system, Qureos has actually had the ability to accomplish extraordinary natural development of 25,000+ individuals, along with bring in coaches from leading companies consisting of Google, Paypal, Amazon.com, Cisco, and also greater than 100 service companions worldwide.
” Designers and also market specialists can flawlessly monetize their understanding, develop an on the internet existence and also individual brand name while returning to the regional and also worldwide neighborhood.” stated Tomas Panek – Digital Advertising at Qatar Airways.
Victoria Elegance, Owner and also Handling Companion at Colle Funding stated: “We see remarkable chance in Qureos’ goal to bridge understanding spaces and also upskill experts with leveraging the phenomenal path with straight mentorship. Concurrently this system offers a superb chance for extremely knowledgeable people to straight monetize their data base, worsened by distinctive network impacts, and also for business to gain access to premium quality and also determined swimming pool of skill. It is likewise incredibly pleasing to see the spreading of business skill in the area straight originating from the success of Swvl. It is clear to us at Colle Funding that the climbing Swvl Mafia will certainly go to the leading edge of introducing a brand-new and also interesting wave of technology in the MENA area and also past.”
In November 2021, Qureos revealed its collaboration with DP Globe, a Dubai-based international logistics service provider, to digitize the Tumoohi program, an effort to sustain the Emirati culture and also add to the UAE federal government’s initiatives to make it possible for Emirati young people.
” I am delighted to see Alex and also Usama, Swvl graduates, et cetera of the starting group elevate a very effective and also oversubscribed round and also launch in numerous markets. From Swvl’s reputable and also cost effective transportation to Qureos’ Learn to Gain version, the usual goal is boosting accessibility to function and also education and learning chances and also equipping incomes. I am likewise urged to see Victoria, the chief executive officer of Queen’s Gambit Development Funding, the SPAC Swvl is brushing with, remain to purchase worldwide gamers arising out of the Center East to scale globally and also gain access to worldwide swimming pools of resources” stated Youssef Salem, CFO of Swvl and also Participant of Board of Advisors of Qureos.
Qureos strategies to utilize this financial investment to develop product-led procedures and also increase its remote-first group with a concentrate on working with skill for their workplaces in the UAE, Pakistan and also India. Its varied group originates from 11 cities and also 10 races with experiences at Swvl, Cisco, Careem, EY, Daraz, HSBC and also Aleph. —
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