Sharpist, a Berlin-based people development solution provider, has announced the closing of a €20 million Series A funding round co-led by Endeit Capital and Capnamic with participation from business angels, including the former VP of Workplace at Meta Julien Codorniou, French venture studio Founders Future, and Porsche Ventures, the venture capital unit of Sharpist’s customer Porsche AG, and existing investors Vorwerk Ventures and btov Partners.

Founded in 2018, Sharpist provides companies with personal business coaches from a network of certified coaches via its mobile and web app, supplemented with personalized learning content. Learners are paired with the optimal coach for them based on the learner’s focus areas, insights from a team of psychologists and input from its algorithm.

Sharpist plans to double the size of its 100-people team in 2022, and will also focus on accelerating growth across Europe and product development with a focus on product experience.

The company said the corporate learning and development market is growing, and fast. It’s currently thought to be worth over $300 billion, and with the ongoing war for talent, it’s only going to get bigger.