Administrate is an Edinburgh, UK–based SaaS startup offering a cloud-based platform to manage corporate training operations. The platform streamlines the administration, delivery, and tracking of training programs and integrates with existing learning management systems (LMS). It provides tools for scheduling, reporting, and content management and is used by corporate clients including Siemens, Royal Caribbean, and Maersk. In August 2024 Administrate raised £3.05M to support growth. The company will use the funding to expand its training management platform. Administrate positions itself in the learning and training management software category. Administrate provides an enterprise training operations platform designed to scale and manage the complexities of enterprise training. Its platform automates manual processes, manages complex training schedules and logistics, and enables access to business intelligence from siloed data. Customers cited in the article include Royal Caribbean Group, Siemens Healthineers, and Maersk. The company plans to use the $6.4M funding to expand its business reach and meet the needs of its North American enterprise customer base. Administrate was founded in 2012 in Edinburgh and maintains an office in Bozeman, Montana. It is led by CEO John Peebles. Administrate is a SaaS training and learning management platform that helps organisations define, deliver, track, analyse, and scale learning. Its cloud platform supports ecommerce, student registration, scheduling, personnel and resource management, reporting, and classroom management, all underpinned by a powerful API. Administrate is augmented by integrations with other SaaS providers such as CloudShare, SurveyMonkey and Zoom. The company serves a fast-growing global client base from Scotland and supports operations from offices in the United States and Lebanon. North American expansion has been a key driver and Administrate now employs more than 80 people across its three offices. The business says the recent funding will be used to accelerate global growth and continue development of its platform. Administrate offers a Software-as-a-Service that combines a learning management system (LMS) with tools to register learners and track training goals and outcomes. The platform helps organisations define strategic learning tracks, deliver training, and report on efficacy to better measure training ROI. The article notes typical U.S. companies spend about $1,800 per employee per year on training and struggle to track where that money goes—Administrate targets that pain point. Administrate recently implemented a four-day, 32-hour work week with five-day pay while maintaining five-day customer coverage through shift scheduling. CEO John Peebles says productivity has not declined and the policy is positioned as part of the company’s mission to create a better work environment. The company also completed a $2.5M funding round as reported in the article. Administrate is an Edinburgh, UK–based SaaS solution that provides online training management for training providers and corporate training departments. Led by CEO John Peebles, the company offers three core products: CORE (Training Management System), LMS (mobile-friendly, SCORM-compliant eLearning) and WEB (website integration for course booking). Its platform is designed to increase course bookings, manage operations and deliver eLearning. Customers include PwC, Elsevier, Scania, Becker and learndirect. Administrate employs 15 people at its CodeBase headquarters in Edinburgh. Financially, the company secured a £577K funding round and had previously raised over £1.4m from investors including Archangel, TRI Cap and the Scottish Co-Investment Fund; the new proceeds are earmarked for product development and sales and marketing.

Total raised

$19M

Funding rounds

5

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Equity

Latest activity

Aug 2024