Interplay Learning raises $5.5 million to train blue-collar workers

S3 Ventures led the firm's $5.5 million Series A equity round. Shasta Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Holt Ventures, Wild Basin Investments, and Shelter Capital Partners also participated.

Al Gore’s Generation Investment raises $1 billion to invest in “sustainability revolution”

A spate of announcements make for a trend in private equity: bigger raises for “impact” and “sustainability” funds, and bigger ticket sizes for deals explicitly targeting global challenges.

Catalyst launches $150 million impact-focused Opportunity Fund

Jim Sorenson, an early proponent of Opportunity Zones, is seeding the fund with $10 million.

Germany’s HeyJobs raises $12 million to address talent amid demographic changes

The company has 500 clients, including UPS, PayPal, and Vodafone, and has facilitated more than 25,000 job appointments since launching in 2016.

Credly raises $11.1 million to grow digital credentialing

ZOMA Capital and Strada Education Network joined existing investors New Markets Venture Partners, University Ventures, Pearson, Lumina Foundation, and Lion Brothers Company in the round.

We Are Digital raises £1.5 million to bridge digital and financial skill gaps in the UK

A £1.5 million ($1.96 million) financing round was led by U.K venture capital firms Si2 Fund, Triplepoint and and Ascension Ventures. Wayra UK and ClearlySo also participated.

Gray Matters Capital seeds platform to teach Indians to code in native languages

The Chennai-based skills and jobs platform delivers instructional programming videos in regional languages, tech mentorship and jobs leads to aspiring tech engineers in India.