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Vektor AI: a platform for finding a mentor and professional development
Startup Vektor AI raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round. Investors included both individuals and large funds, including Cherry Ventures, Bradley Horowitz, who is a vice president at Google, and others.
Vektor AI was founded by a married couple who previously worked at Yandex. The startup’s product is a platform that allows users to find a mentor for various professional purposes. To do this, the user needs to fill out a questionnaire when registering for the service – and algorithms will independently select a mentor according to the given requirements. That’s how a person gets experts in different fields, such as entrepreneurship, management, programming, and others. And Vektor AI offers two variants of cooperation between users – the services of the mentor can be paid or on a free basis. Mentors help to improve professional skills, share their experience, and support in adapting to the new place of work. According to the startup, it cooperates with Microsoft, Huawei, Visa, Walmart, and other well-known large businesses.
The company was founded at the end of 2021 and is registered in London. The platform entered the market after a thorough beta-testing procedure, which lasted about half a year. According to the founders of the startup, the main goal of the platform is to support young professionals who want to develop in their fields. It is important to provide employees of small companies with the same opportunities for professional growth as in large corporations.
It should be noted that mentoring and training platforms are becoming increasingly popular. After the global shift to online, many people prefer to improve their professional skills and learn new ones through special services. In addition, the remote format provides an opportunity to get a reputable expert from various fields to mentor.
A popular service for such purposes is the American GrowthMentor, where mentors can select CEOs of successful companies, designers, and marketers. Mentors include top managers from Uber, Google, PayPal, and others. The platform is focused on solving such professional issues as managing product launches, content marketing, developing strategies to attract funding, and developing young startups. The mentoring services are provided through subscription, which includes access to various workshops, consultations with individual mentors or their groups, participation in a closed community, and much more.
The Swiss MentorCruise platform assists with business development, technology skills, and career advancement. Experts from Amazon, Netflix, Stripe, and other well-known companies serve as experts. The platform offers mentorship from professionals in various sectors, such as machine learning, marketing, design, and computer science.