# 50skills

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/50skills

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Kopavogur, Iceland
- Website: www.50skills.com
- Total disclosed funding: $8.6M
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Kopavogur, Iceland and founded in 2017 by Kristján Freyr Kristjánsson (Co-founder & CEO), Andri Janusson (Co-Founder & CTO), Bjarki Atlason (Co-Founder & CDO), Georg Olafsson (Co-Founder), and Siggi Helgason (Co-Founder), 50skills ehf., a.k.a. 50skills operates as a provider of an HR software-as-a-service (SaaS) and new-hire onboarding solution that primarily helps businesses in evaluating applicants and centralizing employee data. In September 2026, 50skills raised USD 6 million in venture funding co-led by Swiss Post Ventures, Avant Capital, DRD Investments and Frumtak Ventures.
The company provides an HR SaaS and new-hire onboarding solution, which includes centralized employee data, career site, job-board connects, social media sharing, employee referrals, hiring funnel, onboarding processes, creating tools and services, and more.
The company will use the September 2026 funding to support team growth across sales, marketing, and community functions while advancing its platform’s HR-focused AI agents.

## Funding rounds

- Round, Sep 24, 2026, $6M — Avant, DRD Investments, Frumtak Ventures, Swiss Post Ventures
- Seed, May 13, 2022, $2.6M — Frumtak Ventures

## Investors

- Frumtak Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/frumtak-ventures) — Seed
- Avant
- DRD Investments
- Swiss Post Ventures