# Smalt

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

- Industry: Education/Training
- Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
- Website: www.smalt.eu
- Total disclosed funding: $13M
- Latest round: Seed (Jul 17, 2024)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Founded in 2023 by Khurram Masood and Marius Westhoff, and based in Berlin, Germany, BlueOcean Technologies GmbH, a.k.a Smalt, operates as a provider of a platform for talent development and services for the green trades sector. In May 2023, Smalt raised Euro 4.1 million in Seed funding led by La Famiglia and co-led by new investors Owl Ventures, and Axel Springer Porsche Ventures. The Seed funding valued the company at Euro 16.28 million post-money. 

Smalt’s offers a paid apprentice program that starts with intensive two to six-week academies and continuously trains participants with digital learning technologies to become certified solar and heat pump installation specialists. The company's teams are bilingual in German and English to serve your customers across Europe.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Jul 17, 2024, $8.7M — General Catalyst Partners, OWL Ventures, Noa, APX
- Seed, May 23, 2023, $4.4M — OWL Ventures, La Famiglia, APX, bunch of angels GmbH

## Investors

- OWL Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/owl-ventures) — Seed
- La Famiglia (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/la-famiglia) — Seed
- APX (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/apx) — Seed
- bunch of angels GmbH — Seed
- General Catalyst Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/general-catalyst-partners) — Seed
- Noa (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/noa) — Seed