29. Learnerbly

Learnerbly gives employees control over their own development by providing a learning budget and access to hundreds of providers to choose between.

Founder: Rajeeb Dey
Founded: 2016
Website: www.learnerbly.com

Lots of companies are now talking about workplace learning, making sure their employees continue to develop while working for them so their skills stay up to date and they’re in the best position to contribute new ideas and strategies. However, how do you actually make this happen?

Enter Learnerbly, which gives employees learning budgets and lets them choose what and how to learn from over 200 different providers.

Having already featured in 2018, 2019 and 2020, Learnerbly are once again in the Startups 100 for one simple reason – what they do works.

Learners are put in control of their own development, able to spend their learning budget on the books, coaching courses, e-learning and conferences that they care about and match their goals.

What this means is that, unlike many workplace learning libraries, employees actually use Learnerbly – it has an engagement rate of 40-60% compared to industry averages of less than 15%.

And this innovative approach has attracted a horde of cutting-edge companies like Snyk, King.com. GoCardless, Curve and HelloFresh, and means Learnerbly has a nearly 100% retention rate across its client base of almost 100 companies.

Workplace learning that employees actually use and enjoy? Looks like Learnerbly could teach lots of companies a thing or two about building a successful startup.

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Alec Hawley

Alec is Startups’ resident expert on politics and finance. He’s provided live updates on the budget, written guides on investing and property development, and demystified topics like corporation tax, accounting software, and invoice discounting. Before joining, he worked in the media for over a decade, conducting media analysis at Kantar Media and YouGov, and writing a wide variety of freelance pieces.

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