Clustree

Clustree was a French technology firm established in 2014 by founder and CEO Bénédicte de Raphélis Soissan. The company operated on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, providing an AI-driven platform for skills management and internal talent allocation.

The core of Clustree's offering was a sophisticated skills engine that utilized machine learning and bias-free algorithms. This technology was designed to help large organizations analyze their employees' skills data, enabling more informed decisions on hiring, internal mobility, and workforce planning. The platform consolidated over one billion job skills from multiple languages into a proprietary skills ontology, a library of 53,000 verified skills. This allowed clients, which included major global brands like Carrefour and SNCF, to map employee profiles to specific job roles, identify skill gaps within their workforce, and facilitate employee development.

After its founding, Clustree successfully raised a total of $11.5 million over three funding rounds, with its Series A in June 2017 raising $7.9 million led by Creandum. This financial backing supported the development and scaling of its technology. In January 2020, the company reached a significant milestone when it was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand, a global people development solutions provider, for approximately $18.5 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition aimed to integrate Clustree's skills engine into Cornerstone's product portfolio to enhance its talent management capabilities for a global client base.

Keywords: skills engine, skills ontology, talent management, HR technology, workforce planning, skills mapping, internal mobility, employee development, human resources AI, bias-free algorithms, people analytics, skills gap analysis, SaaS, talent acquisition, reskilling, upskilling, competency management, AI-powered HR, career pathing, corporate HR software, people development, enterprise software