Kalido

Founded in 2014 by Sanjay Varma and Ashvin Sologar, Kalido is a London-based company that has developed an AI-powered platform focused on talent management and opportunity matching within enterprises. The creation of the company was spurred by Varma's personal experiences, which highlighted inefficiencies in finding trusted professionals and the limitations of traditional networking. These events led to the development of a platform designed to democratize professional opportunities.

Kalido operates as an AI-based skill-sharing and collaboration platform, serving enterprises looking to optimize their workforce. The business model centers on providing tools for companies to build an agile workforce by mapping employee skills, facilitating internal mobility, and improving talent deployment for projects and roles. The platform utilizes AI to match employees with internal projects, teams, and roles, thereby aiming to increase productivity and employee engagement while reducing recruitment costs.

The core of Kalido's offering is its talent marketplace platform. This service provides a real-time view of an organization's skills ecosystem, allowing businesses to identify talent gaps and discover existing employee capabilities. Key features include detailed employee profiles that capture skills, experiences, and interests; a "Quest" feature for managers to find and deploy talent; and integrated communication tools to facilitate collaboration. For employees, the platform presents a personalized set of opportunities, including roles that align with their current skills and those that offer development possibilities. The company has secured $7.05 million in funding over two rounds, including a $2 million seed round in 2019 led by HCL Technologies.

Keywords: talent marketplace, skills management, internal mobility, workforce agility, employee engagement, AI recruitment, enterprise collaboration, opportunity discovery, professional networking, talent deployment, skills ecosystem, human capital management, HR tech, upskilling, project staffing, corporate social networking, workforce optimization, AI-powered HR, employee retention, talent analytics