Pack Secures €5.8M In Series A Round To Accelerate Its International Expansion

After an initial €3.5 million tranche in September 2025 led by Rialto VC, the second tranche welcomes US-based Acadian Ventures a fund focused on future-of-work technologies.

The round also attracted prominent HR and SaaS investors, including David Clarke, Thomas Otter, Jason Corsello, Steven Hunt, Luca Saracino, Doris Tomanek and Jeroen Van Hautte. Pack was advised on the transaction by Bonelli Erede, with partner Giulia Bianchi Frangipane and senior associate Enrico Goitre managing the legal structuring.

Founded in 2022 by Pietro Maria Picogna and Giacomo Gentili, Pack is a people-development platform that helps companies map skills, assess potential, and deliver personalized development paths including coaching, mentoring, and targeted training through continuous AI-powered monitoring. Its mission is to drive organizational growth through skills, enabling teams to become more agile, informed and future-ready.

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Companies don’t just need HR software; they need an intelligent partner capable of interpreting people data and turning it into strategic decisions. Our mission is to make organisations more aware, agile and future-ready, explains Giacomo Gentili, CPO and co-founder of Pack.

With this funding round, Pack reinforces its position among Europe’s HR tech startups, leveraging its international outlook, proprietary technology, and AI-native culture. The company has grown to a 30-person team across two countries and aims to reach 50 employees within six months, focusing on product, AI and customer success.

The new capital will support this hiring plan, facilitate expansion into France, Germany, and the United Kingdom and accelerate Pack’s AI roadmap, positioning the company as a European leader in Human Capital Intelligence.

About Pack

Pack is an AI-native people development platform that helps organizations map current skills, identify gaps and create personalized development paths. By leveraging AI and digital assessments, Pack enables companies to grow internal talent, reduce hiring and training costs, and build the capabilities needed to achieve strategic business goals.