Learning is Social: Mentessa wins Gold at the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards 2022

MUNICH, Tuesday 13th December 2022

• Mentessa, the platform that connects employees for learning and collaboration based on skills, was recognized by the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards.
• The Excellence Awards honor the best organizations that have successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools and have achieved measurable results.
• The HR tech startup won Gold in the category Best Advance in Social Learning Technology as it helps build a connected, learning culture in distributed teams.
• Mentessa closed a 1M€ seed round led by Eleven Ventures earlier this year and has recently been endorsed by NASDAQ for creating equal opportunities for everyone in the workplace.
• The international award will help the company’s global mission to remove barriers for learning and collaboration. Earlier this year, it was nominated for Unleash World Startup Award in Paris.

Mentessa, the platform that connects employees for learning and collaboration based on skills, was recognized by the Brandon Hall Group Excellence 2022 Awards. The event occurred online on 8 December 2022. 

The Excellence Awards honors the best organizations that have successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools and have achieved measurable results. Mentessa was awarded in the Technology Fall Program which has a dedicated focus on entries from solution providers offering technologies to learning, talent management, talent acquisition, HR and workforce management. Winners of the Excellence in Technology Awards are scheduled to be honored at Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Excellence Conference, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2023, at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Florida. 

The HR tech startup won Gold in the category Best Advance in Social Learning Technology as it helps build a connected, learning culture in distributed teams. As the new work era progresses, creating bonds and developing a collaborative culture is becoming a competitive advantage for every organization. This recognition marks a new milestone towards shaping the future of work and proving that new-age platforms can provide a viable solution for businesses to engage with their employees on a new level.

Founded in 2019 by Tina Ruseva and Andrey Andreev, the German start-up closed its first VC round in February, raising 1M€ from Eleven Ventures. Next to media mentions in influential regional publications, the startup has been endorsed by NASDAQ for creating equal opportunities in the workplace. Since its fundraising success in February, the startup has expanded internationally and was recently nominated for the UNLEASH World Startup Award. The international award will help the company’s global mission to remove barriers for learning and collaboration.

Tina Ruseva, CEO and Founder at Mentessa, said, “We’re thrilled with the progress made in 2022, and are elated to have been named Gold winners at the Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology 2022 Awards. When we entered, we knew we would be up against some pretty big players, so it’s a true honor to have done so well. Ending 2022 with this achievement feels fantastic.”

Contacts

Natalie Erb

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About Mentessa 

Mentessa is a software company based in Munich on the mission to remove barriers to learning and collaboration for everyone in the workplace. Founded in 2019, in 2020 the company launched a new kind of platform empowering people at work to find & share skills with their community, rather than simply communicating with each other. Taking on Slack as a market leader for decentralized collaboration, the diverse team of the female-led company is committed to creating a new way of people collaboration – inclusive, purpose-driven, and sustainable: “Where the future works”. In 2021 Mentessa was endorsed by NASDAQ for supporting the SDG agenda and creating equal opportunities for everyone in the workplace.

About Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards 

The Brandon Hall Group is the only professional development company that offers data, research, insights, and certification to Learning and Talent executives and organizations. The best minds in Human Capital Management (HCM) choose Brandon Hall Group to help them create future-proof employee development plans for the new era.

The Excellence Awards feature two annual programs that recognize the best organizations that have successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that have achieved measurable results. The awards attract entrants from leading corporations around the world, as well as mid-market and smaller firms. Judging for the award is based on the following criteria: value proposition, innovation, unique differentiators, technical functionality, and overall measurable results.