Kampus

Kampus is a corporate learning platform launched in March 2021. The service focuses on the automation and improvement of the processes of adaptation, development and training of employees of both SMEs and large businesses. By November 2023, Kampus has 160 thousand users. The platform's clients are more than 40 companies, including X5 Group, Samolet Group, Gazprom-Media Holding, Tochka Bank, Qiwi, Mitsubishi Electric, Skolkovo Management School, Makfa, etc.

History

2024: Anton Buzdalin bought 23% of Kampus

In early March 2024, it became known about the investments of the founder of Eapteka Anton Buzdalin in the Russian platform for corporate training Kampus. As a result of the transaction, the entrepreneur received a 22.77% stake in the company "Theories from Practitioners" (legal entity Kampus). Its participants did not disclose the financial and other parameters of the agreement.

Anton Buzdalin, commenting on investments in Kampus, called this platform "the best solution in the segment of automation of corporate training, which is worth investing in."

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The project has all the prerequisites to become an industry standard: a founding visionary with the right approach to development, a strong composition of investors, satisfied large corporate clients, product quality confirmed by numbers and experts. Using the example of my companies, I was convinced of the benefits of Kampus and believe that all medium and large companies will have a focus on employee training in the near future. That is why he decided to join the Kampus team not only as a financial investor, but also as an active ambassador of corporate training, - said the founder of Eaptek.

According to the founder and managing partner of the Kampus platform, Nadezhda Makova, Anton Buzdalin is an involved investor with experience in launching technology solutions that change individual industries, and such partners are of great value to a startup. Buzdalin is actively involved in Kampus processes and provides expert support to the project, his investment "brings the company closer to the main goal - when Kampus will be in every office of each company aimed at progress," Makova added.

By February 2024, Kampus customers include more than 50 companies, and the number of users reached 200 thousand. The Kampus platform is included in the unified register of Russian software and is accredited by the IT company.^[1]

2023: VimpelCom bought 12% of Kampus

On November 16, 2023, VimpelCom announced its investment in Kampus. Under the terms of the deal, the financial terms of which were not disclosed, the Russian telecom operator received 12% in the startup.

Beeline Innovation Director Nikolai Evchenko said that the platform will be financially supported, expertise and a network of contacts will be shared with it. Further, Beeline expects to attract new investors to the project, he added.

VimpelCom announced investment in Kampus

Partnership with Beeline - additional opportunities to communicate the essence of the approach# training to more companies. The Beeline Ventures team is a smart investor, a reliable experienced partner who cares about the meaning of the project and the people who embody this meaning, "said Nadezhda Makova, founder and managing partner of Kampus.

According to the Kontur. Focus system, by mid-November 2023, the main owner of Kampus is Qiwi co-founder Sergei Solonin - he has 55.2%. Commenting on the deal to invest VimpelCom in Kampus, Solonin noted that he has supported the startup since its inception and "continues to believe in its favor and necessity for every business."

For me, the importance of the Kampus project is not only in its manufacturability, but in the social change, the impact that this tool has on the entire corporate training industry, "the entrepreneur emphasized.[2]

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