nir-vana innovation network

The business is a social impact company incorporated in January 2020. They have pioneered micro-credential virtual work experience programmes as an intervention to tackle rising youth unemployment rates. Their solution has been proven in the UK market. However, rather than providing a generic solution, they would like to work closely with partners who can help them to not only introduce potential end-users of their platform but also help them to tailor their solution(s) to local markets and work together to commercialise it. The company is led by multi-award-winning entrepreneurs and brings together over thirty years of education and recruitment expertise. As a response to COVID and the emerging technologies, such as AI and XR – which have fundamentally disrupted the education and employment journey – hundo has innovated and commercialised immersive learning solutions. They have two main product lines: hundo vWEX – a virtual work experience platform that connects young people in education with employers in industry, to enable career exploration and preparation (with access available to students of all backgrounds, in all locations). All learners, who are usually aged between 14-18, create their hundo profile – a digital skills profile to replace the CV - with a real-time record of skills gained that lead to increased employment outcomes. CareerCon Monthly – an immersive careers event for parents, educators, young people, and employers to discover sector-specific future of work across frontier and emerging technologies. The company’s strategic partners in the UK include City & Guild’s and their clients include the National Health Service (NHS), Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), and Leeds City Council. They give young people access to an employer-led skills-based learning platform to augment their mandatory education and equip learners with the skills/knowledge needed to thrive in the future of work. The global shortage of skilled tech-enabled workers is a crisis and materially impacts places with high youth populations. The hundo platform adds the 'last mile' providing the essential bridge between the education to employment journey for young people. The desired outcome of this business offer is to create a new strategic partnership with distributer and/or reseller agents to help the company to introduce their solution(s) to potential clients and tailor it to the local markets across the EU and network countries.