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It’s been an exciting month here at Go1. We now reach over 3.5 million learners and have recently closed US$200M in Series D funding. Given all the recent news coverage I thought it was a good moment to share a bit more around our plans and thinking, and to thank everyone who has helped us with the journey to date.

In 2015, we set out from a small garage in Brisbane, Australia, with a mission to unlock people’s positive potential through a love of learning. How? By helping connect learners and businesses with great content publishers in a single subscription.  

It’s been a busy past six years, which has seen us working with organizations, governments, and NFPs across the world to deliver learning content that is relevant, effective and inspiring.  

Throughout this time, we have increased our user base by more than 300 percent year-over-year, and now support more than 1,700 customers worldwide. 

We are excited to announce we have now played a part in over 3.5 million people’s learning and development. We do that through partnering with some amazing content creators and integrating with many leading LMS, LXP and HRIS solutions.  

As recently shared in the press, we have just completed a Series D funding round with US$200M in new investment coming into the business. 

As part of this funding round, we are thrilled to welcome SoftBank Vision Fund 2 who share our belief around the market potential.  

“When people think about music, they often think of Spotify and access to unlimited music for one subscription. We believe Go1 is the emerging category leader in providing a similar experience for corporate learning. Powered by AI and machine learning, Go1’s platform provides an intuitive experience, and creates an opportunity for individuals to expand their professional development goals and explore the resources to help achieve them,” said Nagraj Kashyap, Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers. 

The Series D was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Salesforce Ventures and AirTree Ventures with participation from existing investors including M12, SEEK and Madrona. 

Due to the support and backing of organizations like yours, we’ve been able to continue on our mission to unlock positive potential through a love of learning. However, this is still just the beginning. Internally we talk about a vision of reaching 1 billion learners – and there is a long way to go on that journey! 

As 2021 progresses, we will use the new investment to continue to deliver more for our key stakeholders: to our customers, to our content partners, and to grow the ecosystem of learning globally. More specifically this means:  

Onboarding more content partners, providing greater choice and diversity of material for customers, and better tools for our existing content partners to help them grow their businesses.  

More and deeper integrations with platforms to surface content. Making it possible to access great content across LMS, LXP, HRIS and other platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Slack and Workplace by Facebook. 

And we will start to explore additional products and services to assist HR and L&D leaders to unlock positive potential through learning with their teams.  

A big thank you to the whole team at Go1 and to all our customers and partners. I’m excited about what we can achieve next. 

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We have recently announced that Go1 reaches 3.5 million learners and has closed US$200M in Series D funding. In this post we share some of our plans for the journey ahead.

It’s no secret that Microsoft has been a major investor in Go1 for the past few years.

As part of our broad relationship with Microsoft, we’ve been doing more and more to deeply connect Go1 learning content and learning experiences into Microsoft’s products so that Go1 customers can learn seamlessly in the flow of work.

Today, we are excited to further expand this relationship by announcing Go1’s integration with Microsoft Viva. This integration, to be available at the upcoming general availability of Microsoft’s Viva Learning module, will enable fantastic learning experiences in Viva.

At Go1, we believe employee learning experiences should be frictionless. The Viva platform removes barriers to learning by delivering content where employees are spending their day – in Microsoft Teams. 

Since Go1 also removes barriers to finding and accessing learning by bringing together hundreds of world-class providers in a single place, it’s a valuable integration:

"We are pleased that Go1 will be integrating with Microsoft Viva Learning to empower employees to learn from a diverse, global content library. Go1’s breadth and depth of content across industries and roles, from office to first-line workers, supports Microsoft’s mission to help people and organizations achieve more."
Seth Patton, general manager, Microsoft 365 Next Gen Productivity & Employee Experience.

Through this collaboration, Viva Learning users will have access to over 100,000 training resources from the Go1 Content Hub, delivered by the biggest names in eLearning. By leveraging Go1 content, employees can begin to build professional development and learning into their workday – in the most natural way.

Visit go1.com/go1-microsoft-viva to learn more about Viva and Go1. 

Go1 integrates with Microsoft Viva to provide learning content to employees – right where they need it most.

Go1 integration with Microsoft Viva – redefining the workplace learning experience

Over the past year, Go1 has been making continuous enhancements to how individuals can learn in the flow of work with the Go1 Learning app for Microsoft Teams, while also enabling content to be more accessible through our integration with Microsoft Search.  

Today, Go1 is thrilled to announce that we were included in the Microsoft Build Conference, where our upcoming integration into Outlook was featured with Microsoft’s Universal Actions. Through this enhancement, Office 365 customers will soon be able to leverage automated prompts to learners after content is shared in Teams.  

In the example shared at Microsoft Build, when learning content is shared to a channel in Microsoft Teams, an automated email with a Microsoft Adaptive Card is sent to members of that channel. A learner can then opt to view the content immediately or save the content for later (which puts that learning content on the learner’s “saved for later” list within Teams), all from Outlook. 

These types of experiences, which will be available to Go1 customers in the near future, drive greater engagement in relevant learning content for an individual. If you are looking to enhance the learning experiences you deliver, Go1 would love to speak with you about being a part of this new learning experience. Please reach out to support@go1.com for more information. 

Organizations will soon be able to provide learners with actionable prompts in Outlook to drive greater engagement with learning content.

Go1’s Microsoft Universal Actions integration featured at the 2021 Microsoft Build Developer Conference 

We're excited to announce that the Go1 Learning Content Hub has achieved SAP certification, integrating with cloud solutions from SAP. This integration helps organizations to access the Go1 Content Hub and export with one click into SAP SuccessFactors Open Content Network.

The Go1 Content Hub is the largest curated eLearning library from the world’s top training providers, available for a single subscription within your existing learning platform, or available on ours. 

Our Content Hub contains over 100,000 resources, delivered by the biggest names in eLearning, giving you access to a vast range of topics, including industry specific learning. 

With this, you’ll always have the right training courses to upskill, re-train, and retain your employees. And what's more - you'll no longer need to source and manage multiple content provider agreements. 

The SAP® Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has certified that the Go1 Learning Content Hub integrates with cloud solutions from SAP using standard integration technologies, or that run as an add-on to one cloud solution from SAP. 

“We are delighted to announce that the Go1 Content Hub now has certified integration with SAP cloud solutions,” said Basem Emera, VP of Partnerships and Alliances at Go1.

"The certification gives SAP customers the confidence that our Content Hub, which consists of over 200 providers from around the world delivered in one single subscription, integrates smoothly with SAP SuccessFactors, giving customers complete confidence in their selection. We are excited for the journey ahead.”

SAP SuccessFactors is a world-leading provider of cloud human experience management (HXM) – the new people-focused term for HCM. Their HXM suite lets you provide employees with experiences that recognise their individual value and consistently motivate them to achieve peak performance levels. 

Go1 makes it easy for organizations to learn, with the world's most comprehensive online library of learning resources. Go1 pulls the world’s top online learning providers into one place, delivering all the learning an organisation needs in a single solution. With over 1.5 million learners - and growing - Go1 is a world leader in online learning.

Go1 has raised over US$80 million in total funding from investors including M12 - Microsoft’s venture fund, SEEK, Madrona Venture Group, Salesforce Ventures, Shark Tank investor Steve Baxter and Oxford University. To learn more about Go1, contact us today.

We're excited to announce that the Go1 Learning Content Hub has achieved SAP certification, integrating with cloud solutions from SAP. 

Go1 Content Hub achieves SAP-Certified integration with cloud solutions from SAP

As the holiday season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and those who have helped to shape our business through a pandemic.  

Before we look back at some of the highlights of the past year, we’d like to acknowledge the turbulence of 2020 and thank our team, our stakeholders and our community for their continued support through one of the toughest years the world has seen.  

To commemorate five years of Go1, we decided to work with the award winning organisation Design Studio to take a look at our brand and ensure it reflected our rapid growth and culture.  

Design Studio has worked with Air BnB, Oberlo, Hello Fresh and many more reputable brands, so we knew we would be in great hands. With two awards for the design of the rebrand (Bronze at the Transform awards for best education brand, and Distinction (gold) at AGDA for illustration), we are excited to see where it can take us! Our teams collaborated for the below result:

‘”The new brand identity feels like home. It provides us with a new ability to reflect our personality and capability in everything that we do, not constrained by the past. Our rapid growth into new customer areas, markets and products means that we can now reflect that diversity of offering simply and effectively.” 

Go1 Reveals New Brand Identity With New Features in Conjunction With Five-Year Anniversary 

Go1 has featured regularly in the press over the course of this year. Here’s a round up of some of the top stories! 

Go1 raises US$40m after remote learning activity triples 

AirTree writes one of its biggest cheques for one that got away 

Australia’s top 10 startups of 2020, revealed 

Microsoft partners with Brisbane startup Go1 for Teams integration 

Queensland Government teams up with global provider to deliver “Netflix for training” 

Go1 named one of LPI’s Top 15 Highest Performing Learning Technology Providers for 2020-21 
 


Throughout the year, we’ve partnered with many businesses to help them improve the way they deliver and manage their employee training. 

The Westpac Group partnered with Go1 to help address the issues that brokers are facing in the finance broking space, and to provide a consistent method of training to the industry. 

We teamed up Metro Trains to help provide more professional development opportunities for their staff and create a culture of learning.  

We also helped SeaLink keep their team members engaged and learning throughout the COVID-19 period. 

We provided the National Trades Union Congress (NUTC) in Singapore a learning hub to expand their knowledge and horizons throughout the year as well as help Singapore stay competitive ensuring their workers stay employable for life. 

Working with Oliver Agency, we were able to provide a solution that provided a broad range of learning content, covering compliance and soft skills.  

We look forward to sharing more customer stories with you in the new year, so you can see first-hand how Go1 is helping companies to deliver improved learning to their teams. 

At Go1 we believe in bringing the learning community together so that we can all share our knowledge and help everyone to improve the way that they learn and train their team.  

This year has proved a little more difficult to bring people together, so we combatted this through ensuring that the community still had a place to band together!  

Our webinars included a plethora of industry leaders, guest speakers, and thought leaders - catch up on our past webinars here. 

We'll be bringing you more exciting webinars in the new year and invite you to get involved in the conversation. 

At Go1, we partner with the world’s top training providers, to bring you up-to-date specialist training for your industry. This year was no exception!  

Meet some of our latest partners below: 

Blinkist offers 15-20 minute summaries of thousands of non-fiction books. They have 150 titles in their library on topics from Mindset to Jay-Z. Blinks can be read or listened to (the audio starts automatically).

Emberin are pioneers in diversity and inclusion training. With decades of experience delivering blended learning, Emberin has award-winning programs that follow the scientific approach of staged learning, repetition, and taking action, to truly embed learnings.  

This year, we’re proud to say that Go1 Premium has grown to include more than 82,000 courses and over 200 providers!  

Thank you for reading and sharing our highlights from the year – it's been a big one and we're looking forward to an even bigger 2021. 

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers, partners, readers and followers for your ongoing support throughout the year.  

We are pleased to announce that the Go1 Content Hub is now available to evaluate and purchase on SAP® App Center, the digital marketplace for SAP partner offerings. 

We've developed a pre-built connector for the SuccessFactors’ Open Content Network (OCN) so that Go1 learning content can be delivered directly to the SuccessFactors Learning Management System (LMS).

More than 100,000 courses can now be discovered using the Go1 Content Hub and instantly pushed into a customer’s SAP SuccessFactors solution. The Go1/SAP integration also supports single sign on to ensure learners accessing content can do so securely and seamlessly.

“As a world-leading provider of Human Capital Management software, SuccessFactors is a logical platform for Go1 to integrate with. The SAP SuccessFactors OCN integration allows organisations to now seamlessly access the world’s largest learning library and deliver training from more than 200 of the world’s best providers through a single solution. We're excited for the journey ahead and can’t wait to help ease the burden facing organisations who aim to deliver great training to their employees,” Basem Emera, Go1 Head of Partnerships, said.

Find, try, and buy SAP partner solutions digitally at www.sapappcenter.com.

At SAP App Center, businesses can discover approximately 1,600 innovative partner solutions that integrate with and extend SAP solutions. There, customers can find the SAP-validated partner apps they need to grow their business and for each purchase made, SAP will plant a tree. 

Learn more about the Go1 x SAP SuccessFactors integration

SAP SuccessFactors is the global provider of cloud-based Human Experience Management (HXM) software. Their HR application suite integrates onboarding, social business and collaboration tools, a learning management system (LMS), performance management, recruiting software, applicant tracking software, succession planning, talent management, and HR analytics to deliver business strategy alignment, team execution, and maximum people performance to organisations of all sizes across more than 60 industries, in over 200 countries and territories. 

Go1 makes it easy for organisations to learn, with the world's most comprehensive online library of learning resources. Go1 pulls the world’s top online learning providers into one place, delivering all the learning an organisation needs in a single solution. With over 1.5 million learners - and growing - Go1 is a world leader in online learning.

Go1 has raised over US$80 million in total funding from investors including M12 - Microsoft’s venture fund, SEEK, Madrona Venture Group, Salesforce Ventures, Shark Tank investor Steve Baxter and Oxford University. To learn more about Go1, visit www.go1.com.

By integrating with SAP SuccessFactors OCN, the Go1 Content Hub now delivers a seamless content experience to customers.

Go1 Content Hub now available to try and buy on SAP® App Center 

Go1 is proud to be named as one of LPI’s Top 15 Highest Performing Learning Technology Providers for 2020-21. Established in 1995, the Learning and Performance Institute is a self-governing professional body for global workplace learning professionals and organisations. (LPI 2020)

Edmund Monk, CEO, LPI, said: "Learning technology providers operate in a highly competitive space - they must ensure their products are accessible, stable, high-performing, compliant, scalable, and rich with reporting functionality.”

So what does achieving the LPI accreditation mean for organisations?

“LPI accreditation validates their commitment to providing the best technologies, as well as their dedication to staff development, market relevance and business performance. The 15 organisations have a clear roadmap by which to build their capability and adapt their strategy for continual success. They demonstrate a strong customer value proposition and have a corporate culture that instils confidence throughout sales and marketing, to delivery and after-sales support,” Monk explains.

"Prospective and existing customers can be assured that these 15 organisations will provide the highest quality of service and the best user experience. They are trusted business partners, acting always in the best interests of their clients and, as such, fully endorsed by the LPI."

For Go1, being accredited by LPI means building a larger awareness in the UK market for a globally scaled product. 

As Ollie Browning, Go1’s Head of Sales EMEA, said, “we are delighted to have been recognised by the LPI as one of their Top 15 Highest Performing Learning Technology Providers and to sit alongside such great organisations. Getting external validation from an organisation with a global view of the market is rewarding for all the team at Go1 working hard every day.”

Go1 named one of LPI’s Top 15 Highest Performing Learning Technology Providers for 2020-21

We are extremely excited to be at number 6 of the Top Australian Startups named by LinkedIn. 

This is the third consecutive year that Go1 joins some phenomenal businesses in the list. 

“At Go1.com we’re humbled to be named alongside such great Australian companies. At a time where the world is undergoing immense change, startups are shaping and creating the jobs and industries of tomorrow,” says Vu Tran, Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist of Go1.

The list is released every year, compiled by LinkedIn’s editorial team who work hard to spotlight rapidly growing companies. They utilize proprietary LinkedIn data and the expertise of their global editorial team to pinpoint companies that have high platform engagement, high employee engagement, and attract top talent through LinkedIn. 

This year, LinkedIn utilised data from January to July 2020 to ensure that it captured startups that were resilient through COVID. 

Chris Eigeland, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer said:

“We're honoured to be included on this list of amazing Australian startups that are transforming industries, in the middle of a challenging and changing economic environment. As an organisation focused on learning in the context of the 'new normal' for professional development and work life, we're proud to be supporting the Australian workforce.” 

Go1 is working hard to ensure that employee mental health and wellbeing are its core focus through the COVID period and beyond. Teams have been forced to move away from office environments, and Go1 has enabled the People and Culture team and Leadership team to foster personal and professional growth through remote working. 

It’s key that all employees are comfortable and have the resources that they need to do their jobs from their homes. With the prominent return to office date potentially in the next few months, we are ensuring our team’s health and safety is at the forefront, as we move towards a more flexible working environment.

Go1 makes it easy for organisations to learn, with the world's most comprehensive online library of learning resources. Go1 pulls the world’s top online learning providers into one place, delivering all the learning an organization needs in a single solution. With over 1.5 million learners – and growing – Go1 is a world leader in online learning.

Go1.com has raised over US$80 million in total funding from investors including M12 - Microsoft’s venture fund, Madrona Venture Group, SEEK, Salesforce Ventures, Shark Tank investor Steve Baxter and Oxford University. 

Go1 named #6 in LinkedIn's 2020 Top Startups in Australia

In the same way that the internet has changed the way in which we consume music and entertainment, advancements in technology continue to impact the way in which we learn. 

Thanks to the internet, the scope of education has far outgrown the bounds of a physical classroom or training room. Schools, universities and organisations now expect learning to be adaptive and delivered in the flow of work, catered specifically to their students or employees. 

At the same time, learners now expect to be able to access and consume learning content, at their own pace, and on their own device. 

We are seeing the eLearning industry continue to transform, both from a format and a delivery perspective. And it’s an exciting time. 

The evolution of subscription-based streaming for learning

There’s no doubt that streaming through apps and devices has become the new norm, whether you’re listening to music, watching a movie, or learning something new.

Over time, we’ve seen the evolution of music move from physical products, in the form of records, cassette tapes and CDs, to digital streaming. 

Spotify, amongst other players, realised that consumers wanted more of an uncapped music experience - and a flat subscription fee was the answer. For musicians, Spotify provided an easy way to upload their music, increase their audience, and get paid a percentage each time their song was played. To date, the Spotify platform has paid artists over $2 billion in royalties.

We are now seeing a similar trend across the learning industry, with more learning content being created and delivered in digital format. In this way, the subscription based streaming model is set to play a key role in the future of learning. 

How subscription-based streaming works for creators

Just as the convenience and flexibility of streaming is benefitting learners, subscription based streaming can also provide great opportunities for learning content creators. 

To understand the benefits of subscription based streaming for content creators, it can be helpful to turn once again to the parallels of the music industry. 

Let’s look at Spotify’s payment model. Here, D.A. Wallach explains how Spotify pays artists:

"People need to transition from unit-based thinking to consumption-based thinking in terms of royalties. We feel the metric of success should be based on how many people are listening to your music over a period of years, as opposed to looking at how many units are shipping in one week. 

People are used to seeing big numbers from a unit-based model, but that's really front loading what is happening. Comparing iTunes sales with Spotify payments over a two month period of time is not a great way to look at things. What we are trying to create is a system in which you earn royalties forever for good music, and the time horizon is simply different than what folks are familiar with now.”

We believe GO1 Premium, as a subscription based streaming model, delivers similar benefits for creators of digital learning content.

The benefits of GO1 Premium for learning content creators 

So how does the GO1 payment model work to support creators of digital learning content?

By becoming part of GO1 Premium, we can help content creators reach a larger, more engaged audience. As a GO1 Content Partner, you have the potential to reach millions of learners, while establishing a recurring income. 

Our model is pretty straight forward. We aggregate our subscription revenue and pay out royalties based on a pro rata share, in accordance with the popularity of a piece of content. 

If your content accounts for 1% of the total number of minutes consumed per month, you will get 1% of total subscription revenue, multiplied by your individual revenue share percentage. 

GO1 Premium also connects creators of digital learning content with the largest names in technology. Recently, we launched our integration with Microsoft Teams and have also partnered with names like D2L and Saba to provide content to their customers. 

This means that companies can integrate with your content more seamlessly throughout their own ecosystem, resulting in even more reach for you as a Content Partner and higher remuneration outcomes.  

We feel this has far greater earning potential for you, the creator, versus that of a one-off purchase model. 

Have more questions about the GO1 model? We’d love to hear from you. 

Just as the convenience and flexibility of streaming is benefitting learners, subscription based streaming can also provide great opportunities for learning content creators. Learn more about how the GO1 payment model works to support creators of digital learning content.

The benefits of subscription based streaming for learning content creators

At Go1 we believe in the power of learning and we’re dedicated to helping organisations provide the best professional development opportunities to their teams. 

We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised over US$40 million in a Series C funding round, enabling us to continue supporting more organisations in keeping employees learning and developing. 

As part of the round we welcome new investors including Madrona Venture Group and Salesforce Ventures who joined alongside existing investors, SEEK, M12, and Our Innovation Fund. 

Since founding the business in 2015, we’ve seen more businesses understand the importance of investing in skilling and training for their teams. Recently, we’ve seen more organisations than ever turn to online training for these needs. 

Our model of partnering with content creators around the world has allowed companies to do that, supporting employees across a broad range of roles and industries to stay connected to their learning and development. 

With user engagement more than tripling over the last year, we’ve been pleased and humbled to be able to play a growing role in assisting businesses and employees in navigating the new reality of remote working. 

We’ll be using this funding round to further improve our product and continue to scale our team. 

This funding will also enable us to expand our content provider partner network, allowing us to offer even more courses to learners and further enabling companies to empower their employees through learning. 

Additionally, we will double down on relationships with global platform partners, enabling more learners to access Go1's content library in a variety of ways, through an ever-growing list of platforms and partnerships.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our current customers and partners for their incredible support and for joining us on this journey. We could not have done this without you. 

As a result of the funding, there’ll be more exciting things happening at Go1 in the near future - so stay tuned! 