• Hone, a leadership training platform, closed a USD 16 million round of Series A funding led by F-Prime Capital with participation from Cowboy Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Slack Fund, Gaingels, and SemperVirens.

• This round, along with its previous funding in 2020, brings total funds raised by Hone to USD 22.4 million.

<ul><li> Analyst QuickTake : Hone offers a similar solution to Torch Leadership Labs , another leadership training platform that incidentally raised USD 25 million in Series B funding earlier this year in February . Although it has comparatively less total funding (USD 22.4 million compared to Torch’s USD 47.8 million), Hone aims to differentiate itself through its flagship offering “Manager Bootcamp,” an eight-week live online course that pairs groups of eight with a coach to practice core management skills in short, weekly sessions.</ul>