MobieTrain
MobieTrain is a Genk-based mobile microlearning platform for deskless and frontline workers, with EUR 14.8M in total funding including a EUR 9M Series B from Fortino Capital in 2024.
Founded in 2015 in Genk, MobieTrain builds a mobile-first learning platform designed for deskless workers in retail, hospitality, logistics, and manufacturing. Unlike traditional LMS tools built for desk-based employees, MobieTrain delivers short, gamified training modules optimized for smartphones and accessed during brief downtime between tasks.
The company raised a EUR 9M Series B in 2024 led by Fortino Capital, bringing total funding to EUR 14.8M. The round was used to accelerate product development and expand into new European markets. MobieTrain addresses the significant gap in L&D tooling for the majority of the global workforce that does not work at a desk.
Funding History
2024: Series B, EUR 9M, led by Fortino Capital
- Total: EUR 14.8M
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In the media3
Guy Van Neck describes MobieTrain as a mobile learning platform for the retail industry that uses bite-sized learning, gamification, and knowledge retention algorithms to train workforce employees. He explains the platform consists of three components: a content management system for creating learning tracks, a web application with gamification for employees, and a dashboard for companies to track engagement and knowledge gaps.
Guy Van Neck discusses how he identified the problem of inadequate frontline employee training while working in auditing and mystery shopping services, observing that retailers struggled to train store-level workers despite having good training systems for management. He explains how the rise of smartphones and digitalization prompted him to create MobieTrain, a mobile-first micro-learning platform, which he formalized through an MBA at Chicago Booth and officially launched in 2015 while maintaining another job.