Changing occupations and constant training needs
I learned that the vocational education platform “1 + X Education” of Beijing Industry and Education Integration International Education Consulting Co., Ltd. recently received US $ 5 million in angel round financing from the US Carlyle Education Fund investment. Huang Jianguo, one of the founders, said that the financing will focus on the development of new e-commerce training products.
Beijing Industry-Education Integration International Education was established in 2015. It is a company that provides professional immigration to the European smart manufacturing industry. The “1 + X Education” APP uses AI technology to quickly match jobs and training content. It is reported that the “1 + X Education” currently officially launched a total of five categories, including new e-commerce, smart construction, new media operations, big data and artificial intelligence, etc., the customer unit price is about 2,000 yuan.
The development of the big data and artificial intelligence industries has heated up the related industry training and recruitment market. Many companies have hired big data and artificial intelligence talents with high salaries. In addition to new occupations brought by new technologies, new industry formats have also created new talent demands. With the maturity of the domestic e-commerce market and the rise of social e-commerce, live streaming and other formats, e-commerce training has become a rigid demand. E-commerce practitioners need to undergo systematic training to understand the platform’s operating model.
The Huoyan Society under Dawa Technology is a e-commerce education and training brand recently reported . Huoyan’s training courses cover Taobao e-commerce, Jingdong e-commerce, Pinduoduo e-commerce, Douyin e-commerce, out-of-source e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce and online celebrity incubation. According to the company, there are currently 50,000 paying users of its Taobao e-commerce courses, and the number of lectures has reached one million times. According to Shi Zhaoxiang, the founder of Dawa Technology, the current market size of the e-commerce training industry is between 1 billion and 2 billion.
It is reported that Carlyle Group, an investor in this round, is a global alternative asset management company with an asset management scale of approximately US $ 162 billion. It was founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, USA. The company has more than 1,550 employees and has 31 offices in North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. Carlyle Asia Fund has recently invested in Amex GBT, Anxin Group and other companies.