Brighteye partners Ben Wirz and David Guérin. The firm has secured a $72 million first close for Fund III, targeting the convergence of education, AI, productivity, and workforce technology.
The boundary between education and work technology is fading. Learning now continues throughout a career, while AI is changing the skills and judgment people need on the job. Investors are responding by looking beyond conventional edtech toward tools that expand human capability.
That trend is behind Brighteye Ventures’ $72 million first close of Fund III, which brings the European venture firm to $245 million in assets under management.
Brighteye calls its expanded focus the “Human Operating System,” or “HumanOS”: technology that helps people learn, work, and adapt as AI reshapes education and employment. Fund III will target AI-powered learning, productivity platforms, talent technology, and labor infrastructure.
The timing is significant. Brighteye reports that European venture funding for learning and work companies more than doubled from $825 million in 2024 to $1.85 billion in 2025. Another $1.63 billion was raised during the first half of 2026.
Early Fund III investments include imagi, which helps schools develop AI fluency; NEX Health Intelligence, which supports hospital infection-control teams; and Gyver, a labor marketplace for electricians.
Brighteye’s broader strategy points to an emerging reality: the next phase of edtech will extend well beyond classrooms. As AI makes machine intelligence more abundant, the greater opportunity may lie in helping people become more capable. Learn more.
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