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Qstream is a technology company.
Qstream offers an enterprise microlearning and knowledge reinforcement solution to enhance workforce performance. The platform uses advanced neuroscience algorithms for individualized, engaging, and efficient learning experiences. It improves knowledge retention, fosters behavioral change, and provides precise analytics for job readiness, streamlining corporate training via a validated methodology.
Founded in 2008, Qstream originated from a core inquiry: optimizing employee knowledge retention and behavior for peak workplace performance. This insight drove its microlearning approach, validated by scientific research and practical application. The company addressed the challenge of sustaining long-term skill proficiency.
Qstream serves enterprise clients across life sciences, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, fostering high-performing teams. Its mission leverages science to make individuals smarter and more capable in their professional roles through accessible microlearning. Qstream envisions empowering businesses by transforming employee development with personalized, adaptive learning pathways.
Qstream has raised $21.9M across 3 funding rounds.
Qstream has raised $21.9M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Qstream has raised $21.9M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Qstream's investors include Gary Swart, Polaris Partners, Excel Venture Management, Frontline Ventures, Launchpad Venture Group, Gaye Bok, Shay Garvey.
Qstream is an enterprise microlearning and knowledge reinforcement platform that delivers personalized, science-backed training to boost employee engagement, knowledge retention, and performance in knowledge-critical industries.[2][3] Originally focused on sales coaching, it now serves broader corporate learning needs for hundreds of customers, including 14 of the top 15 global life sciences companies, with typical results of 90+% engagement, 170% knowledge retention increase, and 35+% proficiency gains.[1][3][4] The mobile-first app uses AI-powered, bite-sized challenges delivered in the flow of work, gamification, and analytics to empower managers and L&D teams in sectors like pharmaceuticals, medtech, financial services, technology, and manufacturing.[3][5]
Founded in 2008 at Harvard Medical School, Qstream emerged from co-founder Dr. B. Price Kerfoot's pioneering research on spaced repetition, the testing effect, and scenario-based learning—validated through over 20 peer-reviewed clinical trials.[1][2][6] The idea stemmed from a core question: "How can we help people in the workforce retain knowledge and develop behaviors to perform at their best?"[2] Starting with sales enablement in high-stakes industries like life sciences, it gained early traction by proving durable behavior change via short mobile games, expanding to frontline manager tools and content authoring.[1][4] Today, with offices in Burlington, MA (HQ), Hood River, OR, and Dublin, Ireland, Qstream employs innovators, engineers, and microlearning experts dedicated to its vision of revolutionizing individualized learning.[2][4]
Qstream rides the microlearning and continuous upskilling wave amid overwhelmed workforces facing information overload and remote/hybrid demands, where traditional training fails to stick.[3][5] Its timing aligns with AI-driven personalization in edtech and L&D, amplifying ROI in high-consequence industries like life sciences (50% of top medtech users) where knowledge gaps risk compliance and patient outcomes.[4][5] Market forces favoring it include regulatory pressures for agile training, the shift to data-informed people management, and gamified mobile learning's rise, positioning Qstream as a staple in workplace tech ecosystems.[1][2] It influences the ecosystem by setting benchmarks for science-proven reinforcement, enabling scalable skill-building that enhances existing programs and informs broader corporate performance strategies.[3]
Qstream's relentless innovation—evident in recent AI infusions, revamped authoring tools, and manager analytics—positions it for expansion into emerging needs like hybrid team development and predictive proficiency modeling.[1][3] Trends like AI-enhanced continuous learning and real-time performance data will propel growth, especially as knowledge-intensive firms prioritize measurable ROI amid talent shortages. Its influence may evolve from sales/life sciences dominance to a cross-industry standard, potentially through deeper integrations or new verticals, reinforcing its role as the pioneer that makes learning stick and perform. This builds on its foundational mission: empowering workforces through science-driven microlearning.[2]
Qstream has raised $21.9M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $15.0M Series B in November 2016.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2016 | $15.0M Series B | Gary Swart | Polaris Partners, Excel Venture Management, Frontline Ventures, Launchpad Venture Group |
| Jan 14, 2015 | $4.0M Series A Extension | Gaye Bok | Frontline Ventures, Launchpad Venture Group |
| Sep 27, 2013 | $2.9M Series A | Shay Garvey | Launchpad Venture Group |