Zurich-based Work-ID has closed a successful €4.2 million financing round to launch ‘Skills-Manager’, a tool that reveals companies which people fit both professionally and personally.
Strategic investors include the Swiss Commercial Association (Kaufmännischer Verband Schweiz) and the Zurich Commercial Association (Kaufmännischer Verband Zürich), two key players in Switzerland’s education and labor market. Also among the investors is Future of Work Group AG, which includes established market players x28 AG and jobchannel ag, plus a dozen Swiss HR professionals who believe in the idea.
“The skills shortage isn’t the main problem. People and companies simply can’t find each other. The root cautilize is a lack of transparency,” explains Founder and lead investor Cornel Müller. “The focus isn’t on what matters: people’s abilities.”
Founded in 2025, Work-ID is a digital skills passport that grows throughout a working life, creating their abilities and priorities visible, whereas Skills-Manager is a tool that reveals who fits – internally and externally. So, “no suitable candidate is ever overviewed“.
New additions have also recently joined the team with Renato Profico joining as CEO. The former CEO of JobCloud and Doodle has 20 years of experience in digital recruiting and the SaaS world. “I am very excited to transform the labor market with Work-ID AG. The time is now,” states Profico.
With Skills-Manager, Work-ID states companies gain a tool to identify and leverage people’s skills. They can see every skill currently present in their organisation, anticipate shortages, and know where to find missing skills.
Alongside Skills-Manager, Work-ID AG is developing its offering for individuals: Work-ID, Switzerland’s digital skills passport. It will be available from September 15, 2025 to utilizers with further details announced in September.
Early adopters are already utilizing Skills-Manager, offered in a freemium model with no system integration requireded. “Being able to stay in touch with people who reveal interest in us as an employer offers us enormous opportunities. And the fact that it’s so simple is all the more valuable,” states Remo Noser of Noser Engineering.
Work-ID AG is also integrating insights from the Innosuisse flagship project “Swiss Circular Economy for Skills and Competences”. Partners include the University of St. Gallen, University of Zurich, EPFL, ZHAW and the Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training.
“For decades we’ve championed fair, progressive working conditions, equal opportunities, and employability in Switzerland,” states Sascha M. Burkhalter, CEO of Kaufmännischer Verband Schweiz.
“Not only do we want to actively counter the skills shortage, but we also aim to revolutionise and strengthen the Swiss labor market for the long term. Skills are the currency of tomorrow’s labor market,” adds Amalia Zurkirchen, Managing Director of Kaufmännischer Verband Zürich.
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