Lepaya featured in Training Industry’s 2025 Learning Services Watch List

Amsterdam, 22 May 2025 

Lepaya, Europe’s leading blended training platform, has been featured in the 2025 Learning Services Watch List by Training Industry, Inc. - the key source of research and insights for corporate learning and development. 

The Learning Services Watch List spotlights a select group of emerging providers who offer high-quality, scalable, and impactful learning solutions. Selection is based on a rigorous evaluation of learning services quality, innovation, client relationships, and market impact. This recognition highlights Lepaya as one of the most promising and innovative learning providers helping organizations adapt to today’s rapidly changing skills landscape.

A strategic moment for learning and development

Workforce engagement is declining for the second time in 12 years. An insufficient training has been identified as a key contributor, resulting in a staggering $438 billion in lost productivity. At the same time, the global skills gap continues to widen, and by 2030, 39% of workers’ core skills are expected to change. 

Unless organizations step in to reskill and upskill their people, they risk mounting performance gaps, stalled innovation, and decreasing competitiveness. In short, closing the skills gap isn’t just an HR initiative - it’s a business priority that directly safeguards revenue, agility, and future growth.

“Today’s most effective People leaders aren’t just stewards of culture - they’re business operators. They understand business goals, speak the language of the boardroom, and know that every workforce decision ties back to commercial impact,”

says René Janssen, CEO of Lepaya. 

“That’s why learning solutions can no longer stop at content delivery. They must act as end-to-end partners - supporting strategic alignment, program rollout, and measurable ROI. We’re proud to be featured in the Training Industry’s Learning Services Watch List. It affirms our position as a trusted partner for forward-looking companies, like ING, Microsoft, Dell, Freudenberg, and PwC, who understand that learning must drive performance, be embedded in business strategy, and deliver real, measurable outcomes to support the strategic HR and L&D functions of today.”

Blended training built for skills-based transformation

Lepaya’s inclusion on the 2025 Learning Services Watch List reflects a new business reality where it’s not enough to train; you have to prove that training moves the needle on performance, productivity and business goals.

Lepaya is addressing this need through its blended training platform, which brings together three integrated components:

• The Lepaya Portal: A central hub for aligning training with business goals, launching programs across the organization, and tracking engagement, progress, and ROI in real time.
• Lepaya Training Programs: Fully contextualized, career-level-specific academies that combine live, facilitator-led sessions with digital learning to ensure immediate skill application.
• The Lepaya App: A mobile-first immersive learning experience that integrates learning into the flow of work - enabling employees to access bite-sized content, practice skills with AI-powered tools, and track their development anytime, anywhere.

Together, the blended training platform is an end-to-end solution designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s L&D and HR leaders, those transitioning from support roles to strategic drivers of growth and transformation.

“The leading companies in today’s economy will be those that can transform their workforce into a strategic asset,” adds Janssen. “And that requires a new model - one where learning drives performance, is embedded in business strategy, and delivers measurable outcomes. That’s what Lepaya offers, and we’re honored to see this approach recognized by key thought leaders in the field, such as Training Industry.”

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About Lepaya

Lepaya is Europe’s leading blended training platform that connects workforce upskilling with business impact, empowering companies to develop the right skills at the right time to drive both people and business growth.

Through its Portal, Academies, and App, Lepaya seamlessly aligns business and workforce needs, delivers blended training programs for every career level, and enables learners to learn, practice, and apply new skills effectively.

Trusted by global enterprises and fast-growing companies—including Roche, ING, Microsoft, Dell, Freudenberg, and Just Eat Takeaway—Lepaya helps organizations stay competitive in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. Backed by investors like Endeit, Educapital, Target Global, Mediahuis Ventures, and Tablomonto, Lepaya has raised $80 million and made four strategic acquisitions: SmartenUp (2020), vCoach (2022), SpeakFirst (2022), and Krauthammer (2023).

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