Pinnacle raises $2.5M to make AI coaching available to all

Aug 12, 2025

Great leaders aren’t born—they’re made. But for too long, leadership development has been slow, expensive, and disconnected from the realities of day-to-day work and how adults learn. It’s time for a change. Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve raised a $2.5M Seed round led by eLab Ventures to transform this industry fundamentally.

Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve raised a $2.5M Seed round led by eLab Ventures, with participation from Incisive VC, 57 Blocks, Sher Ventures, Sarah Smith Fund, Embedding VC, Jolly VC, Gaingels, Alchemist Accelerator, StartX, Cooley LLC, and Mastodon Capital, with support from experienced angels and advisors like Sagar Mehta (CTO@OpenTable), Jia Li (ex-Chief AI Fellow@Accenture, ex-founder of Google Cloud AI/ML’s New Products Division), Melinda Wolfe (3x CHRO@Bloomberg, Pearson, GLG), and Jason Rosoff (CEO@Radical Candor).

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