Founded in 2016, Interplay Learning is the leading global provider of online and VR training for the essential skilled trades.
The Austin, Texas-based firm develops and delivers scalable, highly effective digital learning simulations for the HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Solar and Facilities Maintenance workforce. Leveraging comersive learning technology, Interplay Learning allows its customers to practice hands-on learning and train to be job-ready in weeks, not years.
The company was named to the 2019 Inc. 5000 list, won the AI Breakthrough Award for Best Use of Virtual Reality for Enterprise Applications and is an AHR Expo – Innovations Awards 2020 Winner. Interplay Learning is building better training, better careers and better lives for its customers and their employees. Welcome to the next generation of the skilled labor workforce.
The Austin, Texas-based firm develops and delivers scalable, highly effective digital learning simulations for the HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Solar and Facilities Maintenance workforce. Leveraging comersive learning technology, Interplay Learning allows its customers to practice hands-on learning and train to be job-ready in weeks, not years.
The company was named to the 2019 Inc. 5000 list, won the AI Breakthrough Award for Best Use of Virtual Reality for Enterprise Applications and is an AHR Expo – Innovations Awards 2020 Winner. Interplay Learning is building better training, better careers and better lives for its customers and their employees. Welcome to the next generation of the skilled labor workforce.
Location: United States, Texas, Austin
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 855-980-2525
Total raised: $23.5M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 9
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.02.2021 | Series B | $18M | - |
| 22.05.2019 | Series A | $5.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 27
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.09.2024 | Interplay Learning Closes Growth Investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives; Acquires Industrial Training International | Interplay Learning, an Austin, TX-based provider of immersive skilled trades training, secured funding from Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. As part of this round of Investment, Interplay is adding Richa... |
| 24.03.2024 | 100% of Latino Grads Start Trades Careers With Centro Educativo Latino's Workforce Development Program | (NewsUSA) - Development Program New Partnership Offers HVAC Training in Spanish The US Census Bureau reports that approximately 20% of the US population is Hispanic and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 30% of construction wo... |
| 04.01.2024 | Energizing the Home | As we work to accelerate the energy transition, a new frontier has emerged as a key opportunity area: the home. Over the last three years, the Energize team has been closely following the software solutions that will help decarbonize the bu... |
| 29.06.2022 | Interplay Learning’s 3D and Virtual Reality Simulations to Enhance United Air Temp’s World-Class Tech Training Academy | Interplay Learning is the leading global provider of online and VR training for the essential skilled trades. "Interplay’s forward-thinking technology, as well as its extensive and job-specific course catalog, enables our academy to qu... |
| 27.06.2022 | Interplay Learning Expands Electrical Course Catalog with Safe and Affordable Hands-On Training for Electricians Including Field-Like 3D and VR Simulations | Interplay Learning's upgraded electrical catalog enables business owners and service managers to quickly train apprentices and upskill electricians. “Our enhanced electrical catalog delivers fast, simple and safe training while eliminating ... |
| 24.05.2022 | Patton Plumbing Heating and AC Reduces Time-to-Truck by 50 Percent with Interplay Learning’s Digital Tech Training Featuring 3D and Virtual Reality Simulations | Interplay Learning is the leading global provider of online and VR training for the essential skilled trades. “Interplay Learning has been a huge asset for Patton Plumbing because it has allowed us to automate and modernize technician train... |
| 04.04.2022 | Digital and VR Technical Training Leader Interplay Learning is Transforming Africa’s Future by Providing Its Skilled Trades Training to One Million Africans by 2025 | Interplay Learning's strong instructional design and technology for accelerated learning now is available in South Africa and soon the entire continent of Africa. “Interplay Africa is a beacon of light that is positively changing lives, mak... |
| 31.01.2022 | NATE Partners With Interplay Learning To Launch New Online Training Platform | Founded in 1997, North American Technician Excellence (NATE) is the nation’s largest non-profit certification organization for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technicians. "Many of our industry partners enjoy h... |
| 05.01.2022 | Interplay Learning Wins Built In Austin 2022 Best Places to Work Award | Interplay Learning is the leading digital and virtual reality technical training leader for the essential skilled trades. “We’re thrilled to have won and be recognized by Built In as one of the best small companies to work for in Austin,” s... |
| 28.07.2021 | Interplay Learning Partners with Real Estate Giant, Lincoln Property Company to Tackle Maintenance Turnover with Simulation-based Training Courses and Career Pathways | Austin, Texas-based Interplay Learning is the leading global provider of online and VR training for the essential skilled trades. "Interplay’s courses have served as the critical infrastructure needed to overcome industry-wide retentio... |
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