Forma del Tempo

Name

Forma del Tempo

Legal name

Forma del Tempo srl

Website

https://formadeltempo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bologna

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Training Programs: Customized training programs delivered directly to corporate clients, including change management, leadership development, people engagement, teamwork, and customer experience programs. Delivered as in-company sessions or public courses (blended or online).
2. Coaching Services: Individual and team coaching services provided by certified coaches for leadership development and organizational transformation.
3. HR Consulting: Human resources consultancy services for organizational development, talent management, and HR process optimization.
4. Fondimpresa Training (National Training Fund): Qualified training provider for Fondimpresa, the Italian national interprofessional fund for continuing education. Offers mandatory professional qualification training under UNI/PdR 116:2021 standards. Training credits (credits formativi) awarded for professional development.
5. Clarence AI Mentor Platform: AI-powered personal learning mentor available as part of blended training programs or as a standalone experience. Can be integrated into corporate training programs for extended learning support beyond classroom sessions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Forma del Tempo delivers corporate training programs, executive and team coaching, and HR consulting to Italian and multinational enterprises across change management, leadership development, people engagement, teamwork, and customer experience. Service delivery blends proprietary experiential tools (Action Games simulations, Meeting digital relational simulator, Flip4E flipped-classroom Academy) with the Clarence Generative AI personal mentor for personalized post-training support. Programs are delivered as customized in-company engagements, public courses (online and blended in Bologna), and through the Fondimpresa national training fund framework under UNI/PdR 116:2021.

Product overview

Forma del Tempo is a training and management consulting company that operates as a multi-product portfolio rather than a single unified platform. The core AI-powered product is Clarence, a Generative AI-based personal mentor for corporate training. Supporting platforms include Flip4E Academy (flipped classroom e-learning) and PigrecoOS (learning management system). Methodological products include Action Games and Meeting Simulator (experiential learning tools), Nudge Solutions Program (behavioral facilitation tools), and Open Management Methodology. Traditional services include corporate theater (Èteatro), corporate cinema (Badge), coaching, HR consultancy, and Fondimpresa-certified training programs. The Open Badge system provides digital credentialing across the portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Clarence: Personal AI Mentor based on Generative AI for corporate training and organizational development, offering interactive dialogue, personalized learning, and competency development support.
• Flip4E
• Open Leadership Manifesto
• Badge®
• Èteatro®
• Action Games
• Meeting
• Open Mood

Products and services

• Clarence AI Mentor A Generative AI-powered personal learning mentor that engages employees in interactive dialogue after training programs, providing examples, clarifying doubts, requesting practical applications, and managing learner resistance. Built on a proprietary editorial collection of over 30 managerial titles, supports multiple languages beyond Italian, and is designed for HR departments integrating personalized post-training support at scale.
• Flip4E Academy (PigrecoOS-powered) Online learning academy based on Flipped Classroom methodology that combines asynchronous video lectures with synchronous interactive sessions for corporate and public training programs. Powered by the PigrecoOS learning management platform, it provides course catalog, registration, login-based access, and digital credentialing.
• Action Games Proprietary patented suite of over 50 simulation games that reconstruct virtual reality environments for experiential competency development, covering leadership, collaborator management, negotiation, conflict management, and change management.
• Meeting Digital Relational Simulator Multimedia digital relational simulator enabling professionals to practice and develop interpersonal, communication, and relationship-management skills through simulated professional scenarios.
• Fondimpresa Continuing Education Training Programs Public continuing-education courses aligned with the UNI/PdR 116:2021 professional certification standard, providing mandatory training credits (1-8 credits per course) toward the 90-credit requirement over three years for continuing education professionals. Delivered online and blended at Bologna venues.
• Customized Corporate Training Programs Customized in-company training engagements delivered to enterprise clients across change management, leadership development, people engagement, teamwork, and customer experience. Programs are tailored in scope, duration, and participant numbers and delivered by certified trainers and coaches.
• Executive and Team Coaching Services Individual and team coaching delivered by ICF-accredited coaches (ACC and PCC-level credentials) for leadership development, change management, and personal professional growth.
• HR and Organizational Development Consulting Human resources consulting covering organizational development, talent management, HR process optimization, and human capital development strategies for corporate clients.
• Èteatro Corporate Theater Corporate theater program that uses theatrical techniques to accompany organizations through change and development processes.
• Badge® Cinema d'Impresa Corporate cinema format producing short films that tell company stories for reflection, learning, and organizational change.

Quantifiable outcome

• Tens of thousands of people trained over 30+ years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FondimpresacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Fondimpresa is the Italian national interprofessional fund for continuing education. Forma del Tempo is a qualified training provider recognized by Fondimpresa for delivering mandatory professional training under UNI/PdR 116:2021 standards. This partnership enables member companies to access funded training programs through the Fondimpresa framework.
• ASFOR (Associazione Italiana per la Formazione Manageriale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociate member of ASFOR, the Italian Association for Management Training. Forma del Tempo participates in association activities, publishes articles in Forma Futuri magazine, and benefits from professional network connections in the Italian training industry.
• Open Innovation Observatory (Università di Bologna)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerForma del Tempo is a partner of the Osservatorio per l'Open Innovation (Open Innovation Observatory) at the University of Bologna (OPER-Lab), supporting research and knowledge sharing on open innovation and organizational development.
• CIS - Scuola per la gestione di impresa (Reggio Emilia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in the Open Mood research project investigating Open Management competencies. CIS is a school for business management based in Reggio Emilia.
• SFC - Sistemi Formativi ConfindustriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in the Open Mood research project. SFC (Sistemi Formativi Confindustria) is the training systems organization of Confindustria, the Italian employers' confederation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CrossKnowledge: Digital learning and blended leadership development provider serving large European enterprises. Comparable in methodology-driven leadership programs, blended delivery model, and multinational customer base.
• CoachHub: Digital coaching platform offering AI-augmented leadership and executive coaching to enterprises. Directly comparable to Forma del Tempo's combination of executive coaching services and the new Clarence AI Mentor product.
• Cegos: Global corporate training and management development provider with strong Italy presence through Cegos Italia. Competes directly with Forma del Tempo in customized leadership, change management, and HR development programs for large enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• Skillsoft: Large incumbent in digital corporate learning, leadership development, and compliance training. Overlaps with Forma del Tempo's enterprise leadership, change management, and compliance training offerings as part of a much broader catalog.
• Degreed: Established learning experience platform for enterprise L&D with AI-driven skill development features. Adjacent incumbent competitor to Forma del Tempo's blended leadership and AI-mentor approach at larger scale.

Emerging players

• 360Learning: Collaborative learning platform with AI-assisted content authoring for corporate training. Comparable to Flip4E Academy / Clarence on the digital-delivery side of Forma del Tempo's portfolio.
• Sana Labs: AI-native enterprise learning platform with a conversational AI tutor. Directly comparable to Clarence AI Mentor as a category-defining AI-learning competitor for enterprise L&D buyers.
• Docebo: AI-powered learning platform with growing enterprise L&D suite. Overlaps with Forma del Tempo's Flip4E Academy platform and increasingly competes with Clarence through its own AI learning assistant capabilities.

Regional players

• Haufe: Major German provider of corporate training, leadership development, and HR compliance programs. Comparable offering mix and methodology-driven leadership programs but focused on the DACH market rather than Italy.
• Gellify: Italian B2B digital transformation and innovation consultancy that also offers corporate upskilling and learning programs. Closest Italian regional comparable to Forma del Tempo in terms of size, geography, and enterprise segment focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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