QTOOLS SRL

What QTOOLS SRL does

QTOOLS SRL is a privately held Italian limited company (Società a Responsabilità Limitata) headquartered in Monza, Lombardy, founded in 2018. The company delivers integrated human resources training and professional coaching services to corporate clients, primarily targeting HR departments and team leaders across Italian businesses. Its service portfolio spans six core offerings: Formazione Aula-Web (classroom and web-based hard and soft skills training), Formazione Outdoor (experiential team-building programs grounded in action learning and Kolb's experiential learning model), ICF-certified Coaching (One-to-One, Group, and Team pathways), Formazione Finanziata (management of public and interprofessional training funds including Fondo Nuove Competenze and Regione Lombardia programs), Master HIPE (a modular soft-skills catalog for individual team leaders), and Scuola di Coaching (an ICF-aligned professional coaching school operated in partnership with 4C School of Coaching).

The company operates with a small core team of 9 employees plus a faculty of over 30 trainers, consultants, and ICF-certified professional coaches, many of whom serve as Manager Coaches bringing operational business experience. Training delivery combines classroom settings, outdoor experiential venues, and one-on-one coaching sessions, with revenue generated through professional services fees and funded-training project management. The firm holds ISO 9001:2015 quality management certification and partners with the 4C School of Coaching for ICF-aligned education pathways. Its go-to-market is sales-led and B2B, reaching customers primarily through its website (qtools.it), direct engagement, and content marketing around funded-training opportunities.

QTOOLS' business model relies on three revenue streams: professional training services, ICF-certified coaching services, and funded-training management (where clients can access training at zero direct cost via INPS contributions of 0.30% of worker salaries and interprofessional funds). The company is co-owned by Emanuela Liardo (Sales & Operations) and Alberto Riccardi (Scientific Director), with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or institutional funding. Geographic operations are concentrated in Italy, with primary reach across Lombardy.

Name

QTOOLS SRL

Legal name

QTOOLS SRL

Website

https://qtools.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

QTOOLS SRL is an Italian B2B training and coaching firm headquartered in Monza that delivers classroom, outdoor, and ICF-certified coaching programs to corporate HR departments and team leaders, alongside funded-training administration and a partner-run coaching school.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Training and Coaching Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sales, Customer Service & Soft Skills Training (BPACANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Strategy, Decision-Making & Business Acumen Coaching (EDABANAH)

Keywords

• Corporate training services
• Professional coaching services
• Executive coaching
• Experiential team building
• Funded training administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Monza

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Services: Classroom and outdoor training programs covering both hard and soft skills for corporate clients. Services include relationship skills, empowerment, business writing, storytelling, public speaking, and specialized programs like HIPE catalog for team leaders.
2. Coaching Services: ICF-certified professional coaching services including One-to-One, Group Coaching, and Team Coaching. The company also offers a coaching school in partnership with 4C School of Coaching for becoming professional coaches.
3. Funded Training Management: Services to help companies access public funds and interprofessional funds for training. The company manages the process of creating training projects that can be funded through INPS contributions (0.30% of worker salaries), Fondi Pubblici, and Fondi Paritetici Interprofessionali, effectively making training cost-free for clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

QTOOLS SRL provides B2B corporate training, ICF-certified professional coaching, and publicly-funded training management services for HR departments, team leaders, and managers in Italy. The portfolio spans classroom/web modules on hard and soft skills, experiential outdoor team programs, One-to-One/Group/Team coaching, the modular Master HIPE soft-skills catalog, and a coaching school in partnership with 4C School of Coaching. Services are delivered by a faculty of 30+ trainers, consultants, and Manager Coaches drawn from operational business contexts.

Product overview

QTOOLS SRL is an HR services company offering a unified portfolio of training and coaching solutions. The core offerings include Formazione Aula - Web (classroom and web-based training on hard/soft skills), Formazione Outdoor (experiential team-building programs), Coaching ICF (ICF-certified One-to-One, Group, and Team coaching), Formazione Finanziata (publicly-funded training programs), Master HIPE (a modular soft skills training catalog), and Scuola di Coaching (a professional coaching school in partnership with 4C School of Coaching). These products form an integrated HR development ecosystem serving corporate clients across training, coaching, and professional development needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Master HIPE: A training catalog for team leaders to improve soft skills, with flexible enrollment for individual modules that can be repeated throughout the year.
• 4C School of Coaching

Products and services

• Formazione Aula - Web (Classroom & Web Training) Classroom and web-based training program covering an extensive range of modules on hard and soft skills for corporate clients, including Relationship, Business Writing, Storytelling, Sales & Negotiation, Empowerment, Mindfulness, Design Thinking, Public Speaking, languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese), Microsoft Office, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, Finance, and Project Management.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 4C School of CoachingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn partnership with 4C School of Coaching, QTOOLS offers training pathways for individuals to become professional coaches or to learn to use professional coaching tools as proposed by the International Coach Federation (ICF). This partnership provides access to coaching education and certification programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Dale Carnegie & Associates (Italy): A globally established soft-skills, leadership, and sales training franchise with an Italian affiliate. Directly comparable to QTOOLS on the soft-skills training side for corporate clients, but with substantially broader international brand reach.
• Cegos Italia: An Italian branch of the international Cegos training and development group. Comparable as a multi-modality corporate training and coaching provider, but with significantly larger scale and international footprint than QTOOLS.
• Sida Group: Italian management consulting and corporate training group offering funded-training management, executive coaching, and HR development. Highly comparable business model to QTOOLS, including management of Fondi Paritetici Interprofessionali, but at a larger scale.
• BTS Italy: Global business training and coaching firm (with Italian operations) focused on leadership, sales performance, and strategic execution. Comparable on the corporate training + executive coaching offer, with broader methodology (often simulation-based).
• IFOA: An Italian training, consulting, and HR services organization with deep expertise in publicly-funded training programs. Comparable to QTOOLS in the funded-training and corporate upskilling segments, with a much larger national footprint.
• Korn Ferry (Italy): Global organizational consulting firm offering executive coaching, leadership development, and HR advisory with a meaningful Italian presence. Comparable on the executive coaching and leadership training segments where QTOOLS also operates, but at substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• 4C School of Coaching: An ICF-aligned professional coaching school partnered with QTOOLS. Directly comparable on the ICF coaching-education product line and on the broader corporate coaching market in Italy; partnership status makes it both a partner and a close functional peer.
• Performance Strategies (Performance Strategies Italia): Italian consulting firm specialized in management training, team coaching, and experiential outdoor learning. Closely comparable to QTOOLS's combination of classroom training, outdoor experiential programs, and team/manager coaching.

Regional players

• Talent Garden (Italy): An Italian education and training platform focused on digital and innovation skills with corporate B2B programs. Comparable to QTOOLS on the B2B corporate upskilling segment in Italy, particularly on hard-skills and emerging-tech training, though it does not focus on soft skills/coaching.

Others

• ICF Italy Chapter (International Coach Federation Italy): The Italian chapter of ICF, the body that certifies the coaching practice QTOOLS relies on. Not a competitor, but an enabling ecosystem participant — QTOOLS's ICF alignment and partnership with 4C School of Coaching are anchored by this credentialing body.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/qtools-srl

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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