Career Karma
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet |
| Founded 📆 | 2018 |
| Founder 👔 | Ruben Harris, Artur Meyster, Timur Meyster |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | San Francisco, California |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Services | Technology education |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | https://careerkarma.com/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Career Karma is an online platform and mobile app that matches job seekers to training programs.[1] Users research job training programs through Career Karma’s directory, which includes reviews from current students and alumni. The company also offers free coaching and mentorship through peer groups called squads.[2]
History[edit]
Career Karma was founded by CEO Ruben Harris and coding bootcamp alumni Artur and Timur Meyster in 2018. After graduating from startup accelerator Y Combinator in the winter 2019 cohort, the company raised a $1.5 million seed round.[1] In December 2020, Career Karma announced its $10 million Series A.[2] Investors include Initialized Capital,[2] SoftBank,[3] Kapor Capital,[3] Backstage Capital,[4] Emerson Collective,[5] Imaginable Futures,[5] and others.
In 2020, Career Karma placed 3,000 people into job training programs.[5]
Publications[edit]
Career Karma has published industry research on the coding bootcamp market[6] and education finance, including income share agreements.[7] The Career Karma website also provides rankings of programs, including a list ranking coding bootcamps.[8]
Media Coverage[edit]
Since its founding, Career Karma has been covered by a variety of media outlets, including TechCrunch,[2] CNBC,[9] Forbes,[10][5] EdSurge,[1] Complex,[11] AfroTech,[12] Axios,[13] Yahoo! Finance,[14] and Black Enterprise.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Career Karma Raises $1.5 Million Seed Round for Bootcamp Marketplace Focused on Peers". EdSurge. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Career Karma raises $10M to connect students to coding bootcamps". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Series A - Career Karma - 2020-12-09 - Crunchbase Funding Round Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "Career Karma". Backstage Capital. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Gray, Christopher. "Career Karma Raises $10 Million Series A To Help Workers Acquire In-Demand Trades". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "State of the coding bootcamp market report 2020". HackerEarth Blog. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ Gallagher, James (2019-11-12). "Income Share Agreements - State of the Market 2019". Career Karma. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "Best Coding Bootcamps 2021". Career Karma. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ Kim, Jonathan; Fortt, Jon (2019-02-25). "The diversity challenge facing tech". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ Bliss, Sara. "Dreaming Of A Career In Tech? Here's How To Get Hired". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "Career Karma Raises $10 Million to Help Workers Break Into the Tech Industry". Complex. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "Talent Platform Career Karma is Using Its Rapid Growth to Become the Top Hub For Career Advice". AfroTech. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ Kokalitcheva, Kia. "Career Karma helps potential students find the right coding bootcamp". Axios. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "Career Karma raises $10M to connect students to coding bootcamps". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "$1.5 Million Raised to Help Students Get Into Coding Bootcamps". Black Enterprise. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
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