The startup plans to use the new funding to focus on two to three new areas aggressively, including actively investing in its AI offerings and expanding its approach at levelling and switching up curriculums to more domains, including product management and design. Interview Kickstart is also considering offering its programmers to businesses. The investment from Blume Ventures is the largest opening check in its decade-old history.
Key takeaways:
- Interview Kickstart, a startup that helps tech professionals advance their careers, has raised $10 million in its first funding round from Blume Ventures.
- The startup, which was always profitable, saw significant growth in 2023 with the launch of its AI vertical aimed at engineers looking to switch to advanced roles.
- Interview Kickstart's learners have received job offers topping $250,000, with the highest over $1.2 million, and many professionals have doubled their compensation after taking courses taught by some 550 Big Tech instructors.
- The startup is raising external capital for the first time to focus on expanding its AI offerings and its approach to levelling and switching up curriculums to more domains, including product management and design.