Black-Owned Platform That Helps People Break Into Tech Gets Acquired
Career Karma, the app and community that has helped thousands transition into tech careers, has been acquired by New York-based student platform Climb Credit. Ruben Harris founded Career Karma in 2018 alongside twin brothers Artur and Timur Meyster, building on the success of their earlier podcast that introduced newcomers to the tech industry.
With this acquisition, Career Karma’s mission to expand access to tech careers takes on a new scale, helping prospective students gain training programs and career opportunities before and after they graduate.
About Credit Karma
Before launching Career Karma, Harris, a cellist and native Spanish speaker, graduated with degrees in music and business, and moved to San Francisco without a background in tech or a job offer. He eventually launched his career after securing a contract position at the edtech startup AltSchool.
In 2022, it raised $40 million from investors. Its Series B fundraising round was led by San Francisco-based global venture capital firm Top Tier Capital Partners, with existing investors Softbank’s SB Opportunity Fund, Emerson Collective, 4S Bay Partners, and others.
Last year, the company launched OutRival, a new AI platform designed to transform customer experience across industries. OutRival empowers customer experience teams to build AI-driven conversational agents without using a single line of code.
Climb Credit purchasing Career Karma
Powers says Climb Credit is building a platform that helps students across a variety of industries, from healthcare to skilled trades. “Together, we’re helping learners not only finance their education but confidently choose the right path for their future.”
This vision echoed with Career Karma’s founders, who were intentional about choosing the next step for their platform.
“When determining the best future for the Career Karma platform, we were excited by the alignment that Climb has with our core mission,” said Harris. “We’re looking forward to seeing how they expand what we built into the many career paths that they support with their other products.”
Climb says the move will help training providers who often face the difficulty of attracting students who are a genuine fit. It believes that the new Career Karma platform will help schools connect with prospective learners who are better matched and financially prepared.
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