Talent Acquisition Suites SoftwareMiami, FloridaFounded 2019
Careerist is an online education and fintech company founded in 2019 and headquartered in the United States, with the majority of its workforce distributed across Turkey, Armenia, Latin America, India, and the Philippines.
Careerist's last reported revenue was $12M in 2022 (Ivan Tsybaev on camera). GetLatka estimates it at about $33M a year (October 2024). Careerist is #199 on the Latka Top. The Latka Top ranks the 1,372 companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by revenue.
| As of | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $400K | Ivan Tsybaev on cameraWatch at 20:09 |
| 2020 | $1.7M | Ivan Tsybaev on cameraWatch at 20:02 |
| 2021 | $5M | Ivan Tsybaev on cameraWatch at 19:57 |
| 2022 | $12M | Ivan Tsybaev on cameraWatch at 19:43 |
| Apr 2023 | $25M | – |
| Oct 2024 | $33MEST. | GetLatka estimate |
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Careerist is privately held, so there is no Careerist stock to buy. Investors valued it at $80M in its June 2022 Series A.
Valuation history$80M Series A 2022$20M Seed 2020
Careerist has raised $9.3M across three rounds since 2019. The latest was a $8M Series A in June 2022.
| Date | Round | Raised | Valuation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2022 | Series A | $8M | $80M | Ivan Tsybaev on cameraWatch at 22:02 |
| Jun 2020 | Seed | $1.2M | $20M | Ivan Tsybaev on cameraWatch at 20:31 |
| Jun 2019 | Funding round | $50K | – | Ivan Tsybaev on cameraWatch at 20:54 |
| Total raised | $9.3M |
Nathan Latka has interviewed Careerist once, speaking with Ivan Tsybaev. Each figure links to the second it was said.
Watch: How Careerist Hit $12M Revenue and 6,000 Customers While Turning Profitable (Interview with CEO Ivan Tsybaev)April 2023 · Ivan Tsybaev, CEO
Growth tactics they described: Affiliate MarketingWatch at 16:18Facebook GroupsWatch at 13:47
Max Gusakov and Ilya Simon founded Careerist in 2019. Careerist had 688 employees (October 2024, LinkedIn), up from 300 a year earlier.
Also at CareeristAlibi Duisenaliyev, Cory Bartelt, Iryna Zalata, Elijah Thomas, Daniel Blum, Tiphanie Goines, Nataliia Zahoor, Cameron Finn, Diana Pierre, Tiffany Samms, Dillon Sztuk, Jessie Idugboe, Michael Parent, Jasmine Cook, Farhiyo Hassan, Chelsea Heard, Antwone Griffin, Noah Bianchi, Vladen Tsymbal, Moshood Hassan, Mary Love, Katie Long, Emily Keith, Sherwin Arthur, Vlad Pedriko, Nathaniel Martinez, Elvina Abdullina, Fuad Dahir, Iurii Sokolov, Shreeja Banerjee, Oleksii Mykhailov, Jeannie Bartlett, Ryan McMillon, Farida Abdukadirova, Christine Davis, Anna Chorna, Tamika Taylor, Darrell McBride, Maliha Williams, Vassiliy Pimkin, Kemanni Watson-Williams, Husam Kaid, Stefan Powell, Valentina Riley, Kiante McGavock, Ilya Kiselev, Vitali Nikolaev, Sade Brown, Rooan Bhalai, Genrikh Matevosyan, Cora Snyder, Donald Maner, Chamese Riggins, Antwon Gleaton, Quincy O'Neal, Salvatore De Leo, Robert Outlaw, Rachael W. Hodges, Nebiyu Abebe, Willie Nelson Jr, Jacob F. Brown, Jamin Ware, Nikos Joshua Simanungkalit, Kirby J. Smith, Chloe Leonblackett, Valeriiya Nikulina, Constantine Yakimishin, Oxana Podlipinskaia, Artem Solovev, Paul Kose, Lionel Mills, Carlos Bacquet, Google Ng, Ekaterina Pishchakova, Venus Griffin, Jerry Parker, Charles James, Marina Myasnikova, Max Glubochansky, Aneet Aluiz, Adebimpe Awolesi, Angelina Volkova, Kate Pletnyova, Viktor Tsoy, Elvira Chorna, Brandi Dorris, Maksim Kuzubov, Enid Peterson, Avantika Singh, James Cornwell, Harvey Bland Jr., Yannick Brown, Sofiia Miroshnichenko, Theodore Snead, Lena Cebeci
| As of | Employees | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 688 | |
| Apr 2023 | 300 | Ivan Tsybaev on cameraWatch at 24:01 |
| Nov 2022 | 450 | – |
| Nov 2021 | 200 | – |
| Nov 2020 | 70 | – |
GetLatka estimates Careerist's revenue at about $33M a year (October 2024). The last reported figure was $12M in 2022, as Ivan Tsybaev said on camera.
Investors valued Careerist at $80M in its June 2022 Series A, as Ivan Tsybaev said on camera.
Careerist has raised $9.3M across three funding rounds. The latest was a $8M Series A in June 2022.
No. Careerist is a private company, so its shares aren't traded on a stock exchange.
Careerist was profitable in April 2023, earning about $300K a year, as Ivan Tsybaev said on camera.
Careerist had 688 employees in October 2024, according to LinkedIn.
Max Gusakov and Ilya Simon founded Careerist in 2019.
20 said on camera · 1 from public sources · 1 estimate. Founder figures link to the second they were said; public figures name their source; estimates are marked EST. and say whose they are. Not financial advice. The Latka Top ranks the private, operating companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by the latest revenue figure on each profile, reported or estimated; equal figures share a rank.
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