Job Search Sites1375 Broadway, 20th Floor, New YorkFounded 2011CEO Kathryn Minshew
The Muse is a career marketplace and SaaS platform founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York.
The Muse has not published its revenue. GetLatka estimates it at about $10.9M a year (October 2024). The Muse is #391 on the Latka Top. The Latka Top ranks the 1,372 companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by revenue.
| As of | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2021 | $5.9M | – |
| Dec 2023 | $7.6MEST. | GetLatka estimate |
| Oct 2024 | $10.9MEST. | GetLatka estimate |
– source not recorded
The Muse has raised $28.8M across five rounds since 2012. The latest was a $16M Series B in June 2016.
| Date | Round | Raised | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2016 | Series B | $16M | Kathryn Minshew on cameraWatch at 18:01 |
| May 2015 | Series A | $10M | Kathryn Minshew on cameraWatch at 17:57 |
| Feb 2014 | Seed | $1.5M | – |
| Jan 2013 | Seed | $1.2M | – |
| 2012 | Seed | $100K | Kathryn Minshew on cameraWatch at 17:11 |
| Total raised | $28.8M |
Nathan Latka has interviewed The Muse once, speaking with Kathryn Minshew. Each figure links to the second it was said.
Watch: How The Muse Reached 600 Employer Customers on an Annual SaaS Model (Interview with CEO Kathryn Minshew)April 2017 · Kathryn Minshew, CEO and Founder
Growth tactics they described: Blog ContentWatch at 13:37
The Muse competes most directly with ZipRecruiter.
| Company | Revenue | Funding | Employees | Customers | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ZipRecruiter | $449M | $769M | 907 | 420 | 2010 |
| The Muse | $10.9M | $28.8M | 248 | 600 | 2011 |
Kathryn Minshew founded The Muse in 2011 and runs it as CEO. The Muse had 248 employees (October 2024, LinkedIn), up from 214 a year earlier.
| As of | Employees | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 248 | |
| Dec 2023 | 214 | |
| Sep 2023 | 212 | – |
| Jul 2023 | 147 | – |
| 2023 | 214 | – |
| Dec 2022 | 209 | |
| 2022 | 206 | – |
| Dec 2021 | 199 | |
| Aug 2021 | 188 | – |
| Jan 2021 | 60 | – |
| Dec 2020 | 162 | – |
| Jun 2020 | 174 | – |
| Dec 2019 | 211 | – |
| Dec 2018 | 208 | – |
GetLatka estimates The Muse's revenue at about $10.9M a year (October 2024). The company hasn't published its own figure.
The Muse has raised $28.8M across five funding rounds. The latest was a $16M Series B in June 2016.
The Muse had 248 employees in October 2024, according to LinkedIn.
Kathryn Minshew is the CEO of The Muse and founded the company in 2011. Nathan Latka interviewed Kathryn Minshew in April 2017.
Kathryn Minshew founded The Muse in 2011.
7 said on camera · 4 from public sources · 2 estimates. 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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