Pathstream Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based provider of digital skills education programs, received an investment of undisclosed amount.
Backers included Citi, Strada Education Network, and New Markets Venture Partners, and existing investors HCM, Entangled Ventures, and Rethink Education.
Led by CEO and co-founder Eleanor Cooper, Pathstream partners with top tech companies and universities to offer online certificate programs that prepare adult learners for in-demand jobs. These include the Tableau Data Analytics Certificate, Facebook Digital Marketing Certificate, Asana Project Management Certificate, and Salesforce Administrator Career Certificate. Each of these career pathway programs prepares working adult learners to enter these high-demand digital career areas.
The company intends to use the funds to continue scaling its core product which simultaneously serves individuals and employers: helping adults acquire digital skills through interactive online certificate programs and predictably matching them with employers seeking job-ready talent for positions facing acute talent shortages. The programs were designed in collaboration with tech companies Salesforce, Tableau, Facebook, Asana and Unity whose software is central to these digital skills careers.
Today Pathstream serves over 8,000 students.
FinSMEs
11/08/2021