Last deal

$1.5M

Amount

Seed

Stage

04.12.2019

Date

3

all rounds

$1.58M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
CertificationPoint offers college students work experience builders and freelance opportunities for career progression.

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Also Known As

CertificationPoint, CP, Point at the Tip of Student Work Experience Builder Tree

founded date

01.11.2012

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Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

The platform enables service buyer clients to award projects to college students in a collaborative project-based learning environment, filling the gap between college learning and marketplace skills, and enabling students to hone skills, build tangible experience, and collaborate with other students and businesses across the nation.
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Financials

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3

Number of Funding Rounds

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Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 04.12.2019. Their latest investor Private Equity Group. Their latest round Seed

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
04.12.2019
1
$1.5M
18.01.2019
21.12.2018
Co-Investors
Investors
1
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Number of lead investors

1

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Private Equity Group

Early-stage financial backer

Sector

Finance and Credit Services

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count Of Investments

1

People

Founders
1
Byron Giles
Byron Giles

Byron Giles

Byron Giles is an American Internet entrepreneur and retired US Air Force Officer. Byron founded CertificationPoint to create meaningful relationships between student and prospective business clients to increase the number of proven career-ready students.

current job

CertificationPoint
CertificationPoint

organization founded

1

Byron Giles

Employee Profiles
2
Byron Giles

Byron Giles

CEO & Founder

Karl Cole

Media & Marketing Director

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