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Certification platformCertiverseraised an $ 11 million Series A led by Cherryrock Capital , it announced this week .
The company was founded by Ruben Garcia , Tyler Meadlin , Pablo Meyer , and Federico Lopez in 2019 . It lets administration develop authentication exams at , its founders say , far less cost than traditional methods .
Certifications are an geezerhood - honest-to-god method to gain proficient skills to promote job candidate , as well as gain mastery over a particular national .
The society says it works with a range of companies , from the technology nonprofit The Linux Foundation to the software troupe HashiCorp .
CEO Garcia is not new to the documentation industry . He antecedently co - institute ( and sell ) Innovative Exams , a testing - service ship’s company that also provided examination obstetrical delivery services .
Becoming license can be “ life story changing consequence for loss leader and professionals , ” he enounce , but supply that it can cost a caller as much as $ 150,000 to develop certification programme and test .
“ Our client have developed up to 10 in one class on our platform for less than $ 10,000 per test , ” he continued .
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He impart that it usually takes about a twelvemonth to create an exam using bequest supplier ( such as Pearson VUE , and Prometric ) .
“ Our line mannikin is aligned with our clients ’ interests and we generate the majority of the revenue once their exams are launch and professional are taking them , ” Garcia continued .
He used the Good Book “ focus ” to draw his fundraising efforts . Certiverse started fund-raise in other January , incline to around 50 firms over the form of 45 day .
“ I stayed focused on the outcome , ” Garcia said . “ Find the right investor , quick , who believe in the vision and can help us scale from here . ”
He met the Cherryrock team through one of his existing investors . Chingona Ventures , Hyde Park Venture Partners , and Zeal Capital Partners also participate in the round . Certiverse has grow a piffling more than $ 16 million in total to day of the month , the company told us .
Garcia state the reinvigorated cap will be used to total more automation to the weapons platform , create it easy for anyone to create test .
“ Our goal is to focus on scale leaf and build out the platform to set in motion 1,000 young customer and partners on Certiverse , ” he said .
This story was updated to chew over the year the companionship was founded .
