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Karat

1414 NE 42nd St, Ste 204, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States

Overview

Karat positions itself as the world's leader in Interview Engineering, working with companies to increase their technical interviewing capacity. Its platform-enabled service aims to unlock software engineering productivity by taking the burden of first-round technical interviews off internal teams. By standardizing and professionalizing interviews, Karat strives to deliver a consistently exceptional candidate experience. The company partners directly with organizations, acting as an extension of their hiring processes. While specific user counts or revenue figures were not disclosed, the firm’s positioning suggests enterprise-oriented, interview outsourcing as its core business model. Karat’s recent seed financing provides initial capital to further develop its service and scale partnerships with engineering organizations.

Total raised
$156M
Funding rounds
5
Latest round
Series C
Latest activity
Oct 2021

Industries

  • Human Resources
  • Recruiting
  • Staffing Agency
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Recent funding

  1. Series C

    Oct 2021

    $110M

  2. Seed

    Jun 2020

    $5M

  3. Series B

    May 2019

    $28M

  4. Equity

    Oct 2018

    $14M

Team

  • Mohit Bhende

    CEO and co-founder

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  • Jeffrey Spector

    President and co-founder

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  • Liz Howard

    Head Of Research And Development

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  • Cynthia Rich

    Director of Product Management

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