Kira Talent provides a video admissions and talent-assessment platform for higher education that supports the entire student journey from admissions through job placement. The company launched its academic solution in 2014 as a recruitment tool for undergraduate and business school applicants and has since expanded into postgraduate offerings for law, medical, and engineering programs. Its platform is used by more than 150 schools worldwide, including Yale, Northwestern, Imperial College London, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Led by CEO Craig Morantz and based in Toronto, Kira Talent focuses on developing its technology to serve admissions and talent assessment needs. The company closed a $5M Series A and has raised $8M to date. Proceeds from the round will be used to further develop its technology. Kira Talent offers a talent assessment platform that includes the Kira Academic product, which uses timed video and written-response questions to assess applicants. The company was launched in 2012 by CEO Craig Morantz and later shifted focus from hiring to broader talent assessment across industries. Kira Academic, introduced in 2014, is used by eight of the top 20 business schools and counts Yale, Kellogg, Ivey and Notre Dame among its clients. The platform is positioned for the higher-education admissions market and is adaptable to other industries. Kira plans to use the new funding to refine the Kira Academic platform and to invest in sales and marketing targeted at the academic channel. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

Total raised

$6M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Aug 2016