# CareerTu

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/careertu

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: New York, US
- Website: www.careertu.io
- Total disclosed funding: $0.1M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 30, 2019)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in New York, US, and founded in 2013 by Ruiwan Xu, CareerTu operates as an online business school, intended for serving Chinese students and professionals in the US and China. The firm initially started as a job search blog, and eventually, in 2018, it launched the online education platform, CareerTu. In March 2019, the firm raised USD 150,000 in a Pre-Seed funding round led by Y Combinator.
As of September 2021, the company is being led by Ruiwan Xu as its CEO, and Yvonne Tian as its COO, and has nearly 200,000 community users. The firm has tie-up with more than 500 hiring partners, over 100 Universities, and around 300 industry experts. 

CareerTu’s online platform offers training of industry-relevant and in-demand digital skills, to business students and individuals, empowering them to get hired by various companies in the US, and China, including Amazon, Google, Facebook, Pinterest, L'Oréal and TikTok, etc. The firm provides training in real-world business problems via capstone projects, enabling students to land technical jobs including digital marketing, data analytics, and product design.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 30, 2019 — Soma Capital Management, Locus Ventures, AvanTech Ventures
- Seed, Mar 16, 2019, $0.1M — Y Combinator

## Investors

- Y Combinator (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/y-combinator) — Seed
- Soma Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/soma-capital-management) — Seed
- Locus Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/locus-ventures) — Seed
- AvanTech Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/avantech-ventures) — Seed