Nimble
YC S17Miami, US · Founded 2017 · 25 employees · Hiring · 16 known investors
Nimble is a platform that connects teachers with K-12 schools and districts to improve hiring and workforce management. The platform serves education leaders, school administrators, teachers, and policymakers with tools for job matching, vacancy tracking, and talent development.
Also known as Hire Nimble · Nimble
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S17)
Nimble was founded in 2017 by Lauren Dachille.
Investors · 16
Also in the syndicate · 5
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$47M disclosed across 1 round · 2026
- $47MSeries BFeb 2026 · 3 sources
Norwest (lead), Norwest Fund (lead), Databricks, Databricks Ventures, Hetz Ventures, InvestInData, J-Ventures, R-Squared Ventures, Slow Ventures, Square Peg, Target Global
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Nimble operates a K-12 education hiring platform that partners with states to connect schools and teachers. The company positions itself as a single connected system serving four user groups: teachers managing a job search, state departments of education seeking statewide workforce visibility, districts filling open roles, and principals recruiting for individual schools.
The platform is organized into named modules covering the stages from workforce insight through hire. Nimble Insight tracks teacher vacancies statewide in real time so education leaders can identify shortages and trends and direct resources. Nimble Discover is a hub where teachers and districts find and fill teaching roles. Nimble Navigate helps prospective teachers identify licensure pathways and helps states and districts build their talent pools. Nimble Connect applies intelligent matching to pair educators with principals across a statewide network. Nimble Hire brings districts and teachers into a shared system for posting roles, reaching candidates, and submitting applications. The company describes the platform as built with districts, grounded in research, and designed around real-world constraints, with a stated mission of ensuring all students have access to exceptional teachers.
Business model
Nimble provides software to public education buyers — state departments of education, school districts, and schools — for teacher recruiting, hiring, and workforce visibility, while offering teachers a free-to-use hub for finding and applying to roles. Customer relationships are described as partnerships with states and districts [0].
Traction
Testimonials from district HR directors, superintendents, and principals cite outcomes including one district seeing more than 400 interested candidate profiles versus a prior high of about 90 applications in a hiring year, and a principal reporting five to six teachers hired through the platform [0].
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Nimble presents itself as a state-partnered platform spanning the full K-12 hiring process, from workforce data for policymakers to candidate matching and applicant tracking for districts and principals [0].
The platform combines statewide vacancy data for state agencies with district- and school-level hiring tools and teacher-facing job matching in one system, along with licensure-pathway navigation and syndication of postings to external job platforms [0].
Technology
A multi-module web platform combining real-time statewide vacancy tracking and analytics, a shared job and candidate hub, licensure-pathway guidance, and intelligent matching that pairs teachers with principals and districts. Job postings are syndicated to other platforms to widen candidate reach [0].
Go-to-market
Nimble sells through partnerships with state education agencies and districts, using statewide agreements to extend the network of participating districts and schools; the site directs prospective customers to contact its team for information and offers separate sign-in paths for job seekers and hiring staff [0].
State departments of education, school districts, school principals and HR leaders, and teachers or prospective teachers seeking classroom and non-teaching school roles (operations, support, and leadership positions) [0].
Geography
Customer testimonials reference users in Indiana (Memphis, Indianapolis, Madison), Missouri (Hazelwood, St. Louis), and California (San José), indicating multi-state use across the United States [0].
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 2
by search overlapCompanies competing with Nimble for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Non-dilutive funding · 1 SBIR/STTR award
Federal grants — no equity taken| Agency | Phase | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | Phase I | 2021 | $200K |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.
In the news
Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Jul 2026▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Nimblehirenimble.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Nimble do?
- Nimble is a K-12 hiring and workforce platform connecting teachers with schools, districts, and state education agencies.
- Who founded Nimble?
- Nimble was founded by Lauren Dachille in 2017.
- Who are Nimble's investors?
- Nimble's investors include Dorm Room, Imagine K12, Target Global, Y Combinator, Accel, Breyer Capital, Databricks Ventures, Hetz Ventures and 3 more.
- How much funding has Nimble raised?
- Nimble has disclosed $47M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Nimble headquartered?
- Nimble is headquartered in Miami, US.









