Qualified
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Qualified provides automated coding assessments and a developer-friendly IDE for evaluating technical competency. The platform serves companies looking to assess and hire developers, offering customizable assessments, code review tools, and detailed performance analytics.
Founders & leadership
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Jake HoffnerinFounderJake Hoffner is a founder and former CTO who co-founded Codewars and Qualified, both of which exited successfully. He has spent 15+ years working on technical assessment and developer education platforms.
Investors · 17
Bisk Ventures
Hinge CapitalHaddonfield · $500K – $1M
Michelson 20MM Foundation
Cathay InnovationreportedParis · $5M – $40M
Flare Capital PartnersreportedBoston · $1M – $10M
Frist Cressey VenturesreportedNashville · $500K – $20M
GreatPoint VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $250K – $20M
Healthier CapitalreportedMenlo Park
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)reportedMenlo Park · $200K – $40M
Norwest Venture PartnersreportedMenlo Park · $10M – $30M
Redpoint VenturesreportedWoodside · $100K – $10M
Salesforce Venturesreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M
Sapphire VenturesreportedMenlo Park · $5M – $20M
SignalFirereportedSan Francisco · $250K – $15M
Tiger Global ManagementreportedNew York · $1M – $100M
Town Hall VenturesreportedNew York · $3M – $30M
TRANSFORMATION CAPITALreportedBoston
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries CApr 2022
Sapphire (lead), Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries BMay 2021
Salesforce Ventures (lead), Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 10
by search overlap
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Hackerearth33 shared keywordsHackerEarth offers an AI Practice Agent, a training tool that lets developers practice mock interviews and coding problems while receiving automated feedback from AI models. The product is aimed at developers looking to improve interview readiness and problem-solving skills.
CoderPad32 shared keywordsCoderPad offers a technical hiring platform for recruiters and engineering teams, providing automated pre-screens, coding assessments, live technical interviews, and skills tracking. Its tools support evaluating and developing candidates' and team members' coding abilities throughout the hiring and development process.
Imocha32 shared keywordsiMocha offers AI Skills Inference, a system that automatically extracts and validates employee skills from resumes, projects, learning data, and certifications to keep skill profiles current. It targets enterprise HR teams and integrates with HR systems like SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, and Oracle HCM to support talent mapping, reskilling, and internal mobility.
Mettl31 shared keywordsMettl provides a platform for recruiting and assessing software developers through coding tests, simulations, and live proctoring. The platform serves companies seeking to hire and upskill technical talent.
HackerRank29 shared keywordsHackerRank is an AI-driven hiring and assessment platform that focuses on responsible AI development with emphasis on bias detection, data privacy, and fairness in hiring processes. The company serves organizations and candidates seeking unbiased technical evaluation and skills assessment.
CodeSubmit29 shared keywordsCodeSubmit is a technical hiring and skills-development platform offering take-home coding challenges, short coding screens (Bytes), and live pair-programming interviews (CodePair) in real development environments, with AI-assisted review that leaves final hiring decisions to the team. It serves engineering and recruiting teams, integrates with ATS tools like Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby, and includes learning paths to build AI-ready engineering teams.</parameter>
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Codility29 shared keywordsCodility builds an enterprise platform for assessing and developing engineering talent, combining competitive programming methodology with psychometric science to help organisations identify, evaluate, and grow engineers, with particular focus on AI-readiness skills.
CodeSignal, Inc.28 shared keywordsCodeSignal provides an educational ebook guide for talent teams on implementing AI hiring tools, covering readiness assessment, solution selection, and compliant usage practices.
Revelo25 shared keywordsRevelo is a talent marketplace that helps US companies hire vetted software developers from Latin America, handling payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance on their behalf. It offers a network of over 400,000 pre-vetted engineers with month-to-month flexibility for HR and engineering teams.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Qualified do?
- Qualified provides automated coding assessments and a developer-friendly IDE for evaluating technical competency. The platform serves companies looking to assess and hire developers, offering customizable assessments, code review tools, and detailed performance analytics.
- Who founded Qualified?
- Qualified was founded by Jake Hoffner.
- Who are Qualified's investors?
- Qualified's investors include Bisk Ventures, Hinge Capital, Michelson 20MM Foundation, Cathay Innovation, Flare Capital Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, Healthier Capital and 9 more.