Education-as-a-benefit platform connecting frontline workers with degree programs
Software📍 Denver, COFounded 2015
Current Valuation
$4.4B
as of 2022-Q2
UNICORN
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Guild Education going public?
No. Guild Education is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Guild Education's valuation in 2026?
Guild Education is valued at $4.4B as of 2022-Q2, set by its Series F ($264.67M, Aug 2022). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Guild Education filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Guild Education.
Who are Guild Education's investors?
Guild Education's investors include Wellington Management, Ichigo, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis, Salesforce Ventures.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Guild Education partners with Fortune 1000 employers like Walmart, Disney, and Target to offer their frontline workers fully funded education benefits ranging from English-language certificates to bachelor's and master's degrees. The company was last valued at $4.4 billion in a 2022 Series F, but growth has cooled materially as macro pressure hit employer benefits budgets, with revenue reported around $275M in 2024 and roughly 6% year-over-year growth.
Company Profile
CEO
Bijal Shah
Founded
2015
HQ
Denver, CO
Employees
~700
Total Raised
$645M
Est. Revenue
$275M (2024)
Growth
~6% YoY
Last Round
Series F — $264.67M (Aug 2022) · Lead: Wellington Management
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series F · $264.67M · 4y ago
privateTotal raised $645M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series F
$264.67M
Aug 2022
Wellington Management
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Talent Signal
Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
7
via careers page
Product-build share
0%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
go-to-market push — Only 0% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (3 of 7 open roles are operations).
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
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Counted from Guild Education's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2022-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.