The Muse Raised $16 Million To Improve Its Career Platform

Career site, The Muse, has raised $16 million in a Series B funding round led by Icon Ventures, according to a report on Forbes.

Forbes said current investors include Aspect Ventures, DBL Partners and QED Investors. More than 50 million users now check The Muse each year for its job listings and career advice.

Kathryn Minshew, cofounder of The Muse, told Forbes the next step is to personalize each user's experience so they can see closer to "what they'd dream they wanted, with actual benchmarks to see how close they are to their goal."

The report noted The Muse still had more than 15 months of cash left when it raised the new round, with bookings growing nearly 5x last year. The company employs nearly 100 people out of its New York headquarters.

More than 40 cities are represented in The Muse's job listings, up from six just 18 months ago, but Minshew says the company plans to add a lot more in upcoming months.

A lot of sites want to offer job advice, but Minshew believes The Muse continues to stand out because of its consistent voice.

"It's incredibly important to me that every piece of advice people find is solid," she told Forbes. "The people who use us are not just coming from a clickable link in a social feed, they're going in and searching and finding the answers to their career questions. So the quality has to be very high across the board."

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