Pathrise, the leading online mentorship and job placement platform for tech professionals, announced today that it has secured $9 million in Series A Funding -- including $5.5 million in new equity capital and $3.5 million in venture debt.

The round was led by Learn Capital (Coursera, General Assembly, Springboard), and also included Western Technology Investment (Facebook, Google), and Day One Ventures (Superhuman, Truebill, DoNotPay). Existing investors with Pathrise include the likes of K50 Ventures, Y Combinator, and GoAhead Ventures.

Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, Pathrise is a leading online mentorship, job placement platform and career accelerator that is free until individuals are hired. The company seeks to uplift both aspiring and established tech professionals, no matter the stage of their career. Pathrise invests in fellows by providing personalized advice and training on how to get the best possible job or promotion. If and only if they get hired during the Pathrise program, fellows pay the company back a small percentage of their first year's income.