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HackerRank

Edtech · Mountain View, United States · Founded 2011

Skills-based tech hiring platform: Practice coding, prepare for interviews, and get hired MoreLess

HackerRank is a tech-focused platform that operates in the global recruitment market, serving both companies and job seekers. It provides a unique solution to the challenges of tech hiring by offering a platform where developers can showcase their skills and companies can identify top talent.

The platform serves a dual purpose. For developers, it provides a space to practice coding, prepare for job interviews, and develop new skills. For companies, it offers a tool to build skills-based coding tests, enabling them to assess candidates on real-world problems they would encounter on the job. This approach allows companies to make data-driven hiring decisions and level the playing field for developers everywhere.

HackerRank's business model is based on providing these services to companies, which pay to access the platform's tools and developer community. The company boasts a significant client base, with over 3,000 companies worldwide, including 25% of the Fortune 100, using its services to enhance their tech teams.

The company operates in a growing market, as the demand for tech talent continues to rise across all industries. By focusing on skills rather than traditional hiring metrics, HackerRank is well-positioned to capitalize on this trend and help companies build strong tech teams.

Keywords: Tech Hiring, Coding Skills, Job Preparation, Skills-Based Tests, Data-Driven Hiring, Developer Community, Global Recruitment, Tech Teams, Real-World Problems, Tech Talent.

Company overview

HackerRank company information

The essential company record, classifications and operating signals in one place.

Status
Operational
Founded
2011
Headquarters
Mountain View, United States
Employees
2,137
Open positions
32
Dealroom signal
84.5
Investment activity
1 companies · latest Dec 2019
Capital deployed
Preferred round
ACQUISITION
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Valuation & funding

HackerRank funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES DOther financing Mar 2022 $60M $240M Randstad Innovation Fund · Khosla Ventures · JMI Equity · Susquehanna Growth Equity
SERIES COther financing Feb 2018 $30M $120M Khosla Ventures · Randstad · Chartline Capital Partners · JMI Equity
EARLY VCOther financing Sep 2016 $4.3M $17M Undisclosed
SERIES BOther financing Jul 2015 $7.5M $30M Undisclosed
SERIES BOther financing Jun 2014 $9.2M $37M Peeyush Ranjan · Battery Ventures · Khosla Ventures · Greg Badros
SERIES AOther financing Jan 2012 Khosla Ventures · ZenShin Capital
SERIES AOther financing Sep 2011 Khosla Ventures · ZenShin Capital
SEEDOther financing Jun 2011 SV Angel · Y Combinator · The Morpheus
SEEDOther financing Jan 2011 Y Combinator
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Growth signals

HackerRank website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for HackerRank is 5M monthly website visits, up 16.3% over the last three months. HackerRank's team grew 7.2% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits5M 3-month web change+16.3% 1-year team growth+7.2%
Monthly website visits132 observations · Oct 2014–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

HackerRank compared with similar companies

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Capital deployed

HackerRank investments and acquisitions

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Talent graph

HackerRank's talent

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Team profiled 77 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 4 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia Hidden — book a demo alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Investors

14 investors on HackerRank's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding and investor records. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Seed 3 investors entered at this stage
Series A 6 investors entered at this stage
Khosla Ventures
ZenShin Capital
Battery Ventures
Peeyush Ranjan
Greg Badros
Dan Rubinstein
Series B+ 5 investors entered at this stage
JMI Equity
Randstad
Chartline Capital Partners
Susquehanna Growth Equity
Randstad Innovation Fund

Global footprint

Where HackerRank has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
41 countries with
team presence
🇮🇳 India64.2%
🇺🇸 United States18%
🇪🇬 Egypt2.4%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom1.9%
🇵🇰 Pakistan1.8%
Top 5 of 41 shown

In the news

Latest news about HackerRank

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about HackerRank

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about HackerRank on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

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Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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