Reforge Lands $60 Million Series B

<p><strong><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Reforge &&num;8212&semi; a career development platform for  professionals in Growth&comma; Product&comma; Marketing and Engineering &&num;8212&semi; has landed a <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;60 million<&sol;span> Series B round led by Insight Partners&comma; with participation from Andreessen Horowitz&comma; True Ventures&comma; NextView Ventures&comma; TCV&comma; Long Journey Ventures&comma; and more than 170 individual operators&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For the past five years&comma; Reforge has redefined career development for professionals as a destination for a continuous stream of problem and solution finding&comma; while creating a new type of market for VP and C-level expertise that previously did not exist&period; As Reforge grew&comma; it was able to help more professionals scale themselves and their companies by offering new <u>programs<&sol;u> and topics&comma; including deeper dives in product management&comma; engineering leadership and data&comma; as well as more earned insights from VPs and C-level executives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Reforge is pioneering a new vision for career development where professionals can learn from industry experts who have mastered their craft&comma; then apply those learnings by connecting with others working on similar problems&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Allyson White<&sol;span>&comma; Managing Director at Insight Partners&period; &&num;8220&semi;We have evolved from having one job our entire career to many jobs&period; And today&comma; professionals not only have more jobs&comma; they also want to unlock their expertise in a number of different ways&comma; such as advising&comma; consulting and mentoring in order to achieve fulfillment and growth in their work&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Reforge is uniquely well-positioned to transform the career development landscape because their membership model&comma; content&comma; and experts can carry an employee through the full career journey and the ability to learn across other areas leads to more and better partnership between function&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Adam Fishman<&sol;span>&comma; Executive in Residence at Reforge and former VP Product and Growth at Patreon&period; &&num;8220&semi;Building your career isn&&num;8217&semi;t just about taking a single course &&num;8212&semi; as your needs change&comma; Reforge is there to meet them&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reforge will use the funds from this latest round to make the network and marketplace behaviors it&&num;8217&semi;s already seeing organically within its ecosystem–such as consulting and advising–available to more members and experts&period; In doing so&comma; Reforge will expand the knowledge and networking opportunities available on the platform&comma; creating a new type of professional network and marketplace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;