Koru: Predictive hiring startup Koru sells business to two separate companies in unusual exit

Seattle startup Koru launched in 2014 as a "bootcamp" platform that helped both employers find top entry level talent and graduates land jobs. It pivoted in 2016, focusing instead on selling predictive hiring enterprise software. Now, in an unusual startup exit, Koru is selling both businesses to two separate acquirers. Capp & Co., a London-based company that assesses talent, bought Koru's predictive hiring technology. Entangled Group, a Bay Area-based incubator of education technology startups, acquired Koru's original bootcamp platform. In an interview with GeekWire, Koru CEO and co-founder Kristen Hamilton shed light on the company's unorthodox acquisition. She called Koru a pioneer in... Read More