TALENT ACQUISITION

SkillStorm Announces Acquisition of Talent Path and Secures Investment from Achieve Partners

SkillStorm | April 12, 2022

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On April 11th, leader in deploying specialized tech talent announced the acquisition of Talent Path, a company backed by Achieve Partners. It also announced the strategic investment it has secured from Achieve. Talent Path is an early tech career hire-train-deploy platform.

SkillStorm focuses on providing multiple pathways and apprenticeship programs for college graduates, service members, and veterans to launch tech careers.

"Talent Path is a company we've been following for several years. Like SkillStorm, Talent Path hires and trains tech talent based on client demand. And like SkillStorm, Talent Path is solving a major problem for their clients. We're delighted to welcome Talent Path's consultants and clients to the SkillStorm family."

- SkillStorm CEO Justin Vianello

"We're excited about this partnership with our friends at SkillStorm. This team has proven they can scale, and I can think of no better home for Talent Path. Our strategic investment will provide SkillStorm with the capital required to fully integrate Talent Path and supercharge growth to meet the tech talent needs of hundreds of additional clients."

- Aanand Radia, a managing director at Achieve

"We've worked with the SkillStorm team previously. What they've built in a short period of time demonstrates an impressive commitment to quality, and we have every confidence they will scale to hiring, training, and placing thousands of new consultants annually. We look forward to another very productive partnership."

- Achieve managing director Ryan Craig

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