Guild Education
American education services company
Guild, formerly known as Guild Education, is a private company headquartered in Denver, Colorado that is employed by Fortune 1000 companies to manage their education assistance benefits. Guild facilitates direct payment for courses to education provider clients and offers marketing services.
History
Guild Education was founded in June 2015 by Rachel Romer and Brittany Stich. The company advises large corporations and contracts with adult education providers. It offers marketing services and receives payment from schools only when students enroll. The employers also receive a tax break.
In June 2021, Guild Education announced a strategic partnership with 2U, where the latter company made its degree programs, courses, and bootcamp programs available to the corporations that employ Guild. Google also made Google Career Certificates available to corporations that employ Guild. In the same month, CNBC reported that Guild Education sought to profit from its expectation of automation increasing displacement of workers.
In June 2022, Forbes and Bloomberg reported Guild's valuation at $4.4 billion.
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