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NEXGENT

We can provide you with the skills, experience and knowledge you need to skyrocket through the ranks of the IT industry faster than anyone even if you have zero experience right now. Our job-ready training program (which is based on our thorough experience working at Cisco, Dimension Data, Ari

ngt.academy
HQ: San Jose, CA, USA; Remote
11-50
Education

Company research

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Overview

NEXGENT (NGT Academy) is a veteran-founded online IT career school that trains beginners, career changers, and veterans for network engineering and cybersecurity roles through hands-on labs, live instruction, certifications, and career coaching.

Primary product

Full Stack Network Engineer & Cybersecurity Accelerator

Founded

2016

Headquarters

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Team size

51-200

Work style

Remote

Industry

Higher Education

Sub-industry

IT career training / network engineering and cybersecurity bootcamp

Offices

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Business model

tuition-based online vocational education
financing-backed enrollment
GI Bill-funded veteran education

Funding

Stage

Late-stage private

Total raised

$24.4M

Latest round

Corporate Minority · May 2020

Latest amount

$6M

People & investors

Leadership

Terry Kim

Founder & CEO

Zachary Elliott

Director of Academic Excellence

Nathan Kohlerman

Talent & Employer Partnership Manager

Nick Rothacher

Director of Student Success

David Banister

Program Director

Jacie Lin

Studio Director

Founders

Jacob Hess

Co-founder

Investors

Altos Ventures
AngelPad
Leif
Liquid 2 Ventures
Pioneer Fund
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Mission-driven, veteran-led, remote-first, and execution-oriented; public pages emphasize clarity, ownership, collaboration, and helping students make measurable career transitions.

Work style

Remote

Compensation

No public employee salary bands were found. Public compensation signals focus on student outcomes rather than staff pay, including claims of roughly $85k average starting IT salary for graduates and a historically discussed tuition/financing model.

Benefits

remote-first work
distributed team
mission-driven impact
collaborative environment
clarity, ownership, and execution culture

Product & market

Pricing

Upfront tuition with financing/loan options; historical public coverage also described an income-sharing agreement model.

Differentiators

  • —military-inspired curriculum
  • —hands-on labs and real-world projects
  • —live weekly instruction
  • —1:1 career coaching
  • —GI Bill access via International American University partnership
  • —custom LMS with progress tracking
  • —focus on network engineering and cybersecurity roles
  • —no prior technical experience required
  • —new Zero to AI Engineer track in development

Technology

Cisco Packet Tracer
Cisco ASA
Zoom
LinkedIn
Impact
custom learning management system

Customers

career changers
working adults
complete beginners
veterans
military spouses
entry-level IT aspirants
employers seeking certified network/security talent

Competitors

Careerist
Turing College
Coding Invaders
Binar Academy
Offensive Security
Avatao
Gebeya
SkillFactory

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

~$3.8M ARR (2024 estimate)

Estimated monthly visits

9.9K

Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026

support@nexgent.com(888) 298-NGT3
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