Ignite Reading
ignite-reading.com
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$10M
1 round on record
Latest round
$10M
Venture round · Jan 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
1,263
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
5
open roles
Backers
1
Owl Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
45 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Nov 24, 2025
Launched Ignite Reading Launches National Literacy Movement in Boston · kxan.com
Sep 23, 2025
Acquisition Ignite Reading Acquires Esteam to Help Human Tutors Leverage AI for Personalized Reading Instruction · gazette.com
Jan 17, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $10M · SEC Form D
2022
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jan 2023 | $10M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Ignite Reading, PBC | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Evan MarwellExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Jessica SliwerskiExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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How Ignite Reading hires
Truth index
B 78/100
Median time to fill
33 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
75%
Reposted roles
25%
Ignite Reading scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 75% have gone stale and 25% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 33 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
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News
Why First Grade Is the Critical Year for Learning to Read
How One Educator Built a Reading Model Schools Trust
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RPS awarded 132 Ignite Reading seats as district continues focus on early literacy - Revere Journal
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CPS featured in "All Access with Andy Garcia" piece highlighting the Ignite Reading program - Chelsea Record
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Winchester schools ready for first-day opening on Sept. 2
Enrollment, literacy program implementation, facilities all set for 2026-27 academic year
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FUESD Students Make Remarkable Reading Gains Through Ignite Reading Fallbrook Union Elementary School District
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Ignite Reading Wraps Up Monumental School Year: 1.4 Million Tutoring Sessions Delivered as Johns Hopkins University Study Validates Lasting Impact
/PRNewswire/ -- As another school year ends, the numbers confirm what educators, parents, and students already know: high-dosage, one-on-one literacy...
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Lowell advancing literacy with targeted instruction
LOWELL - Lowell Public Schools are touting improved literacy for students in grades 1-4 through the use of targeted techniques provided by the Ignite Reading program.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Ignite Reading over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
18
Postings analysed
6
Stack modernity
95/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
SQL
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Tableau
Windows
AI & ML
Claude
LLM
ChatGPT
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Full Ignite Reading tech stack
18 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$150k
Typical range
$70k – $220k
Open positions
5
4
Jobs
Junior
50%
Senior
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $80k | $70k – $90k |
| Senior | 2 | $198k | $175k – $220k |
Highest paying role
Senior Engineering Manager, Infrastructure & Data Engineering
$220k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Ignite Reading
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
People
Evan Marwell
Executive Officer, Director
Jessica Sliwerski
Executive Officer, Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove · How we handle this data
Growth
Hiring Momentum
36/100
Slowing
Open positions
5
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
34 days
faster than 38% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Early Careers
50%
Leadership
17% ▼
HR
17% ▼
Marketing
17% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added AI Agents to stack
Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff
Jobs
$210k – $220k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 8+ years exp
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Cursor
Claude
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Platform Engineering
Cybersecurity
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$175k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 7+ years exp
Python
SQL
Claude
Claude Code
AI Agents
LLM
Agentic Workflows
Analytics
Tableau
Management
Agile
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Financials
Total raised
$10M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | $10M | Details |