We’re on a mission to make professional education enjoyable.

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About us

The LumiQ story.

What started out as a career management platform for CPAs is now a podcast platform with over 100,000 users, hundreds of episodes and over 90 people dedicated to making professional education enjoyable. Here’s how we’ve grown over the last few years:

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Jan 2016
Luminari is born

Luminari starts as a career management platform for CPAs (recruiting, mentoring, events)

JAN 2019
$845,000 raised

Luminari plans to expand the team and increase their presence across Canada.

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JAN 2020
Goodbye, Luminari

The Luminari career management platform is shut down, months before COVID-19 starts.

Mar 2021
LumiQ is created

With $1.1m in new funding, LumiQ is created to use podcasting as a way to make professional education enjoyable.

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Jan 2022
LumiQ launches in the US

LumiQ is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.

aug 2022
$5 million raised

LumiQ continues its expansion in the US.

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MAY 2023
LumiQ hits 50,000 users

LumiQ platform passes 50,000 users across North America

SEPt 2024
LumiQ partners with Vertu Capital

Vertu Capital, a leading private equity firm, makes a strategic investment in LumiQ

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Our team is shaping the future of professional education and development.

At LumiQ, we believe in moving away from a compliance mindset when it comes to continuing education. We’re passionate about creating edutainment content that makes learning enjoyable and convenient, even on the go. Fun fact: many of our team members are CPAs who are looking to change the accounting industry's perception of continuing education!

90+

team members and growing

15%

are CPAs in roles beyond accounting in departments like content, sales, customer success and more!

15.87M

minutes listened by all platform users in the past 12 months.

Meet the team

Our leadership team

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Pam Forster

VP of Operations

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Nima Nasoody

Chief Technology Officer

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Jesse Abrams

VP of Revenue

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Adam Bercovici

Cofounder & CRO

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Michael Kravshik

CPA, Cofounder & CEO

Interested in joining our team?

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Verified & Approved CPE.

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LumiQ is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.

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