MassChallenge

MassChallenge is a non-equity startup accelerator headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional locations in Israel, Mexico, Switzerland, Texas, and the UK. Founded in 2009, it focuses on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting high-potential startups across various industries globally. MassChallenge provides expert mentorship, a tailored curriculum, and access to corporate partners without taking any equity from the startups. Its programs, including specialized initiatives like MassChallenge FinTech and MassChallenge HealthTech, aim to facilitate partnerships between startups and established companies to drive innovation and growth. To date, MassChallenge has helped over 1,200 alumni raise more than $2 billion in funding and create over 65,000 jobs, demonstrating its significant impact on the global innovation ecosystem.

Cait Brumme

Acting CEO

Cait Brumme

Managing Partner

Siobhan Dullea

CEO

Matt Lashmar

Managing Director

Camila Lecaros

Managing Director

Yonit Serkin

Managing Director

Devon Sherman

Founding Director, Head of MassChallenge FinTech

Michelle Williams

Vice President and Head of Texas Strategy

Past deals in Recruiting

Scoutlier

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Scoutlier is the place to practice 21st century learning. Teachers can increase their impact with a platform for students to Create, think Critically, Collaborate and Communicate. Web app and mobile apps for iOS and Android allow for access to engaging assignments incorporating writing, data capture, and multimedia in the classroom and beyond -- online and offline.

Talentu

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Talentu is a hiring software startup based in Medellin, Colombia, founded in 2018. The company specializes in enhancing job matching for unskilled job-seekers and employers, focusing on improving the quality and efficiency of talent selection, retention, and training processes. By integrating artificial intelligence and automation, Talentu predicts the future performance of candidates, helping organizations identify, train, and manage their workforce effectively. This innovative approach aims to streamline hiring practices and enhance the skills of employees, ultimately contributing to a more productive workforce.

Owiwi

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Owiwi is a leader in game-based assessments, specializing in measuring soft skills in potential and current employees. The company's flagship product utilizes an innovative talent assessment platform that combines advanced technology with principles from business psychology and game design. This engaging platform employs gamification to evaluate essential soft skills such as adaptability, flexibility, integrity, learning agility, and resilience. By providing valuable insights into candidates' traits and behaviors, Owiwi helps organizations reduce bias in hiring and minimize the risks associated with poor hiring decisions. The immersive experience not only enhances the assessment process but also contributes to a positive candidate experience, ultimately strengthening the employer brand. With a commitment to scientific rigor, Owiwi has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, underscoring its expertise in the field.

Codeln

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Codeln is a technical recruitment platform established in 2017 and headquartered in Ghana. The company focuses on streamlining the hiring process for software developers by automating recruitment and validating candidates' coding skills. Codeln offers services such as talent sourcing, where it connects companies with pre-vetted developers through an online marketplace, and screening, which involves assessing candidates via project-based tests in an integrated development environment. This thorough verification process ensures that only skilled individuals are recommended to companies, minimizing the risk of bad hires and enhancing productivity. By simplifying and accelerating the recruitment of tech talent, Codeln positions itself as a valuable resource for organizations seeking qualified software engineers in Africa.

JobStep

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Developer of a job search platform designed to get the right candidate to the right employer. The company's platform matches job seekers to employers based on where similar individuals are getting offers across the job market, enabling jobseekers to get interviews in weeks by finding and applying to jobs that will be suitable for them.

ConversionCoach

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
ConversionCoach offers a sales behavior platform that analyzes the data from sales calls and gives actionable behaviors to train on.

Ayambe

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Ayambe is a talent matching platform that connects skilled workforce in the informal sector to people in need of their skills.

excelHERate

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
excelHERate enables organizations to hire based on their transferable skills and potential, not pedigree.

checkme AI

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
checkme AI provides companies with the HR development tools to improve performance, increasing profitability, and equality in organizations. Rather than focus mostly on measuring skills, they measure motivation and job mastery (passion/perception/proficiency). By measuring passion and job mastery Checkme AI is able to tell not only whether a person can do the job, but also if they are able to do it well.

Medflyt

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Operator of a digital health platform intended to connect the healthcare industry to caregivers. The company's platform simplifies the staffing process by helping agencies assign staff to patients at home and also provides the staff with real-time job alerts, providing caregivers with opportunities to increase their income.

Guider

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Guider Global Limited, established in 2017 and headquartered in London, specializes in developing AI-powered mentoring software designed for enterprises. The company focuses on creating interactive leisure and entertainment software that enhances personal development through tailored mentoring and coaching programs. By partnering with forward-thinking organizations, Guider aims to implement effective and scalable solutions that foster employee growth and development. Its programs address key areas such as diversity and inclusion, women in leadership, and talent retention, supporting global brands in cultivating impactful mentorship initiatives.

Momlancers

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Momlancers is a company that focuses on connecting talented mothers with organizations seeking project-based talent. It operates a software platform that facilitates hiring solutions in various fields, including consultancy, human resources, marketing, coaching, and freelance work. The platform allows companies to find suitable candidates for specific projects in areas such as landing pages, drafting, design, web applications, and production. By targeting professional moms, Momlancers aims to promote both professional and personal satisfaction for its users while helping organizations fulfill their staffing needs.

AbegYa

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
AbegYa Offers The Easy, Most Reliable Way To Find Local Specialists in Africa.

OpenStaff

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Developer of an on-demand hiring platform intended to resolve temporary and permanent employment demands. The company's platform connects businesses with the right talent in a quick, friendly, and inexpensive way and also makes low-middle skilled jobs available, enabling clients to fill temporary or permanent openings.

Wingspans

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Inventing Heron is a a comprehensive, user-friendly, creative, career resource, web-based career resource created to kindle hope and ambition in young people through storytelling. The site features hundreds of interviews about work and achieves what other career portals do not by having a lot of heart. Inventing Heron's approach to career discovery is spirited, realistic, and hands-on, as demonstrated by its over 40 videos and over 600 written narratives. It facilitates a career discovery experience that is personalized and immersive. It helps students connect the dots between their studies and their futures. It provides role models and tangible end goals. It demonstrates how doing well in school directly correlates to more opportunities later. And all of its curriculum is results-based and data-driven.

FairHire

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Developer of a job applicant tracking platform designed to empower organizations to tackle bias through blind hiring and behavioral science. The company's platform is a fully anonymized blind hiring program and intelligent people analytics backed by behavioral science that has the ability to process both experienced and graduate-level roles, enabling large enterprises to drive candidate engagement, process innovation, employer branding, and fair decision-making.

Chronically Capable

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Chronically Capable is a recruitment platform dedicated to addressing the high unemployment rates among disabled and chronically ill individuals in the United States. With disability unemployment being double that of non-disabled individuals, the platform connects job seekers with chronic and invisible illnesses to employers who offer flexible job opportunities that accommodate their medical needs. By allowing users to voluntarily disclose their health conditions, work history, and job preferences, Chronically Capable facilitates meaningful employment matches. The platform also assists employers in meeting the requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, promoting workforce diversity. Ultimately, Chronically Capable aspires to be a leading authority on chronic illness in the workplace, collaborating with businesses and government entities to standardize reasonable accommodations and reduce unemployment rates for these individuals.

Virtual Internships

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Virtual Internship Partners provide remote internships that develop 21st Century professional skills, including the use of digital technology and online platforms, that make students more employable and career-ready.

Wingspans

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Inventing Heron is a a comprehensive, user-friendly, creative, career resource, web-based career resource created to kindle hope and ambition in young people through storytelling. The site features hundreds of interviews about work and achieves what other career portals do not by having a lot of heart. Inventing Heron's approach to career discovery is spirited, realistic, and hands-on, as demonstrated by its over 40 videos and over 600 written narratives. It facilitates a career discovery experience that is personalized and immersive. It helps students connect the dots between their studies and their futures. It provides role models and tangible end goals. It demonstrates how doing well in school directly correlates to more opportunities later. And all of its curriculum is results-based and data-driven.

Claira

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Developer of a competency analytics platform designed for companies to understand their talent and hire better. The company's dataset of thousands of competencies provides atomic intelligence on the current workforce, gaps, trends, and future needs, enabling businesses to match resources dynamically.

Medflyt

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Operator of a digital health platform intended to connect the healthcare industry to caregivers. The company's platform simplifies the staffing process by helping agencies assign staff to patients at home and also provides the staff with real-time job alerts, providing caregivers with opportunities to increase their income.

Glickon

Funding Round in 2019
Glickon S.r.l., founded in 2014 and based in Milan, Italy, specializes in a People Analytics and gamification platform designed for human resources professionals. The platform enables HR teams to effectively listen to, engage with, and manage their workforce throughout the entire employee lifecycle, from recruitment to exit. By integrating gamification dynamics with people analytics, Glickon provides valuable insights that assist HR professionals in making data-driven decisions, ultimately enhancing talent management and organizational performance.

Planted

Grant in 2019
Planted Inc. is a recruitment platform that connects recent graduates with junior-level, non-technical roles and internships at high-growth companies. Based in New York, the company focuses on various non-technical functions, including customer service, sales, operations, marketing, and analytics. By creating a talent community, Planted aims to facilitate career growth for young professionals while helping companies find suitable talent. The platform offers curated opportunities that not only address immediate hiring needs but also contribute to the long-term career development of its members. Planted strives to positively impact the career trajectories of its users, ensuring they are well-positioned for future success in meaningful jobs.

Legably

Grant in 2019
Legably provides flexible, on-demand staffing for attorneys looking for short-term help with legal projects and client needs. Legably allows solo practitioner lawyers and small law firms to handle larger client and specialty projects by posting projects on the platform and soliciting assistance from other attorneys. Legably provides vetted attorneys who fit the profile being requested, formally hires the attorneys, and handles payroll and other administrative tasks so that they lawyers don't have to.

DoorSpace

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Our vision is to become the global leader in enterprise talent management software by democratizing professional learning experiences that develop leaders within enterprises. Door Space’s technology brings the personalization, automation, and centralization necessary for developing top talent at scale. Door Space's Founder, Sarah M Worthy, has over 15 years of experience in B2B/Enterprise information systems design and e-commerce. Combined, our team has decades of experience in web application development, data science, business intelligence, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and building companies.

Swoovy

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Swoovy is a platform designed to address the challenges of volunteering by connecting individuals with daily volunteer opportunities while fostering companionship among participants. Recognizing that many Americans express a desire to volunteer but face barriers such as time constraints and lack of information, Swoovy simplifies the process through an easy-to-use interface that allows users to sign up for events with a single click and find partners to attend with. The platform caters to singles, couples, and eventually groups, promoting the concept of accountability partners to enhance participation. Swoovy generates revenue from both users and non-profits, offering a unique business model that encourages non-profits to promote the platform for volunteer engagement. Non-profits benefit from a dedicated dashboard to manage and promote their opportunities, along with marketing support to enhance visibility. Through these features, Swoovy aims to make volunteering accessible and integrate it into the daily lives of more individuals.

LikeU

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
LikeU operates an online portal which offers staffing service that connects corporate clients to part-time telecommuters. It also offers online training, skills certifications, and well-paid salaries through part-time telecommuting jobs. It caters to women and persons with disabilities, and business process outsourcing industry. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Antioquia, Colombia with an additional office in Mexico City, Mexico.

Pangea

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Pangea.app, Inc. operates an online platform that connects companies with college students for freelance projects, particularly in marketing and graphic design. Established in 2016 and based in Providence, Rhode Island, the platform serves as a marketplace where businesses can communicate directly with students, manage payments through a secure gateway, and rate performance to ensure accountability. By utilizing a proprietary dataset and artificial intelligence, Pangea.app enhances the matching process, enabling companies to access skilled talent early in their careers while allowing students to showcase their abilities. The company's mission focuses on providing equitable access to high-skill opportunities, making it easier for businesses to find and hire college freelancers for part-time engagements.

seniors@work

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Developer of an online job marketplace platform designed to find freelancing senior talents. The company's platform seniors to register on the platform and clients to share requirements, browse profiles and employ senior people for part-time or project work with the employment contract, enabling private individuals, companies, associations, or start-ups to get in touch with senior citizens and use their specialist skills and experience for smaller and larger assignments.

Uplift

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Uplift is a B2B platform to help companies advance working moms through data, coaching and an app with bite-sized activities.

JobGet

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
JobGet operates a mobile hiring application and job search platform designed to streamline the recruitment process, particularly in the retail and hospitality sectors. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the platform facilitates direct communication between employers and job seekers, allowing them to message, schedule meetings, and conduct video interviews. By reducing the hiring timeline from weeks to mere minutes, JobGet aims to eliminate the lengthy traditional application process. The platform employs smart matching technology to connect thousands of job seekers with leading employers across the United States quickly and efficiently. JobGet has received recognition for its innovative approach, being a winner of the 2019 MassChallenge and the 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge. Through its user-friendly interface, JobGet seeks to transform the employment landscape for hourly workers and employers, making job searching more accessible and immediate.

Intry

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Developer of resume-building applications intended to help users increase their chances of getting hired. The company's application uses AI to unlock hidden variables in resumes and job applications and provides different resume-creating packages, enabling jobseekers to get their resume built with professional help and increase their visibility to hiring managers.

OKO

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Kanna operates a platform designed to assist licensed cannabis farms and dispensaries in managing their workforce. By providing a marketplace tailored for the gig economy within the cannabis sector, Kanna connects these businesses with pre-vetted, trained temporary workers for part-time and seasonal positions. This approach enables cannabis companies to hire skilled talent more efficiently while enhancing employee retention rates. Through its comprehensive services, Kanna aims to streamline the hiring and training processes for its customers, ultimately supporting the growth and operational success of legal cannabis enterprises.

Jump.in

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Jump.in is a digital marketing agency that helps its clients jumpstart their careers. Its goal is to give an opportunity for a career that will assure social and financial mobility for a better life. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Nexcv

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Nexcv operates a recruitment marketing platform that focuses on automating talent acquisition through social media. The platform modernizes the hiring process by transforming job descriptions into engaging video campaigns, allowing employers to effectively target and connect with their ideal candidates. By managing recruitment campaigns across multiple social networks, Nexcv streamlines the sourcing process, saving time and enhancing the overall efficiency of recruitment efforts.

Catapult HQ, Inc.

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Catapult is a comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP) management platform designed to enhance the efficiency of procurement departments. The platform enables users to create and respond to RFPs, evaluate and score submissions, and collaborate on contract terms, all while facilitating teamwork through a shared content library. By automating workflows, Catapult significantly reduces the time required for RFP responses, allowing clients to respond more quickly and effectively while maintaining the same workforce. This results in improved output and greater confidence in the quality of responses. Overall, Catapult aims to streamline the RFP process, optimize workflows, and maximize outcomes for its users.

Edmit

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Edmit was founded by innovative university leaders passionate about student success. We believe students should feel empowered in the college admissions and financial aid process, and that colleges should have more effective ways to engage directly with students on pricing in order to effectively bring great students to their institution.

Armour Agent

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Armour Agent is a global web application focused on real-time booking and logistics for security operatives. The platform connects highly-skilled security personnel with contracts in both maritime and land-based security, particularly in high-risk areas, utilizing real-time data matching and future location planning. Armour Agent serves as a comprehensive logistical tool for security operatives, agencies, and corporate clients, enabling agencies to track their operatives through location mapping and calendar planning. Additionally, the application facilitates the hiring and leasing of operational equipment, streamlining the process for all parties involved.

The Mentor Method

Grant in 2018
The Mentor Method is a social enterprise that provides curated mentor matches, connecting the next generation of tech leaders with change-making mentors at the top of their game. ​ Their process focuses on people and value-fit first, to foster authentic, lasting connections. The result is stronger teams and inclusive workplace cultures. ​ They started The Mentor Method because they wanted to create a world where minorities and women in tech are viewed as assets, not a way to check a box.

Cloud Dentistry

Grant in 2018
Cloud Dentistry, LLC operates a cloud-based platform that facilitates real-time connections between dental offices and dental staff. Founded in 2014 and based in Humble, Texas, the company provides a digital platform and mobile application that enables dental practices to message and book staff on demand. The platform allows users to hire professionals, book specialists, submit patient histories and x-rays, and utilize direct messaging for coordination. By streamlining the staffing process, Cloud Dentistry helps dental practices fill short-term staffing gaps and access top talent efficiently, ultimately saving time and costs associated with hiring.

EDUEMPLEA

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Operator of a training center intended to offer education for quality, innovative and relevant work in South America. The company's services include training and programs that helps in facing challenges in a competitive way, analyze the current situation, design and implement training centers for work and facilitates employee selection, enabling companies to increases productivity and competitiveness of individuals to enhance professional and personal development skills.

The Innovation Scout

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Innovation Scout helps corporations with their growth initiatives by matching them with startups, University IP, accelerators, inventors and other open innovation partners. The Innovation Scout is a SaaS platform to discover, engage, assess and manage open innovation partners. Fast Track Lean Innovation services are designed to accelerate a company’s ability make decisions about innovation ideas quickly. AI is used to support the entire innovation process. It augments our human ability to work through innovation challenges. Patent protected machine learning and big data methodologies ensure relevant ideas for open innovation will be seen. Predictive modeling used to analyze an innovation’s potential within markets.

Ingeni

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Ingeni operates a global network of data science-driven game rooms designed to assist organizations in assessing and hiring employees. These game rooms utilize innovative methodologies to evaluate soft skills, facilitating talent identification both externally and within existing teams. The services offered extend to organizational development and career consulting, making them suitable for investors conducting team assessments during due diligence procedures. By integrating data-driven insights into the recruitment and assessment processes, Ingeni provides companies with a comprehensive approach to optimize their human capital management.

SkillsEngine

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
SkillsEngine provides advanced software that translates unstructured text into rich occupational metadata. These data services integrate into existing software applications, bringing next-level AI-driven insights that improve matching, enrich reporting, and streamline hiring processes. SkillsEngine is a division of the Center for Employability Outcomes (C4EO) at Texas State Technical College based in Austin, Texas. The Center is a response to the growing demand for skilled talent generated by rising incumbent worker retirements (baby boomers), global competition, and technology advances across industry sectors. C4EO bridges the competency needs of industry with colleges.

Your6

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Your6 is a recruitment management platform designed to streamline the hiring process by providing a comprehensive assessment of candidates. The platform utilizes predictive assessment tools, natural language processing, and skill analysis to deliver a holistic view of each candidate. By leveraging data-driven insights and machine-learning algorithms, Your6 enables clients to make informed hiring decisions based on an analysis of candidates' strengths, weaknesses, and overall fit within an organization. This approach supports clients in finding, hiring, and managing individuals who are likely to perform consistently at a high level.

Next Play

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Next Play helps companies employees, with an AI app that facilitates internal mentorship matching, follow-up, and goal setting. Next Play is a chatbot that personalizes employee career development in order to help companies attract, develop, and retain more diverse talent. Next Play works with users to identify goals and preferences, matches mentees and mentors at scale, and guides employees to achieve their goals. HR directors can gain insight into employee engagement data.

WorkAround

Grant in 2017
WorkAround is the accurate, scalable solution for adding human input to your data using an untapped workforce of domain experts. WorkAround's platform enables simple, quick annotation of data. Anything from classifying expenses into tax codes, annotating breast tissue to identify regions of interest, to identifying drug combinations from clinical trial reports. We have the domain experts and a platform to facilitate a simple, secure processing of customer data and annotations. Companies that using WorkAround services not only save time and get quality service, but are also contributing to a more socially just and productive world where talent knows no boundaries, opportunity doesn’t ask for status, and work is rewarded with fair pay.

Frank

Grant in 2017
Frank is a personal online career coaching platform that assists disadvantaged students in navigating the job search process. It provides real-time, personalized guidance to undergraduates seeking internships and employment, differentiating itself from traditional career offices and forums by offering on-demand support without judgment. In addition to helping students, Frank has developed a career development application aimed at employees and managers. This application provides tailored coaching on various aspects of career growth, including work tips, leadership skill enhancement, and answers to job-related inquiries, thereby enabling individuals and organizations to improve their professional lives and alleviate workplace anxieties.

Athletes of Valor

Grant in 2017
Athletes of Valor is an online platform dedicated to assisting veterans in their transition from military service to civilian careers, specifically in collegiate sports. The organization connects college sports coaches and admissions offices with active service members and recently separated veterans, providing them with opportunities to pursue careers in coaching. By leveraging the skills and discipline acquired during military service, Athletes of Valor aims to facilitate a smoother transition for veterans into the sports industry, helping them find fulfilling career paths that utilize their unique experiences and talents.

Jobgator Inc.

Grant in 2017
Jobgator is a resume improvement and job search improvement web-application searching for seed funding.

Quali.fit

Grant in 2017
Quali.Fit learns and imitates the behaviour of a professional recruiter. Using AI, It gathers feedback from employers, automatically interviews candidates, fill the missing data on their profiles, and makes the recruiter day 10X more efficient. Quali.Fit is an AI Assistant for Recruiting Agencies. A Superpower for Recruiters with Awesome Candidate Experience.

ScholarJet

Grant in 2017
ScholarJet is a web-based platform that connects employers with diverse, entry-level talent through online, skills-based competitions. These competitions enable applicants to demonstrate their abilities in areas such as coding, sales, customer service, and graphic design, rather than relying on traditional essay submissions. By doing so, ScholarJet helps employers screen candidates effectively while also offering scholarship prizes to participants, assisting them in funding their education or paying off student loans. The platform has partnered with various companies, including Akamai and Wayfair, to create over 30 competitions aimed at enriching their talent pipelines and promoting inclusivity in the hiring process. ScholarJet's mission focuses on empowering overlooked individuals to contribute to innovation and address significant challenges in the workforce.

Operation Code

Grant in 2017
We're on a mission to expand the New GI Bill to cover code schools so that Veterans can learn to code, build awesome products and get jobs in the software industry. Veteran-founded and led, Operation Code is focused on increasing the number of U.S. military/ Veterans to careers in software development and coding through scholarships and mentorship while putting a dent in the nation's technical talent shortage.

Project Lever

Grant in 2017
Project Lever makes it easy for students to start research projects by aggregating university resources and providing searchable databases of courses, past student projects, faculty profiles, grants, and library guides. Using natural language processing algorithm, it matches students to the relevant resources for projects. It connects students to resources through a keyword search that can articulate research interests, a matching algorithm that ranks the best resources for a research idea, and an interactive text visualizations that enables students to brainstorm more effectively. The company sells subscriptions to universities. Using data scraping algorithms, the company implements solutions in weeks, not months, or years. Project Lever was founded by Svetlana Dotsenko in 2012 and the company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hive Scientific

Grant in 2017
Hive is a crowdsourcing platform for biomedical PhDs that gives them the opportunity to monetize some of their hard-earned skills. ​ They match experts to specific annotation projects based on their level and type of expertise. An annotation project requires the accurate entry of experimental findings found in figures and tables. They will contact you for a brief onboarding process once you match on a project.

CompuCog

Grant in 2017
CompuCog is a mental performance company focused on athletic mental preparation for football.

TieTalent

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
TieTalent Sàrl operates an innovative online recruitment platform based in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 2017. Focused on the tech sector, specifically in IT and Digital Marketing, TieTalent connects qualified candidates and independent experts with companies seeking talent. The platform utilizes a combination of artificial intelligence, user psychometric data analysis, and human expertise to streamline the hiring process, enhancing the quality of hires while reducing time and costs for employers. By prioritizing candidate experience, TieTalent eliminates traditional recruitment barriers, such as motivation letters and unsolicited calls from recruiters, making the hiring process more enjoyable and straightforward for both candidates and companies.

Glickon

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Glickon S.r.l., founded in 2014 and based in Milan, Italy, specializes in a People Analytics and gamification platform designed for human resources professionals. The platform enables HR teams to effectively listen to, engage with, and manage their workforce throughout the entire employee lifecycle, from recruitment to exit. By integrating gamification dynamics with people analytics, Glickon provides valuable insights that assist HR professionals in making data-driven decisions, ultimately enhancing talent management and organizational performance.

Skillist

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Skillist is a job application platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It aims to simplify the connection between employers and jobseekers by focusing on skills rather than traditional educational credentials. The platform primarily serves entry-level roles that emphasize soft skills, such as administration, coordination, and customer service. Skillist employs a skills-based and identity-blind application process, allowing candidates to showcase their abilities rather than their backgrounds. This approach particularly benefits talented individuals without four-year degrees, providing them with access to career-advancing opportunities at companies that prioritize skills. Additionally, Skillist facilitates the identification and verification of necessary skills, helping employers translate job listings into clear pathways for potential candidates.

Werk

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Werk is the first and only people analytics software that helps companies improve their flexibility performance through data. Through a proprietary assessment methodology and analytics dashboard, Werk delivers the insights companies need to understand current flexibility baseline and gaps, the highest ROI flex investments to close those gaps, and the impact of flexibility on their most important business metrics. Learn more at Werk.co

Human Resolution Technologies

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
The FollowApp team is responsible for patient onboarding and designing customized intervention strategies for each at discharge. We then follow up with patients on a set schedule to assist with general questions, medication instructions, and follow-up appointments. Already have a call center or VNA? We work with them, too!Provider of a post-discharge patient monitoring application. The company develops an application which helps patients in their first few weeks of recovery by engaging them in daily tasks and offering access to medical care.

Searchin

Grant in 2016
Searchin is an AI-powered talent sourcing platform that specializes in collecting and analyzing web data to identify open positions and potential candidates. By engaging with both individuals and companies, Searchin effectively matches talent with opportunities without requiring human intervention. The platform excels in accessing the passive candidate market, where a significant percentage of currently employed high-tech workers are receptive to new job prospects. With a focus on assessing candidates based on skills, personality, and company culture, Searchin streamlines the recruitment process, enabling sourcing teams to operate more efficiently and effectively.

Zero Hour

Grant in 2016
Zero Hour is helps restaurant owners find workforce in less than 5 seconds.

Stride

Grant in 2016
Stride is an innovative technology platform that connects ambitious job seekers with dynamic teams, facilitating meaningful career opportunities in startups and small businesses. It is distinguished by its candidate-first approach, which includes compensating job seekers for their time spent on job hunting. This unique model results in exceptional response rates and access to a high-quality talent pool. Stride utilizes advanced machine learning, human screening, and video introductions to enhance the hiring experience for employers, enabling them to make informed decisions efficiently. With a community of approximately 40,000 active job seekers, Stride focuses on matching talent with companies eager to grow and succeed together in a competitive landscape. The platform's comprehensive tools streamline the recruitment process, ultimately helping teams build world-class talent.

Query

Grant in 2016
Query is an online marketplace that connects companies with skilled programmers and developers. Founded on the principle of evaluating talent based on their abilities rather than traditional resumes, Query prioritizes online testing as a key component of its selection process. This innovative approach addresses the challenges many organizations face in hiring qualified developers by allowing companies to specify their requirements. Query then recommends candidates who align closely with these needs, facilitating a more efficient and accurate hiring process. By streamlining the connection between employers and talented software engineers, Query aims to transform how companies acquire the technical skills necessary for their projects.

yalty

Grant in 2016
At yalty, their mission is to simplify and modernize the administrative management of human resources. They have come to meet you to understand your needs and create an innovative and easy to use tool. The questions you ask each day through this site allow us to refine the features of their application. Their platform allows you to centrally manage your employees' data. From hiring a new employee to managing work schedules, they fight hard against multiple seizures and excessive paper use.

Aday Technologies

Grant in 2016
Aday Technologies is a multi-location workforce management app.

WerkLabs

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Developer of a predictive analytics platform designed to build high-performing, people-centric workplaces. The company's platform helps to find out the drivers of employee experience, understand the socio-emotional factors affecting employees, identify opportunities and create action plans, enabling organizations to drive productivity, retention, and engagement within their employee base.

Talent Rank

Venture Round in 2015
Talent Rank is a recruitment platform that offers an interactive environment for candidates to demonstrate and enhance their business skills through real-world scenarios. By immersing users in a game-like setting that simulates real markets and interactions, the platform allows candidates to face various situations that test their judgment and abilities. This innovative approach generates objective data that can be utilized by employers to assess and rank potential hires effectively. Talent Rank's tools enable prospective employees to showcase their skills and interests while providing employers with a means to evaluate fundamental competencies, ultimately facilitating the selection of skilled and efficient employees to enhance business outcomes.

TalentRocket

Grant in 2015
Talent Rocket is a job search engine that enables its users to find jobs with a suitable work environment for them. Job seekers can select their preferred company culture, follow their favorite companies, and start career conversations with employers. Talent Rocket was founded in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

PracticeGigs

Grant in 2015
PracticeGigs is an online training platform designed to connect aspiring athletes with skilled tennis players who possess an entrepreneurial mindset. The platform facilitates a marketplace where athletes can access on-demand practice sessions with more experienced players, promoting rapid improvement through quality interaction. By enabling non-professional coaches to monetize their skills, PracticeGigs not only helps athletes enhance their abilities but also fosters a community where players can support one another in their development. The core philosophy of PracticeGigs is that playing with superior athletes accelerates skill advancement, making it an essential resource for those looking to elevate their game.

Resilient Coders

Grant in 2015
Resilient Coders is a volunteer-based program focused on making web technology more available to urban youth who might not otherwise be exposed to it. It's a three-part program that funnels students from learning HTML after school, through our downtown "Coworking" sessions, and ultimately, hourly employment. Our higher performers participate in Resilient Lab, a web design and development shop with real clients. We believe in technology as meritocracy.

TeachersConnect

Grant in 2015
Teachers Connect nurture new teachers into the profession the right way so that they can continue to be the reason why students learn. With dependable support from experienced mentors, their teachers transform what it means to stay connected with their peers and their profession.

Easy Pairings

Grant in 2015
Easy Pairings empowers restaurants to find staff — faster and cheaper. They make searching and hiring for front-of-house positions (servers, bartenders and hosts) a snap. From fine dining restaurateurs to fast-casual operators, employers get instant, free access to active job seekers — bringing efficiency to the hiring process and drastically reducing time-to-hire. Job seekers receive customized employment opportunities that match their experience, which they can apply to with a single click.

Small Fry

Grant in 2015
Small Fry creates economic opportunity in urban communities by employing talented lower-income youth, aged 17-24, to drive local small business growth online. They harness virtual apprenticeship to train and employ youth to optimize the web presence of small businesses through a spectrum of services including social media and search engine marketing. Youth earn income and gain skills that lead to career mobility while small businesses get affordable online marketing to save time and build revenue.

Highskillpro

Grant in 2015
HighSkillPro is an online marketplace that helps businesses find & hire top quality service providers.An online marketplace where businesses can find & hire vetted and reference-checked quality service providers for complex one-off projects. Flexibly. Globally.

JobMine

Grant in 2015
JobMine is a mobile application that connects job hunters and employers together. The application enables its users to create profiles. It then provides them with a list of jobs that they can swipe right to apply for and swipe left if not interested. Furthermore, it enables them to record videos for the employers to evaluate the applicants’ personalities. JobMine was launched in 2014 by Martin Cheung, Youssef Darwich, and Saravanan Sathyanandha

Clothbound

Grant in 2015
Clothbound is a job search, recruiting, and workforce development platform for the most important industry in America - the restaurant industry. The restaurant industry? Yes! Here’s why... Digitization, globalization, and urbanization all contribute to the industry becoming one the largest and most durable employment engines in the country. We can’t eat megabytes of data or go out to eat online, and it’s hard to offshore, outsource or automate restaurant work. Amazon’s rise means traditional ground floor retail is being replaced by restaurants with increased frequency. Data to back this up shows 10% of employable people in the US work in the industry. Restaurants now account for 50% of every food dollar spent. 2015 will be the first year restaurant spending exceeds grocery spending. We’ve built a 2-sided, mobile marketplace where restaurants can directly access, search, and recruit candidates. Candidates can create professional profiles, view jobs, assess quality of employers, interact with hirers, and apply for positions or be recruited by our restaurants through the platform. Successful restaurant employment and hiring prioritizes personality and soft skill before experience and technical ability. We inverted the traditional resume to create candidate profiles focusing on personality, interest, and preferred work environment followed by work experience and education. Restaurants in turn answer what is compelling about working for them before adding key information about position, location, etc. We’ve then built an intuitive system to power automated matching of candidates and employers. Clothbound users can tell the app exactly what they are looking for in their next job/employee, instantly view the results, take their desired action, and save the search to receive automatic updates as new matches become available. For restaurants, Clothbound reduces the time and cost to hire, and leads to better job fit and reduced turnover. For candidates, Clothbound provides a simple, yet powerful tool for finding the right restaurant job and getting hired.

CampusTap

Seed Round in 2015
CampusTap is an online platform that facilitates private career networking and mentoring communities for students and alumni. The service is designed to assist students and recent graduates in launching successful careers by connecting them with alumni who can provide guidance and support. Users can engage in meaningful mentorship opportunities, discover groups, jobs, and companies that align with their academic and professional interests. Additionally, CampusTap allows for the recruitment of alumni for diverse mentoring opportunities and offers tools to match them with students who share similar professional goals, while also enabling measurement of engagement within the community.

HigherMe

Seed Round in 2014
HigherMe Inc. is a recruiting platform based in Brighton, Massachusetts, designed to assist retail and service employers in finding, screening, and hiring employees more efficiently. Established in 2014, the platform utilizes data and 30-second videos to highlight candidates' personalities, attitudes, and interpersonal skills, enhancing the recruitment process. HigherMe's features include a searchable candidate database, digitized onboarding paperwork, automated recruitment processes, and customizable assessments. Additionally, the platform facilitates application tracking and provides insights through reporting tools, making it a comprehensive solution for businesses seeking to streamline their hiring practices.

BridgeU

Seed Round in 2014
BridgeU Limited operates a cloud-based platform designed to support students and advisors in the university preparation process. Founded in 2013 and based in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, the platform assists students applying to institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. As higher education enrollment is projected to rise significantly, with millions of students seeking to study abroad, BridgeU addresses the challenges faced by schools in guiding students through complex application processes. The platform offers a range of gamified tools that leverage algorithms and machine learning to aid in university selection, research, brand building, and essay writing. By partnering with schools across over 60 countries, BridgeU aims to enhance the quality of college and career guidance, preparing students for future opportunities and addressing the growing skills gap in the labor market.

BridgeU

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
BridgeU Limited operates a cloud-based platform designed to support students and advisors in the university preparation process. Founded in 2013 and based in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, the platform assists students applying to institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. As higher education enrollment is projected to rise significantly, with millions of students seeking to study abroad, BridgeU addresses the challenges faced by schools in guiding students through complex application processes. The platform offers a range of gamified tools that leverage algorithms and machine learning to aid in university selection, research, brand building, and essay writing. By partnering with schools across over 60 countries, BridgeU aims to enhance the quality of college and career guidance, preparing students for future opportunities and addressing the growing skills gap in the labor market.

CampusTap

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
CampusTap is an online platform that facilitates private career networking and mentoring communities for students and alumni. The service is designed to assist students and recent graduates in launching successful careers by connecting them with alumni who can provide guidance and support. Users can engage in meaningful mentorship opportunities, discover groups, jobs, and companies that align with their academic and professional interests. Additionally, CampusTap allows for the recruitment of alumni for diverse mentoring opportunities and offers tools to match them with students who share similar professional goals, while also enabling measurement of engagement within the community.

RoundShip

Grant in 2013
RoundShip is disrupting higher education by delivering tools and information to high school students that ease the transition to college. RoundShip is simplifying the transition from high school to college and helping families make smarter decisions. Starting with our MVP (coming Fall 2013), they were offering scholarship search and 1-click apply via a 'common app.' This is immediately followed by a suite of tools designed to give families credible, concise, and accessible information on colleges - delivered across a polished web and mobile interface.

Plexx

Grant in 2013
Plexx is a mobile application designed to assist individuals in exploring job opportunities and acquiring necessary skills to enhance their employability. The platform enables users to browse available jobs by industry, engage in skill training, and apply directly for positions, all from their smartphones. It specifically targets young people without college degrees, providing them with access to workforce development resources that they may otherwise lack, such as computer access and professional networks. Additionally, users can begin their job search on the app and continue their training with support from professionals at city agencies and non-profit organizations focused on workforce development. By streamlining the job hunting process, Plexx aims to empower individuals to successfully enter the workforce and advance their careers.

Ready4

Grant in 2013
Ready4, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in mobile study applications for standardized exam preparation, including the GMAT, GRE, SAT, ACT, PSAT, and MCAT. Founded in 2012, the company aims to enhance the learning experience for students through its advanced mobile platform, which has garnered over 1 million downloads across more than 195 countries. In addition to exam readiness, Ready4 offers features for school research, application planning, and scholarship tools within its apps. The platform also includes a tutor marketplace that connects students with tutors, facilitating personalized learning. Universities can partner with Ready4 to engage with prospective students globally, providing a comprehensive solution for both learners and educational institutions.
Student Success Agency is an innovative organization dedicated to enhancing educational support for high school students through its online mentoring platform. This platform facilitates one-on-one interactions between students and near-peer mentors, delivering essential services such as mentoring, tutoring, and advising directly to students' cell phones. By leveraging proprietary engagement software, Student Success Agency has successfully implemented its services in 125 high schools, impacting 20,000 students across 13 states, primarily through a significant college readiness federal grant. The agency aims to improve access to quality on-demand support, ensuring that students nationwide receive the guidance they need for college admissions, scholarships, and career success, regardless of their geographical location.

Spire Education

Grant in 2013
Spire is the first model to enable this jump, combining online content from elite US universities, offline instructional design from the best charter schools, and apprenticeship with top local employers. The result is a world-class education for half the cost of existing options, making the future of higher education available today to thousands of underserved students in emerging markets.

Tencap Sports

Grant in 2013
Tencap Sports is earn your rating and play with compatible players. Tencap is on a mission to bring the community together by making playing easier and more fun. We envision a future with a globally connected sports community. Players will never have a shortage of other compatible players to play and reach out to.

Skillbridge

Grant in 2013
Skillbridge, Inc. is an online marketplace based in New York that connects organizations with independent business consulting professionals. Founded in 2013 and acquired by Toptal in 2016, Skillbridge facilitates short-term engagements across various consulting projects, including market research, financial analysis, marketing strategies, and business plan development. The platform caters to a diverse clientele, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to early-stage startups, enabling them to harness new business opportunities through expert consultancy. Skillbridge's services encompass areas such as investor decks, due diligence, and competitor profiling, making it a comprehensive resource for organizations seeking specialized expertise in strategy, finance, and marketing.

Good-Benefits

Grant in 2013
Good-Benefits are helping companies solve two problems with employee giving programs—low engagement and painful administration. By making it easy for employees to fund “micro-foundations” through payroll and earn rewards like employer matching, they help them double their impact. They can give to any cause at any time from one place, with one tax receipt. They also reduce program costs by automating grant approval, charity validation and funds disbursement. They turn giving into a low-cost, feel-good employee benefit.

Edfolio

Seed Round in 2013
Edfolio is harnessing the power of online education to train college grads with practical skills to prepare them for jobs in tech. We work with employers to figure out the skills they need, and then curate a free training curriculum from the world’s best online education. These job-focused curricula train students for in-demand jobs like UX Design, Data Science and Digital Marketing. We then connect these qualified candidates with employers who are looking to hire

CoachUp

Seed Round in 2012
CoachUp is a website that connects athletes with private coaches. It provides thousands of vetted private coaches across the country, in everything from basketball, soccer, and football, to fitness, yoga, and dance. The website allows users to search by city and sport to easily find nearby coaches, it offers knowledgeable athlete advisors help, and coaches provide personalized feedback after every session. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts.

Recruiterbox

Grant in 2012
Aplopio Technology Inc. provides Recruiterbox, a web-based recruitment software designed to streamline the hiring process for companies. Founded in 2009 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Recruiterbox offers a comprehensive set of features including resume management, applicant tracking, careers site management, and collaborative recruitment tools. This software enables businesses to manage resumes effectively, attract candidates from diverse sources, and collaborate with hiring teams. Additionally, Recruiterbox facilitates the automation of the end-to-end hiring process, from job posting to candidate selection, while generating reports to evaluate recruiting efforts. By focusing on enhancing the hiring experience, Recruiterbox aims to help organizations find the best talent to contribute positively to their teams.

SkillHound

Grant in 2012
SkillHound, Inc. operates an online recruitment platform that simplifies the hiring process by leveraging developers' connections on GitHub. Founded in 2013 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, SkillHound enables users to search for job candidates while examining the skills and coding contributions of prospective hires. The platform allows employers to explore connections between developers and their team members, facilitating more personalized introductions. SkillHound provides detailed summaries of developers, including their proficiency in various programming languages, contributions to past projects, and activity on platforms like StackOverflow. Additionally, the service can conduct comprehensive analyses of GitHub repositories, generating scorecards that assess developers' abilities and highlight specific code sections for further review. This approach aims to enhance recruitment efficiency by focusing on the actual skills and experiences of candidates.

Pymetrics

Grant in 2012
Pymetrics, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing neuroscience-based assessment and prediction technology aimed at transforming the recruitment, retention, and development of employees. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, Pymetrics utilizes a combination of neuroscience and machine learning to create a talent matching platform. This platform collects behavioral data from successful professionals across various roles to identify key traits that distinguish top performers from the general population. By offering cognitive and emotional assessment solutions, along with a personalized recommendation engine, Pymetrics enhances the effectiveness and accuracy of the hiring process, while promoting unbiased recruitment practices.

RallyPoint

Grant in 2012
RallyPoint Networks, Inc. operates an online network designed for current and former U.S. military members, facilitating connections among service members, veterans, and their civilian supporters, such as family and recruiters. Founded in 2012 and based in Watertown, Massachusetts, RallyPoint serves approximately 1.7 million users, offering tools to help members succeed in their military careers and transition to civilian life. The platform allows users to build professional networks, connect safely with peers, and explore career opportunities both within the military and in the private sector. Additionally, RallyPoint assists in translating military experiences for civilian employers, enhancing job prospects for veterans. The company is a subsidiary of Student Veterans Of America, with Bob McDonald, a former CEO of Procter & Gamble and the 8th Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving as chairman of its board.
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