Alumni Ventures

Welcome designs and develops offer management and compensation platform for human resource (HR) team. Its platform helps to collaborate, approve workflow across the team, access real time insights, get notifications on candidate engagement, and set clear expectations about the role, compensation, equity, benefits, and mission. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.

Landed improves the hiring process for hourly employers and job applicants.

Landed improves the hiring process for hourly employers and job applicants.

AdmitHub, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing expert admissions guidance through its website and SMS services. The company focuses on helping students communicate directly with college admissions offices and offers assistance in various areas, including college selection, financial aid, standardized tests, and support for first-generation college students. Additionally, AdmitHub has developed a chatbot platform named Oli, which integrates artificial intelligence and human expertise to enhance student enrollment, persistence, and completion at numerous colleges and universities. This platform helps educational institutions streamline repetitive tasks, engage students effectively on a large scale, and gain valuable insights into their admissions processes.

Jopwell, Inc. is a career platform that connects underrepresented minority professionals and students, specifically Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American individuals, with various companies to enhance their career prospects. Founded in 2015 by former Goldman Sachs employees Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams, Jopwell facilitates access to employment opportunities across diverse industries, including technology, finance, education, and healthcare. The platform serves as a valuable resource for both candidates and companies, offering a talent pipeline that helps organizations recruit from backgrounds historically underrepresented in top-tier firms. Jopwell aims to empower individuals at all stages of their careers while promoting diversity in the workplace. Based in New York City, the company has received recognition for its innovative approach to enhancing professional opportunities and fostering a more inclusive workforce.

Shortlist works in India and East Africa to help growing enterprises hire based on skills and potential, rather than pedigree. The Shortlist platform screens candidates using predictive chat-based interviews and online competency-based assessments, letting employers skips the most time-consuming and bias-prone phases of hiring.

RippleMatch Inc. is an online recruiting service that connects entry-level candidates with companies seeking to hire them. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company addresses the challenges that students face when starting their careers, often relying on limited career services and personal networks. RippleMatch has developed innovative software that automates early career recruiting and career coaching, streamlining the recruiting process for employers while enhancing the candidate experience. By removing geographic barriers, the platform helps candidates find suitable job opportunities and enables companies to identify their ideal hires. Since its inception, RippleMatch has gained traction on college campuses, secured approximately $5 million in venture funding, and partnered with notable companies across the country, all while striving to transform the job search experience for early career professionals.

AdmitHub, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing expert admissions guidance through its website and SMS services. The company focuses on helping students communicate directly with college admissions offices and offers assistance in various areas, including college selection, financial aid, standardized tests, and support for first-generation college students. Additionally, AdmitHub has developed a chatbot platform named Oli, which integrates artificial intelligence and human expertise to enhance student enrollment, persistence, and completion at numerous colleges and universities. This platform helps educational institutions streamline repetitive tasks, engage students effectively on a large scale, and gain valuable insights into their admissions processes.

AdmitHub, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing expert admissions guidance through its website and SMS services. The company focuses on helping students communicate directly with college admissions offices and offers assistance in various areas, including college selection, financial aid, standardized tests, and support for first-generation college students. Additionally, AdmitHub has developed a chatbot platform named Oli, which integrates artificial intelligence and human expertise to enhance student enrollment, persistence, and completion at numerous colleges and universities. This platform helps educational institutions streamline repetitive tasks, engage students effectively on a large scale, and gain valuable insights into their admissions processes.

Koru is a developer of a predictive recruitment processing platform used to transform the process of talent recruitment. The company's predictive hiring software gauges performance of the applicants before hiring them using signals far more indicative of early career success than the traditional GPA and college brand. Their main differentiator is that they have identified and can measure the skills that are most predictive of workplace performance in today’s innovative employers: Grit, Rigor, Impact, Teamwork, Curiosity, Ownership, and Polish - collectively the Koru7. Koru customers increase the performance and ramp to the productivity of their early career workforce, increase diversity, and reduce the cost of bad hires. Their customers have seen 30-60% increases in high performing hires using Koru, with associated ROI in the millions per year.