Emerge Career

Backed bySeven Seven Six
Total raised$3.2M
StageSeed
Founded2022
Team size1-10
HQNew York, United States
IndustriesEdTechSaaSGovernment TechnologyWorkforce DevelopmentSocial Impact

About Emerge Career

Emerge Career provides technology to governments to unify the entire workforce development cycle, from recruitment and career assessment to vocational matching, training and coaching, employment, and job retention. The company serves governments and aims to build America's future workforce. Its technology seeks to break cycles of poverty and incarceration while helping governments operate more efficiently and reduce unemployment. Governments choose Emerge Career to unify the workforce development cycle.

Company at a glance

Location
New York, United States

Founders & Leadership

GS

Gabriel Saruhashi

Founder @ Emerge (YC S22) & Ameelio, Yale '22

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UO

Uzoma Orchingwa

Founder @Emerge (YC S22) & @Ameelio; Yale Law JD/MBA '22

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Operations33%
  • Sales33%
  • Leadership22%
  • Design11%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Yale University
  2. 2.Harvard University
  3. 3.Stanford University
  4. 4.University of Cambridge
  5. 5.University of Notre Dame

Team Worked At

  • City of Boston
  • Envision Accelerator
  • Intros AI
  • Microsoft
  • Meta

Team Composition

7 people
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Business Development1
  • Operations1
  • Program and Project Management1
  • Sales1

Funding History

SeedNov 2022

$3.2M

raised

Pre-release job training startup Emerge Career raised a $3.2M seed led by Alexis Ohanian's 776; participants include SoftBank Opportunity Fund, Y Combinator, Lenny Rachitsky and Michael Seibel.

Seven Seven SixSoftBankY Combinator

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