Jopwell

Jopwell
Headquarters New York City, New York, United States
Website www.jopwell.com

Jopwell is a diversity hiring startup that helps companies connect with and recruit underrepresented ethnic minority candidates for jobs and internships.[1]

Company

The Jopwell platform was launched in January 2015 by cofounders Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams.[2] Companies using Jopwell have access to a digital pipeline of candidate profiles through which they can market job and internship opportunities and connect with users.[3] The current user base includes Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American professionals and students.[1] New users sign up by creating a profile viewable to recruiters at companies using the platform.[4] It aims to solve the “pipeline” problem – a term used to describe some companies’ perceptions that there “aren’t enough good candidates [for diverse recruitment] in the hiring pipeline.”[1]

History

Braswell and Williams met as analysts at Goldman Sachs.[5] Braswell and Williams left their Wall Street jobs to create Jopwell on the belief that their exposure to diversity programming opportunities at an early age gave them strong career paths and that other underrepresented ethnic minorities should be given the same opportunity for success.[5][6] Jopwell participated in the summer 2015 class of the Y Combinator accelerator in San Francisco.[1][7]

Jopwell is based in New York City.[7]

Awards & Recognition

On May 24, 2016 Inc.'s 30 Under 30 Award recipients were announced. Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams were selected as recipients[8] of the prestigious award, which recognizes the most dynamic young CEO's and executives in the United States.

Funding

Jopwell has secured a total of $4.22 million in early stage -- angel and seed round -- funding.[9] Investors include Magic Johnson Enterprises, Andreessen Horowitz, Kapor Capital, Y Combinator, Omidyar Network, Valar Ventures, and Rothenberg Ventures.[10][1]

The Well

The Well is Jopwell’s editorial hub. Launched[11] on April 11, 2016, it is a source for Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American professionals and students to find and share career advice and workforce insight.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cutler, Kim-Mai (July 15, 2015). "YC-Backed Jopwell Is Building The Apparently Missing "Pipeline" Of Diverse Candidates For Tech Jobs". TechCrunch. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ McKinney, Jeffrey (May 4, 2015). "Jopwell Using Tech To Drive Workforce Diversity". Black Enterprise. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ Dishman, Lydia (January 7, 2016). "The Recruiting Platform That Facebook Uses To Tackle Its Diversity Problem". Fast Company. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Whitney, Kellye (April 22, 2015). "Porter Braswell Interview: Diverse Recruits, We See You". Workforce Magazine.
  5. 1 2 Zimmerman, Eilene (April 7, 2015). "They Left Goldman Sachs To Help Corporate America Find Minority Candidates". Forbes. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ Jarrett, Tracy (September 11, 2015). "He Quit So You Could Get Hired". NBC News. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Townsend, Tess (August 20, 2015). "5 of the Most Interesting Startups From Y Combinator Demo Day". Inc. (magazine). Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Jopwell is on Inc.'s 30 Under 30 List". Inc.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  9. ↑ Dickey, Megan Rose. "Diversity Recruiting Platform Jopwell Raises $3.25M Seed Round From Magic Johnson, Andreessen Horowitz And Others". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  10. ↑ "Boosting Tech Diversity, With Magic Johnson's Help". Fortune. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  11. ↑ O'Brien, Sara Ashley (2016-04-11). "Magic Johnson-backed startup launches editorial hub". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

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