Jobs for the Future
VC Fund
Boston, United States
Jobs for the Future (JFF) is a national nonprofit that builds educational and economic opportunity for underserved populations in the United States. JFF develops innovative programs and public policies that increase college readiness and career success and build a more highly skilled, competitive workforce. With over 30 years of experience, JFF isa recognized national leader in bridging education and work to increase economic mobility and strengthen our economy.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Jobs for the Future invests in
Stages Jobs for the Future invests in
Countries Jobs for the Future invests in
Contacts
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Brian Douglas
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Daniel Obregon
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Maria Flynn
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Marian Prokop
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Rusty Greiff
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 3 (50%)
- Software 2 (33%)
- Virtual Workforce 2 (33%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (33%)
- MOOC 1 (17%)
Stage
- Grant 2 (33%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 5 (83%)
- Canada 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Brian Douglas
Chief Operating Officer
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Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Daniel Obregon
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
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Vice President, Marketing and Communications | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Maria Flynn
President and CEO
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President and CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Marian Prokop
Editorial Manager
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Editorial Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Rusty Greiff
Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
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Chief Strategy & Growth Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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IPC
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Institute of Printed Circuits is an international industry association that guides the electronic interconnection industry through its changes. It is dedicated to the development of its more than 3,500 member companies. The association represents all facets of the industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, and electronics assembly andtest.As a member-driven organization and source for industry standards, training, market research, and public policy advocacy, Institute of Printed Circuits supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated 2 trillion U.S. dollars global electronics industry.Institute of Printed Circuits was founded in 1957 and is based in Illinois City, Illinois. | $125K / Grant / Nov 18, 2024 | |
Polymath University
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Polymath University is a startup university in the earliest stages, started by a group of Tillman Scholars, that will offer a unique 3-discipline approach that operationalizes the neuroscience of complex problem solving. Students at Polymath University will graduate with 3 majors in non-adjacent domains, for example: Engineering, Sociology, andPhilosophy; or Business, Biology, and Art.We believe that higher education overcharges and under-prepares students for the workplace and the world, and we're working to build a model that recognizes the full human potential of our students in a world where people no longer follow the same profession for the entirety of their adult lives. We believe in the science that shows that polymaths are more creative and better at solving complex problems.Polymath U. courses will be remotely delivered by world-class faculty across the country to localized cohorts of students, and will be offered in partnership with employers in a 3-on / 2-off model where students work for 3 days for a partnered organization and attend classes for 2 days toward a debt-free degree in 4 years. The model builds off of concepts in the books 'Range' by David Epstein and 'Alternative Universities' by Dr. David Staley, as well as educational models used by Minerva U., Reach University, the Dyson Institute, and London Interdisciplinary School. | $295K / Grant / Aug 01, 2024 | |
Making Space
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Making Space is a talent acquisition and learning experience platform for companies to access pre-qualified underrepresented talent pools. | $850K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2023 | |
Korbit Technologies
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Korbit’s mission is to democratize education by providing a high-quality, interactive, and personalized education for students around the world at a low cost.Korbit Technologies is developing a real-time interactive and personalized intelligent tutor for learning data science and AI. The AI tutor adapts itself to the learner's needs andprovides real-time targeted pedagogical support (such as definitions, explanations, examples, illustrations, mind maps), which has been shown to make a big difference in learning outcomes and student motivation, and have been designed to scale to thousands of courses and millions of students. The Korbit team and its award-winning AI tutors have successfully delivered its AI and data science training program to nearly 20,000 learners worldwide. Recent research proved that Korbit’s learners benefited from a notable increase in learning outcomes and skill acquisition and boosted their learning motivation by studying with Korbit’s platform powered by AI. Thanks to the continuing support from Mila and other partners, Korbit has been recognized as one of the world’s top 100 AI startups (CB Insights) and has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, Financial Times, and C2 Montreal. | $11.3M / Series A / May 30, 2023 | |
PAIRIN
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PAIRIN is a social enterprise company that uses friendly science to personalize career exploration, hiring, and professional development. It aims to make education relevant and hiring equitable. PAIRIN's My Journey product is a workforce process management platform that personalizes career exploration, job matching, and skill development foreducation, workforce programs, and governments. | $2.1M / Series B / Mar 01, 2022 | |
Anthill
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Anthill is a software company that offers personal and actionable workforce communication and development. The company was founded by Muriel Clauson and Young-Jae Kim and is based in Chicago, Illinois. | $3M / Seed / Aug 12, 2021 |
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FAQ
What does Jobs for the Future invest in?
Jobs for the Future invests primarily in Education, Software and Virtual Workforce startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Jobs for the Future includes Brian Douglas (Chief Operating Officer), Daniel Obregon (Vice President, Marketing and Communications) and Maria Flynn (President and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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