PORTFOLIO PROFILES

Impact Thesis

Vision Prepare 100,000 justice-impacted individuals to secure a living-wage job post-incarceration by 2025 Problem

Over 600,000 people transition from prison to society each year,1 but many lack the requisite education and training that would address the high unemployment rates faced by these individuals and drastically reduce their likelihood of recidivism.2

Harris Ferrell CEO Arti Finn Co - Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Headquarters New York, NY

Theme Revolutionizing Skill Development

Stage Series C

Approach

APDS’s platform provides justice-impacted individuals with the tools and education resources necessary for building career readiness skills that will support successful reentry and position them for high-quality employment opportunities.

Alignment

APDS is a public benefit corporation (PBC) and certified B-Corporation based on a philosophy that never charges incarcerated individuals or their friends and families for its technology or services.

Impact

~27k 139

Incarcerated learners with access to APDS programming Prison facilities using APDS across 21 jurisdictions

62 78%

Facility Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Average percentage of APDS users who continue to engage with programming after receiving tablet