PORTFOLIO PROFILES

Impact Thesis

Vision Launch the first-ever tech employer consortium that hires apprentices on behalf of its members

Problem

Brad Voeller Founder & CEO

Approach

Headquarters San Antonio, TX

Theme Fueling Career Success

Stage Seed

Alignment

Women and people of color make up a very small portion of the U.S. tech labor force.1 Despite an increased focus and investment in diversity initiatives,2 companies struggle to find the diverse talent to fill these gaps as these learners and workers matriculate and complete STEM degrees at a much lower rate.3

NEW Apprenticeship provides pre-apprenticeship training and ongoing student support to reduce the barriers for learners seeking to enter the tech labor force.

NEW Apprenticeship’s pre-apprenticeship training ensures all learners get the necessary preparation to be successful during the apprenticeship program, empowering underrepresented and low-income learners to complete apprenticeship programs, unlocking Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding for these learners and helping employers realize a return on their talent investments.

Vision

Impact Thesis

Provide access to career advancement opportunities that result in significant wage uplift for the U.S. frontline workforce

Problem

Eleanor Cooper Founder & CEO

Approach

Headquarters San Francisco, CA

Theme Fueling Career Success

Stage Series A

Alignment

Employers are struggling to retain their frontline workers, largely due to an inability to provide career advancement opportunities and the requisite skill development to ensure these workers have a pathway to long-term career success.1

Pathstream’s platform provides employer-specific career mobility pathways that address the unique needs of the frontline workforce, helping workers set clear goals for career development and target a set of skills that will ultimately lead to significant wage uplift.

Pathstream has designed a product that helps employers create unique programs based on their workforce’s goals and the related skills gaps within the organization, increasing visibility into their internal pipelines and helping them provide the support and mentorship frontline workers need to complete programs that directly lead to advancement opportunities that improve retention, reducing the high cost of turnover.

98%

Of workers hit their career success goals

Vision

Impact Thesis

Empower all students to make informed decisions throughout their learning journeys and equip them with the tools to unlock their full potential and have the best possible experiences and outcomes

Problem

Across the higher education landscape, attempts to improve college completion rates have stalled, with research showing that students are earning roughly 75% of the credits they need each semester to remain on track for graduation.1

Approach

Headquarters San Francisco, CA

Theme Removing Barriers to Completion

Stage Series A

Alignment

Stellic’s degree management platform empowers students to choose the best-fit courses and create an optimal plan for graduation, allowing advisors more bandwidth for deeper student support at scale.

Stellic’s platform provides key insights into course and faculty demand. This allows administrators to optimize their resources based on the needs of all learners and proactively identify potential bottlenecks to student success, leading to an attractive ROI on their enrollment and retention strategies.

Impact