Jopwell is a career advancement platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals to help unlock professional opportunities. Jopwell also assists companies with their diversity recruitment and marketing efforts.
Our mission is twofold: Make a substantial, measurable impact on increasing Black, Latinx, and Native American representation and facilitate a national dialogue about diversity in the workplace.
We're hiring! www.jopwell.com/careers
Launched by former Goldman Sachs employees Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams in Jan. 2015, Jopwell empowers our community to learn, connect, and apply for professional opportunities while enabling companies to connect with and recruit top talent from the most historically underrepresented ethnic minority groups.
Leading companies across a range of industries (e.g. finance, technology, healthcare, sports, nonprofits, commerce, publishing, etc.) are actively recruiting on Jopwell. Our partners include Lyft, UBS, Airbnb, BlackRock, Pinterest, Pfizer, the NBA, Condé Nast, American Express, and Northwell Health (https://www.jopwell.com/partners). Our media arm, The Well (jopwell.com/thewell), publishes original stories, stock photography, and career advice from Jopwell's community and partner companies.
Jopwell has been named to Vanity Fair's Future Innovators Index, Net Guru's 10 Hottest New York City Startups to Watch, and Forbes 30 under 30 as one of the most innovative ideas to impact the next century. Porter and Ryan were recently named to Business Insider's 30 Under 30 Innovators in Tech and Crain's 40 Under 40.
Jopwell participated in Y Combinator’s summer 2015 class and has raised a total of $12 million in Series A funding. Investors to date include Cue Ball Capital, Y Combinator, Omidyar Network, Kapor Capital, Blue Ivy Ventures, Teneo Ventures, Magic Johnson Enterprises, Andreessen Horowitz, Joe Montana, and the San Francisco 49ers, among others.
Our mission is twofold: Make a substantial, measurable impact on increasing Black, Latinx, and Native American representation and facilitate a national dialogue about diversity in the workplace.
We're hiring! www.jopwell.com/careers
Launched by former Goldman Sachs employees Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams in Jan. 2015, Jopwell empowers our community to learn, connect, and apply for professional opportunities while enabling companies to connect with and recruit top talent from the most historically underrepresented ethnic minority groups.
Leading companies across a range of industries (e.g. finance, technology, healthcare, sports, nonprofits, commerce, publishing, etc.) are actively recruiting on Jopwell. Our partners include Lyft, UBS, Airbnb, BlackRock, Pinterest, Pfizer, the NBA, Condé Nast, American Express, and Northwell Health (https://www.jopwell.com/partners). Our media arm, The Well (jopwell.com/thewell), publishes original stories, stock photography, and career advice from Jopwell's community and partner companies.
Jopwell has been named to Vanity Fair's Future Innovators Index, Net Guru's 10 Hottest New York City Startups to Watch, and Forbes 30 under 30 as one of the most innovative ideas to impact the next century. Porter and Ryan were recently named to Business Insider's 30 Under 30 Innovators in Tech and Crain's 40 Under 40.
Jopwell participated in Y Combinator’s summer 2015 class and has raised a total of $12 million in Series A funding. Investors to date include Cue Ball Capital, Y Combinator, Omidyar Network, Kapor Capital, Blue Ivy Ventures, Teneo Ventures, Magic Johnson Enterprises, Andreessen Horowitz, Joe Montana, and the San Francisco 49ers, among others.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $10.75M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Western Te... | westerntec... |
| - | SJF Ventur... | sjfventure... |
| - | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Catapult V... | catapultvc... |
| - | Spero Vent... | spero.vc |
| - | Claridge V... | claridgevp... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 25.09.2017 | Series A | $7.5M | - |
| 20.01.2016 | Seed | $3.25M | - |
Mentions in press and media 32
| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.06.2021 | Update: We Will Do Better | It’s been a year since we shared our statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Sierra Ventures and made the commitment to doing better as a firm and playing our part to support diversification and inclusivity in the VC and tech comm... |
| 01.10.2020 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Tips for Startups | Diversity in tech has been a “hot button” issue for years and recent events have brought the importance of the topic to the forefront of large corporations, startups, and funders alike. Building a diverse team and inclusive ecosystem has be... |
| 15.05.2019 | Greedy VC Doesn't Pay: But Impact Does | Impact Report Kapor Capital |
| 21.03.2018 | Funding Is an Outcome of Building a Good Business – Porter Braswell of Jopwell | Porter Braswell is the CEO and cofounder of Jopwell (YC S15). Jopwell is a career advancement platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals. |
| 21.03.2018 | Funding Is an Outcome of Building a Good Business - Porter Braswell of Jopwell Subscribe Transcript | Porter Braswell is the CEO and cofounder of Jopwell (YC S15). Jopwell is a career advancement platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals. |
| 02.01.2018 | Meet David Shapiro, Managing Partner at Blue Ivy Ventures | Yale VC talks diversified investments in Yale alum-led startups As entrepreneurship has become a global meme, with the title of "Founder" worn like a badge of accomplishment, there's no shortage of emerging investors on hand to fu... |
| 19.12.2017 | Meet Anthony Tjan, Managing Partner at Cue Ball | An investor in 'good' entrepreneurs who bring out the best in others As entrepreneurship has become a global meme, with the title of "Founder" worn like a badge of accomplishment, there's no shortage of emerging investors on hand ... |
| 27.09.2017 | VCs Start To Pay More Than Lip Service To Startups Wanting To Diversify Workforces | 27 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Work, at least in tech, looks monochromatic. White men are overtly over-represented in leadership and technical positions inside the industry. And the lack of minorities in similar roles is a well-d... |
| 26.09.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, September 26 | FRESH FUNDING Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From ExtraHop Before Sequoia partner Pat Grady committed to the investment, he asked Cancel about whether he was planning to exit ... |
| 25.09.2017 | SJF Ventures Joins $7.5M Series A for Jopwell | Jopwell, a diversity recruiting startup, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding, according to a spokesperson for the firm. Cue Ball Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Kapor Capital, Y Combinator... |
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