Making Space is a venture-capital-backed talent acquisition and learning experience platform that allows companies to access prequalified talent from Disabled, low-income, and traditionally underrepresented communities. Designed to bridge the education-employment gap, Making Space creates tangible pathways to employment and career advancement through employer-supported courses. By enabling individuals to independently prequalify for jobs, we foster a data-driven hiring process, ensuring faster, better-matched hires and enhanced retention. Making Space is home to Making Space Media, a brand that creates film, TV, educational and promotional content centring the Disabled voice. Making Space Media has a first-look deal with Reese Witherspoons, Hello Sunshine. Join us in crafting a more equitable future, starting in Hollywood and expanding beyond. Making Space is a Techstars Economic Mobility 2023 company and a Pepperdine Most Fundable Company.
Location: United States, California, Los Angeles
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $2.85M
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | One Planet... | oneplanetg... |
| 04.08.2024 | Beta Boom | betaboom.c... |
| - | Samaritan ... | samaritanp... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.07.2024 | Pre-Seed | $2M | - |
| 30.06.2023 | Pre-Seed | $850K | - |
Mentions in press and media 4
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.09.2025 | 2Gether-International Awarded Grant from Truist Foundation to Expand Disability-Inclusive Workforce Development in the Southeast | Funding Enhances Growing Movement to Redefine Workforce Pathways for Disabled Professionals, in Partnership with Making Space WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 2Gether-International (2GI), the largest nonprofit startup accele... |
| 16.09.2024 | One Planet Summit 2024: Placing Humanity at the Heart of Business Life | SAN FRANCISCO, CA – One Planet Group announces the return of the One Planet Summit from October11-13, 2024 at the iconic Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The One Planet Summit is a space for learning how timeless spiritual principles can elev... |
| 16.07.2024 | Making Space Raises $2M Pre-Seed Round | Making Space, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of a B2B SaaS talent acquisition and learning platform for companies to train, access, and retain pre-qualified disabled talent, raises $2M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Beta Boom, ... |
| 05.10.2023 | One Planet Summit Announces Full Speaker Lineup | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - (San Francisco, CA, October 5, 2023) - Today, the One Planet Summit, a conference hosted by One Planet Group, announced the full speaker lineup for its inaugural conference. An annual gathering of leaders, entreprene... |