@StrideFunding team has helped launch an innovative program alongside @StanfordLaw and the Flywheel Fund for Career Choice, to make sure the next generation of top legal talent can pursue careers of impact and purpose–not just salary. 🧨🎆
@ReutersLegal: https://t.co/vPgzK2mrOV
🎉 Drumroll please!🥁 Our CEO @TomGriffiths is thrilled to announce Hone's Series B round led by 3L Capital. @HoneHQ's live online learning platform is revolutionizing training across all levels of the enterprise. We're scaling new heights! https://t.co/hCOsKmr1I0
Amidst the current economic and geopolitical climate, bright news with @TransfrInc Series B – congratulations! We’re thrilled to be a part of your impact!
At Firework, we believe that the future of work is about investing in people amidst rapid technological change. @WeLearnIn helps companies do just that--we are thrilled to be partnering with @davidblake (again!) and his team on this important mission.
We’ve just raised a new round of funding on the back of significant customer and product momentum.
Thank you to our partners at @fireworkVC, @kickstartfund, @albumvc, and @gsvventures for their belief and support in our mission.
#funding#hrtech
We founded Firework to invest in technology driving opportunity, rather than exacerbating inequality, across the workforce. In our view, *this* is the future of work.
https://t.co/7xQCxJDNAh
We've just closed a $12mm Series A financing round, empowering us to double down on our mission of disrupting student lending and increasing access for students across the country. We can’t wait to continue making higher education more accessible!🤩🌟
https://t.co/Hq9gAnN7ii
✨Kicking off the weekend with an announcement ✨ We closed our $15.5M Series A to help us scale our impact. Thank you @JonathanVanian and @Fortune for telling our story. We're so grateful for everyone who has been a part of the journey.
Our Series A.
"The next two years of milestones that Andrew and I are looking forward to now include first words & first steps, but we’re more certain than ever that we’re in the early days of building a huge, iconic company and a tiny, miraculous human."
https://t.co/lISEqa0Kd6
We're thrilled to announce our Series A to double down on expanding access to benefits for freelancers, contractors, and independents!
https://t.co/9QLQ0X2rtI
64% of firms still have NO female checkwriters.
And only 10% of firms have 2+ female checkwriters. Oof.
#FireworkVentures is proud to be in that 10% (but we need company, ladies!).
@AllRaise
Here’s what you should know about checkwriters in 2020: 📊
⭕ The amount of women or non-binary investors in checkwriter roles grew 1%
⭕ 64% percent of firms still have NO female checkwriters
⭕ Only 10% of firms have more than 2 female checkwriters
https://t.co/rs9Zz0M62o
Skill recognizes skill. We’re excited to announce a fresh $153 million in Series D funding to help us solidify Degreed as the most innovative upskilling platform. Thank you to our clients, existing investors, and new investors for the incredible support. https://t.co/sl85UKGbOH
We’re excited to be included in Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Technology 2021 list 🎉. Thank you to all our employees who are working to fulfill our ambitious mission to uplift the lives of people everywhere, every day.
https://t.co/FY9iZkhgq7
.@GoldmanSachs is investing $1 billion to impact at least one million Black women in America.
More importantly, they chose Black women to spearhead the investments.
"When Black women win, everybody wins."
https://t.co/9Op5etmlJ4 @Essence
Happy International Women’s Day! Today & everyday, we support #women. Our mission is to help provide skills needed to succeed & achieve well-paying #careers. The theme this year is #choosetochallenge. Because from challenge, comes change. We rise by lifting others. #iwd2021
@sorayadarabi On #IWD let’s recognize women teams starting funds to improve education. They are now more women graduating from college, and a majority of teachers are women - @SusanCatesNC@elizabethchou@stephanienieman at Leeds Illuminate & @ashleymbittner & Bridget Lau @fireworkVC