We're excited to share about an innovative partnership addressing career equity gaps for HBCU students! The Thurgood Marshall College Fund's collaboration with Territorium is bringing AI-powered career development tools directly to students through the Life Journey app. Early results are promising—100% of student users report seeing the app's value for their career journey, regardless of their year in college. By combining personalized assessments, digital badging, and AI-driven career matching, this partnership is helping address historical disparities in post-graduation outcomes. Territorium offers an innovative, tech-enabled solution connecting students with career opportunities, an important step toward reaching the Jobs for the Future (JFF) North Star goal of 75 million people facing systemic barriers to advancement will work in quality jobs by 2033. Read more about the partnership in Inside Higher Ed: https://lnkd.in/eu9nsJvN Are you building tech-enabled solutions to connect workers and learners to quality jobs? We'd love to connect with you. #HigherEd #CareerDevelopment #HBCU #EquityInEducation #WorkforceDevelopment
JFFVentures
风险投资与私募股权管理人
Boston,MA 1,574 位关注者
Funding technologies that build a more inclusive future of work.
关于我们
JFFVentures (JFFV) is the nation’s leading impact venture fund specializing exclusively on emerging future of work and workforce development technologies enabling the economic mobility of workers in middle to low wage jobs. We invest in early-stage companies where entrepreneurs with lived experiences are building solutions at the intersection of education, workforce development, and human potential. Our focus areas include Education technology, Workforce technology, HR technology and Wraparound services. JFFV is strategically aligned to Jobs for the Future, Inc (JFF), a 40-year-old national non-profit driving transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems to achieve equitable economic advancement for all. Together we are focused on our north star: "In 10 years, 75 million people facing systemic barriers will advance to work in quality jobs."
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https://www.jff.org/ventures
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- 所属行业
- 风险投资与私募股权管理人
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- 2-10 人
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- Boston,MA
- 类型
- 合营企业
- 创立
- 2017
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- Impact Investing、Social Capital、Venture Capital、Seed Investing、Early Stage、Start-Up Investing、Futureofwork、Workforcetech、Edtech、Economic Mobility和Qualityjobs
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Manny S. was invited to the The White House and to speak at the U.S. Department of Education on how EdVisorly is driving innovation and impact for institutions and students nationwide as well as his journey as a founder.?? President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted an intimate event, providing unique insight on the administration’s progress in expanding the U.S. Classroom to Career initiatives. ???? Among the many exceptional attendees, Manny connected with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo and Maria Flynn, President and CEO of Jobs for the Future (JFF)! ?? #EdVisorly #WhiteHouse #USDepartmentofEducation #JFF #UnlockingCareerSuccess #RaisetheBar #AI
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Yesterday, three JFFVentures portfolio companies were at the White House for the Classroom to Career Pathways Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of Education, speaking about their journeys as entrepreneurs and the importance of growing tomorrow's entrepreneurs from today's students. Thank you all for your important work building a more inclusive system of higher education that promotes equity, upward mobility, and opportunity. Andrew Bikash Ben Grossman Jessica Hutcheson Manny S. Kanu ChargerHelp EdVisorly Jobs for the Future (JFF)
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Investing in workforce innovation is central to our mission at JFFVentures. In the Better Money Better World podcast, JFFVentures’ managing partners Yigal Kerszenbaum and Sabari Raja shared insights into how we’re advancing economic opportunity by supporting early-stage companies addressing critical gaps for today’s workforce. Through targeted investments in skill-building and career access, we’re helping to build a stronger, more inclusive economy. #ImpactInvesting #WorkforceDevelopment #FutureOfWork Impact Capital Managers Daniel Pianko Listen to the conversation to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gxTcgiGz
#61 | Reskilling for the Future with JFFVentures: Bridging Education Gaps, Navigating Displaced Roles & New Career Pathways
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?? JFFVentures managing partner Sabari Raja will be speaking at the PEI Impact & Transition Investor Summit next week, reflecting on how investors are addressing the skills gap through innovative solutions to education and upskilling. Amy Nelson (Rethink Education), Tong Gu (Pact), Ashley Bittner (Kalos Ventures), and Josh Tanenbaum (Rebalance Capital) Don't have a ticket yet? Register here: https://lnkd.in/guHUnggy
Excited to share that I will be joining an incredible panel of industry leaders at the Impact & Transition Investor Summit 2024?in NYC next week Nov 12-13 to discuss the critical intersection of #education,#workforcedevelopment, and #investment opportunities. As an investor at JFFVentures working closely with early-stage founders in this space, I’m looking forward to sharing insights on how we’re addressing the growing skills gap and exploring innovative approaches to education and reskilling. I’ll be joining Amy Nelson (Rethink Education), Tong Gu (Pact), Ashley Bittner(Kalos Ventures), and Josh Tanenbaum (Rebalance Capital) for a deep dive into: **The impact of skills gaps on high-growth industries **Evolution of education models **Investment trends in workforce tech **Emerging opportunities in the space Looking forward to a rich discussion on shaping the Future of Work and learning! Register for the event at https://lnkd.in/guHUnggy PEI #FutureOfWork #EdTech #WorkforceDevelopment #VentureCapital #Innovation #ImpactSummit24 #ImpactInvestment #PrivateMarkets
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To stay competitive in today's tight labor market, U.S. companies are scrambling to improve the way that they hire, train, and retain workers from once-overlooked backgrounds. Yet nearly 2 million college-educated immigrants and refugees in the United States?remain under- or unemployed. In a new op-ed for RealClear Media Group, JFFVentures Managing Partner Yigal Kerszenbaum highlights innovative solutions to unlock the potential of the immigrant workforce—from enhanced English language learning and education opportunities to comprehensive support services like transportation and childcare. At JFFVentures, we're actively investing in early-stage, impact-first companies that are building solutions across education and workforce to support this critical population of workers (and we’re already seeing the impact of innovative solutions through portfolio companies like?Pace AI?and?SHARE Mobility).?Are you a #founder building in this space or an #investor passionate about this mission? Let's connect and explore opportunities together! Read the full op-ed here: https://lnkd.in/gXzKej-s #immigration #workforcedevelopment #futureofwork
Employers Say They Can’t Find Workers. Maybe They Aren’t Looking in the Right Place.
realcleareducation.com
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Jobs for the Future (JFF) interviewed 40 practitioners, business leaders, technology entrepreneurs, academic experts, and policymakers to discover their insights on how we might better catalyze the growth of the skills-first ecosystem. Key takeaways: #?? To make a case for skills-based hiring, we need hard evidence.?Quality outcomes data is essential to proving the effectiveness of skills-first approaches at scale. ?? There are too many products in the space that fail to meet user needs. Solutions should be simple and solve a problem for users—not just focus on innovation or rapid product design. ?? Successful skills-first solutions will simplify systems,?align?data?frameworks, and ensure that successful models can be adapted to different industries and organizational sizes. Many JFFVentures portfolio companies are building high-quality, user-centered tools to accelerate skills-first practices (AdeptID, Territorium, Hireguide, Upright Education to name a few). Are you an early stage company building in the skills-first space? We want to hear from you! Read the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/ghWpvVBv Meena Naik Nate Anderson
Skills-Based Hiring Can Transform the Job Market, But When?
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JFFVentures managing partner Sabari Raja was recently featured in Newsweek, discussing the transformative potential of AI for the blue-collar workforce. Raja discusses how innovative companies are helping bridge critical skills gaps in today's workforce, highlighting Pace AI and its focus on enabling immigrant workers to overcome language barriers in technical roles.?The piece offers valuable insights into technology's role in creating more inclusive opportunities for workers in low- and middle-wage jobs. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eQXuSYT8 ?#AI #WorkforceInnovation
How training and AI support attraction and retention of blue-collar workers
newsweek.com
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In an op-ed for Community College Daily, Jobs for the Future (JFF) vice president Joel Vargas calls on community colleges and state leaders to support the adoption of #AI to better support learners. "States and community college systems must rethink outdated policies, practices and procedures and consider new approaches that can help community colleges thoughtfully harness these new technologies and better manage the many changes they will bring to the sector." Pace AI, a JFFVentures portfolio company, is already putting this vision into action. By revolutionizing support for English Language Learners, Pace AI has garnered significant buy-in from community college leaders. This exemplifies the innovative approaches Vargas advocates—AI adoption that reshapes educational practices for a more inclusive, effective learning environment. Read the op-ed here: https://lnkd.in/gySSyiii Victoria Pu My N. Tran
Empowering community colleges to prepare workforce for AI
https://www.ccdaily.com
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Don’t miss Keely Cat-Wells today at the Human Potential Summit speaking about increasing accessibility and inclusivity in the workforce!
Making Space with Indeed! Tomorrow, I am looking forward to speaking with Donna Bungard, CPWA, Accessibility leader and Disability Rights Advocate from Indeed on stage at the Human Potential Summit to talk about: - Closing the disability employment gap - How businesses can leverage the skills and experiences of Disabled workers to meet their workforce needs - Creating a more accessible and inclusive workplace for all workers Take a look at the article below by Donna in honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month, and if you're attending HPS, don't miss our conversation, expertly moderated by the incredible Virginie Raphael, one the best investors in the future of work. #DisabilityRights #MakingSpace https://lnkd.in/giakKaPm
Disability Inclusion: Attract and Retain More Diverse Talent for a Thriving Workforce
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