Mission Our mission is to level the playing field for young people so that all have access to opportunities based on what they have shown they can do.
Description Koru is the leading talent marketplace for college graduates, designed to quickly make them workplace-ready and place them inside high-growth work environments. Koru was founded by veteran entrepreneurs; Kristen Hamilton, cofounder at Onvia and former COO at World Learning, and Josh Jarrett, former head of Higher Education Innovation for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and consultant with McKinsey & Company. Koru has raised $12.57 million in funding from Maveron, City Light Capital, Trilogy Equity Partners, Battery Ventures, First Round, Andreessen Horowitz, and Nas/Queensbridge Venture Partners. Headquartered in Seattle, Koru runs employer-embedded programs in Seattle, San Francisco, and Boston with partners like LinkedIn and zulily to give recent graduates the skills, experience and connections they need to get hired and make an immediate impact at leading companies.
For more information on Koru and details on upcoming programs and partners, please visit www.joinkoru.com.