Jumpstart, an early career recruiting platform for students, has raised $8.5 million in Series A led by storied VC firm Sequoia Capital, with participation from Michael Lynton, Chairman of Snapchat’s parent Snap Inc.; and Joshua Steiner, the Co-Chairman of commodity trading firm Castleton Commodities International LLC.
The company will utilize these funds to boost placements opportunities.
In a statement, Mike Vernal, a partner at Sequoia, said, “Almost every company at scale manages early-career recruiting differently than industry recruiting. That’s because the techniques for identifying great early-career talent are just different than folks with a decade of experience. We think there’s an opportunity for Jumpstart to be a global platform for early-career talent.”
Jumpstart has helped students get placed with big corporations like Akamai, Adobe, Twitch, Lyft, Pinterest and many more.
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