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  • RoundPegg Raises $1.27 Million To Be The eHarmony For Jobs

    Leena Rao

    Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    Friday, February 18th, 2011

    Job hiring startup RoundPegg has raised $1.27 million in new funding led by Access Venture Partners with Croghan Investments participating. RoundPegg is a graduate of the TechStars class of 2010.

    RoundPegg is essentially a eHarmony for jobs. The site aims to match employers and potential employees based on personality and culture matches as well as skills and experience. Founder Tim Wolters says that currently the site has thousands of job seekers and hundreds of companies who are looking for employees that fit within their corporate culture.

    RoundPegg is also offering its matching and communications technology in-house to large companies that want to evaluate how employees are interacting with the company. The enterprise offering aims to deliver insights into how companies and teams are wired and helps identify similarities and differences in cultural values, personality, and communication styles. For example,
    Dish Network recently used RoundPegg to identify top performers’ business environment preferences.

    Company: RoundPegg
    Website: roundpegg.com
    Launch Date: May 14, 2009
    Funding: $1.52M

    RoundPegg provides a Culture Intelligence Platform upon which companies can actively manage culture shifts, identify sub-cultures, make hires who scientifically fit and engage their employees. Psychology meets Technology to understand what drives your company culture.

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