Network-focused startups have started getting a bad rep in startup land, but 2045 is actually bringing something new to the table.
Jopwell, the recruiting startup focused on diversity, has raised a $7.5 million Series A round led by Cue Ball Capital, bringing its total funding up to $11.75 million. Founded by Porter Braswell and
Jopwell, the Y-Combinator-backed diversity and hiring recruiting platform dedicated to helping blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans get jobs in tech, has raised a $3.25 million seed round from Magic
Behind the repetitive and apologetic acknowledgment that there is a lot more "work to do" on diversity at companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter is the idea that there isn't a sufficiently large