Cirkled In Selected for the 2023 GSV Cup “Elite 200”
Seattle, Washington, USA (January 9th 2023)— Cirkled In has been selected to The Elite 200, the distinguished list of semifinalists set to compete in the 2023 GSV Cup. The GSV Cup, widely recognized as the world’s largest EdTech pitch competition for early-stage digital learning and workforce skills startups, takes place at the ASU+GSV Summit April 17-19, 2023, in San Diego, CA. The cup, powered by GSV Ventures, Google Cloud, HolonIQ, HubSpot for Startups, and ASU RealmSpark, will award $1MM in cash & prizes.
Cirkled In - Selected as Elite200 companies - disrupting Education and Future of Work
Cirkled In was selected from a global applicant pool of 900+ startups across 69 countries, representing the largest and most competitive applicant pool for the GSV Cup. More than 200 judges from leading venture capital firms and strategic partners in digital learning and workforce skills, including Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blume Ventures, ECMC Group, NEA, Pear, Owl Ventures, Reach Capital, and more, leveraged a rigorous framework to evaluate each startup and determine the 200 most promising companies.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be recognized among such amazing group of companies that are trailblazers in Education and Future of Work industry. There are plenty opportunities to make youth recruitment more effective, efficient, and equitable. Cirkled In is proud of its contribution to the modernization of youth recruitment system,” Said Reetu Gupta, CEO and Co-founder of Cirkled In.
By giving students an award-winning, secure, and engaging young professionals’ platform, Cirkled In is empowering Gen-Z youth (K-16 grade) to showcase their professional identity holistically and is connecting them with the best-fit educational and employment opportunities creating win-win. Cirkled In provides one-stop-shop to students for educational and employment opportunities.
We are proud to support over three quarter million students on Cirkled In to help them showcase themselves and get matched with the best fit opportunities.
“Our GSV Cup semifinalists epitomize our 2023 theme, Brave New World – you can’t use an old map for a new world. These 200 companies are charting new courses and drawing new maps to achieve the scaled delivery of learning and skills. We all hope to achieve the mission that ALL people deserve equal access to the future through the innovations of these great founders,” said Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner of GSV Ventures and Co-founder of the ASU+GSV Summit.
The Elite 200 companies selected as semifinalists in this year’s competition support learners from Pre-K to Gray and are well-distributed across the categories of Early Childhood, K-12, Higher Education, Adult Consumer Learning, and Workforce Learning. Among this year’s Elite 200 companies:
● 43% of companies are headquartered outside of the United States
● 52% of companies have female founder(s)
● 48% of companies have founder(s) that identify as people of color
The 2023 Elite 200 join an illustrious group of startups with past winners and semifinalists.
See Cirkled In selected to the GSV Cup Elite 200 at https://www.asugsvsummit.com/gsv-cup-elite-200
ABOUT CIRKLED IN
Cirkled In is an award-winning, 21st century young professionals’ platform, empowering Gen-Z youth (K-20 grade) to showcase their professional identity and connecting them with the best-fit educational and employment opportunities, creating win-win.
Cirkled In is a de-facto platform for students to tell their story and a hub of opportunities AND a go-to platform for recruiters at colleges and employers to find the best-fit talent. Cirkled In makes the best-fit match between talent and opportunity, making youth recruitment effective, efficient and equitable, creating win-win.
Cirkled In has been awarded "Top 10 Companies in US" by American Business Awards and has also won two “People’s Choice Awards” for Favorite New Product.
About ASU+GSV Summit
The ASU+GSV Summit is the premier global event focused on technology innovation in education and skills. We believe that ALL people deserve equal access to the future. Started in 2010 with a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV), the annual Summit connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. Educators, investors, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs from around the world come together to innovate the future of education for all. Hosted in San Diego, over 5,300 people attended in April 2022. Speakers from previous years include President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, John Legend, Common, Marian Wright Edelman, Bill Gates, Sandra Day O'Connor, Reed Hastings, President Vicente Fox, Malcolm Gladwell, Gloria Steinem, Tony Blair, and Howard Schultz.
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