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RiseKit<\/a> is a Chicago-based startup with a mission to break down barriers to employment and create opportunities for job seekers from underserved communities. Led by founder Matt Strauss<\/a>, RiseKit has raised $4.75M from investors such as Prota Ventures<\/a>, Stand Together Ventures<\/a>, Mudit\u0101 Venture Partners<\/a>, LaSalle Network<\/a>, Christie’s International Real Estate<\/a>, and The Policy Circle<\/a>. RiseKit’s Community Partnership Management Platform helps employers find untapped talent while saving time sourcing from community organizations. With its platform, RiseKit gives constituents access to supportive services, events, and employment opportunities while creating career plans and removing barriers to employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The company’s commitment to creating an untapped pipeline of job candidates for vacant positions within government agencies is helping to transform the workforce system. RiseKit’s text support, resume editing, and job search assistance offer job seekers from underserved communities the support they need to succeed. The startup’s values of breaking barriers, creating opportunities, striving to improve, respecting one another, and being open to others are at the heart of everything they do. With a focus on creating a more equitable and fulfilling world, RiseKit is poised to revolutionize the employment industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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