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Manara
United States
- ND
- 09/05/2022
- Pre-Seed
- $3,000,000
Manara is a social impact startup whose mission is to unlock human potential and diversify the global tech sector while uplifting the economies of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), with a focus on Palestine and women.
We identify the top computer scientists in the region, teach them how to pass interviews, vet them, and help them find remote or on-site jobs. At Google 71% of our referrals pass on-site interviews.
Our investors include Stripe, Y Combinator, Seedcamp, Reid Hoffman, Paul Graham, and Jessica Livingston.
- Industry E-learning
- Website https://manara.tech/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/school/teammanara/
Related People
Iliana MontaukCo Founder
United States -
Berkeley, California
--> www.manara.tech/hire-engineers if you're a tech company wanting access to top-notch talent
--> www.manara.tech/get-involved if you want to mentor, conduct mock interviews or otherwise support (women) engineers from Palestine, the Middle East & North Africa
I'm building Manara to untap human potential. We connect the top computer scientists in the Middle East & North Africa to world-class jobs, with a focus on women & Palestine.
Our referral-to-hire rate at Google is 71%. One Manara participant went from earning $16k/year to $100k/year in a matter of 4 months, working remotely from Palestine. Another would have taken a refugee boat to Europe if he hadn't discovered us; now he works for a great startup in Berlin.
I move mountains for things I believe in. Previously I bootstrapped the launch of Gaza's first startup accelerator in the midst of a war (literally) and managed talent at the largest talent marketplace in the world (Upwork).
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