Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Forage, a US-based remote work experience program creator, has obtained $9.3m of series A funding from investors including Arizona State University (ASU), TechCrunch reported on Thursday. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and also included FundersClub and Y Combinator. Forage, previously known as InsideSherpa, will put the funding into growing headcount across engineering, product and sales. Founded in 2017, Forage works alongside large companies to deliver digital work experience programs for students nearing the end of the degrees as they look to kickstart their career. Forage is headquartered in San Francisco but also employs Australia-based developers and analysts. Transition Level Investments led a A$2.5m ($1.7m) round in October 2019 that included ASU and FundersClub, according to the Australian Financial Review. Forage’s other backers include Navitas Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of education provider Navitas, as well as Y Combinator and H2 Ventures.
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