University Ventures has taken part in a funding round for the data analytics provider that matches students with potential employers.
Viridis Learning, a US-based data analytics firm that matches college students with employers, has raised $3.2m in its series A round from a consortium including University Ventures, an institutional corporate venturing fund partly backed by media conglomerate Bertelsmann.
VC firm Thayer Ventures led the round, which also included Lumina Foundation, Carver Family Office, Serious Change, NVC Investments and angel investors, such as Carlos Gutierrez (former CEO of cereal producer Kellogg and US Secretary of Commerce) and Ken Hicks (former chairman and CEO of footwear retailer FootLocker) and CS Park (former CEO of storage technology company Seagate).
Viridis Learning was founded in 2009 by Felix Ortiz III, who after finishing his service in the US Army found few resources to help him and fellow veterans transition into civilian careers.
Viridis recently acquired two other startups: Student Blueprint and Civy Analytics. The former, launched with support from Paul Freedman’s Entangled Ventures, helps community college students plan their courses to meet career goals. Civy Analytics built an online tool that helps users find available job and training opportunities from local workforce investment boards.
