Brandon Hickie

uConnect built the first all-in-one virtual career center platform designed to radically improve student engagement. Our mission is to empower the next generation to realize their full potential by improving access to career resources, networks, and opportunities—early in their lives and throughout their careers. Over 90% of students enrolling in college indicated that employment was their primary or sole motivation, yet half of U.S. college students graduate without ever having used career services or its online resources. uConnects virtual career center combines career content management and modern student communication to improve visibility, accessibility, and utilization of high-impact career services for students, faculty, and the campus community. Schools like MIT, Arizona State, Yale, University of Florida, and UCLA use uConnect to elevate the role of career services to a strategic competitive advantage to inspire purposeful pathways from education to employment. Developed directly from the experience of our founder, uConnect is deeply committed to ensuring every young person can access the career information and support they need to succeed, regardless of their age, what school they go to, or where they are from. uConnect is backed by leading education technology investors, including Strada Education, LearnLaunch, and Growth Street Partners.

We back just a few fast-moving, founder-led B2B startups each year. From building a scalable GTM engine to assembling your team and planning your next raise, our post-investment crew rolls up their sleeves to help you grow with speed and focus. Series A on your mind? Let’s talk.

OpenView is a venture capital firm on a mission to change the way the world works. OpenView invests globally in business software companies at the expansion stage – where companies have found early product-market fit and are ready to scale. Pre- and post-investment, OpenView’s Expansion team has the operational expertise to work with companies on sales, marketing, product-led growth, pricing, talent, corporate development and other initiatives. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Boston with a presence in New York City and Los Angeles, OpenView has $2.4B in total assets under management and is actively investing out of its seventh fund, a $570M vehicle raised in 2023.

uConnect built the first all-in-one virtual career center platform designed to radically improve student engagement. Our mission is to empower the next generation to realize their full potential by improving access to career resources, networks, and opportunities—early in their lives and throughout their careers. Over 90% of students enrolling in college indicated that employment was their primary or sole motivation, yet half of U.S. college students graduate without ever having used career services or its online resources. uConnects virtual career center combines career content management and modern student communication to improve visibility, accessibility, and utilization of high-impact career services for students, faculty, and the campus community. Schools like MIT, Arizona State, Yale, University of Florida, and UCLA use uConnect to elevate the role of career services to a strategic competitive advantage to inspire purposeful pathways from education to employment. Developed directly from the experience of our founder, uConnect is deeply committed to ensuring every young person can access the career information and support they need to succeed, regardless of their age, what school they go to, or where they are from. uConnect is backed by leading education technology investors, including Strada Education, LearnLaunch, and Growth Street Partners.

Charles River Associates (CRA) is a global consulting firm specializing in litigation, regulatory, financial, and management consulting. We provide economic and financial analysis in litigation and regulatory proceedings and guide businesses through critical strategy and operational issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for our unique combination of functional expertise and industry knowledge, and for our objective solutions to complex problems. Headquartered in Boston, CRA has offices throughout the world. Learn more about our careers at http://www.crai.com/careers.