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Springboard is on a mission to transform one million lives through education by 2030.

Springboard is an online learning platform that prepares students for the tech industry’s most in-demand careers with comprehensive, mentor-led online programs in software engineering, data science, cybersecurity, UI/UX design, and more.

We act as a support system, coach, and cheerleader for working professionals who are ready to level-up or make a major career shift. Our one-size-fits-one approach combines a bleeding-edge curriculum with expert mentors, career coaches, and student advisors, who provide an individualized and personalized learning experience. We give our students everything they need to fuel their progress, and hold them accountable for their dreams.

Since our founding in 2013, we’ve doubled our team size each year, with offices in Bengaluru and San Francisco. Today, the Springboard community includes tens of thousands of students and alumni, more than a thousand expert mentors, dozens of career coaches, and hundreds of employer partners. Together, we’re building a network that’s bridging the world’s skills gap.

Virtualness is redefining the future of verification through generative AI and blockchain. In an era of deepfakes and digital uncertainties, Virtualness brings clarity by enabling organizations to authenticate what’s real. Founded in 2022 by industry pioneers Kirthiga Reddy (ex-Meta, ex-SoftBank) and Saurabh Doshi (ex-Meta, ex-Viacom), Virtualness provides enterprises with scalable, customized solutions for authentication, verification, and engagement across credentials, awards, events, product and content.

✌️ About Verix

At the heart of Virtualness is Verix, our self-serve platform designed to provide definitive answers to the critical question, “Is this real?” . Whether you’re verifying skills, certifications, tickets, products, or content, Verix ensures, “Yes, this is authentic.”

Powered by blockchain and GenAI, Verix empowers organizations to seamlessly manage authentication and verification workflows, supported by comprehensive analytics and notifications. Key features include dynamic badges, customisable design templates , global digital shareability, engagement & personalization and integration with enterprise workflows.

Our consumer-grade enterprise platform has been adopted by prestigious awards like the MMA Smarties, The Asian Academy Creative Awards and Women in Power by Raya Advisory, events like TiECon and TiE Youth, and music festivals like Soundsfest 2024 with Ticketapasaja. It has also been utilized for a variety of use cases including ticketing by Persija eSports—one of the largest eSports teams in Asia, for recognizing expert contributions by MMA Global India and for product validation by Indri’s Game of Thrones “House of the Dragon” exclusive edition. Now available with self-serve, it also powers certifications for AI training, HR training, board certification, and much more for enterprises of all sizes.

💰 Funding

Virtualness is backed by leading investors, including Blockchange Ventures, Polygon Ventures, F7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Better Ventures, FalconX, Shorooq Partners, Impact Venture Capital, and Oceans Ventures, along with prominent angels such as Carolyn Everson, Randi Zuckerberg, Harsh Jain, and Stacy Brown-Philpot. We have raised $8M in seed-funding.

Join our team! If you live and breathe Generative AI, web3, and the creator economy, we would be delighted to build together!

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