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JFF Ventures

Funding technologies that build a more inclusive future of work.

 

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JFF Ventures is building a future where innovative products and solutions give everyone increased access to learning, employment, and economic advancement opportunities. We do this through:  

Connections 

Our network of forward-thinking corporate leaders is committed to helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses and deepen their impact.

JFF Ventures Corporate Innovation Council

Community 

Our portfolio companies are part of a community of impact-oriented leaders focused on creating opportunity for learners and workers.

Meet the Portfolio Companies in our Initial Fund

 

Investments 

Our investments in early-stage companies and entrepreneurs help build inclusive technology solutions.

ETF@JFFLabs Annual Impact Report 2021

JFF Ventures marks a major expansion of JFF’s growing focus on technology investing and acceleration, building on the organization’s 2019 acquisition and incubation of the Employment Technology Fund in JFFLabs (ETF@JFFLabs). JFF has already invested in more than 35 high-impact technology startups through ETF@JFFLabs, now JFF Ventures Fund I. 

Now Accepting partnership interest for Fund II.  

Talk to JFF Ventures today.  

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Introducing JFF Ventures' Corporate Innovation Council

JFF Ventures is supported by our Corporate Innovation Council, a group of forward-thinking leaders in talent management and development, workforce strategy, investing, and corporate social responsibility who will advise tech entrepreneurs on how to tackle some of today’s most critical challenges related to equity, inclusion, and economic advancement.

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Jocelyn Caldwell

Vice President of Workforce Strategy and Organizational Growth, Walmart

Cassius Conliffe
Cassius Conliffe

Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness & Rewards, Autodesk 

 

Erin Corbett-Wright
Erinn Corbett-Wright

Head of Workforce Development Philanthropy, Salesforce

Ingrid Giordano
Ingrid Giordano

Global Head of Early Career Talent Acquisition and Program Management, Citi 

 

Cortni Grange
Cortni Grange

Director of Equity, Inclusion & Diversity, Salsify 

 

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Todd Lewis

Vice President, Prologis Ventures

 

David Moskovitz
David Moskovitz

Senior Managing Director, Accenture 

 

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Nikita Steals

Vice President of Tech Talent Acquisition, Capital One

 

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Milan Suri

Senior Director of Distribution Growth Ventures, Northwestern Mutual 

 

To learn more about the JFF Ventures Corporate Innovation Council, please contact Tiffany Hsieh at thsieh@jff.org. 

The JFF Ventures Corporate Innovation Council is generously funded by Strada Education Foundation.

 

 

“We’re pleased to support the important work of JFF’s new investment arm, which aims to encourage and expand new technologies that will improve economic mobility for workers in low-to-middle-wage jobs. As part of the Corporate Innovation Council, we look forward to bringing our industry experience to JFF Ventures’ work with early-stage companies to help grow and scale their impact.”

Todd Lewis, VP, Prologis Ventures

“Walmart is honored to join JFF’s newly-formed Corporate Innovation Council, using our collective insight to help early-stage companies tackle some of today’s greatest challenges related to workforce equity, inclusion, and economic mobility. While we aim to support these early-stage companies drive scale and reach, we are also grateful for their valuable insight into tech-based learning and work-focused innovations that will help build a more inclusive future of work.”

Jocelyn Caldwell, Vice President, Workforce Strategy and Planning at Walmart

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Our Team

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Yigal Kerszenbaum

Managing Partner

 

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Sabari Raja

Managing Partner

 

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Priscilla Luu

Senior Associate

 

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Monica Pacheco

Senior Analyst

 

"JFF Ventures is a natural evolution of our efforts to bridge the divide between legacy education and workforce systems, emerging technologies, and employers that can help to ensure that no worker gets left behind.”

MARIA FLYNN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, JFF 

About JFF Ventures Fund 1 Companies

Our Portfolio Companies

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Now accepting partnership interest for Fund II.  Talk to JFF Ventures today. 

 

For more information about JFF Ventures and opportunities for investment, please contact Yigal Kerszenbaum at ykerszenbaum@jff.org. For all other inquiries, contact media@jff.org. 

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