MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ascendify, a modern talent acquisition platform, today announced a new investment from GE Ventures.
Ascendify has been working closely with GE Ventures to help drive better hiring outcomes through a more social and engaging approach to recruiting. By leveraging Ascendify’s platform, which includes talent communities, internal recruiting teams can proactively cultivate and build strong pipelines of high quality candidates to quickly identify top talent and match them to open jobs.
Lisa Coca, GE Ventures, said, “GE has more than 300,000 employees at work in more than 170 countries and has a strong history of strategic human resources. This is another step towards blending strategic human resources and technology innovation. Ascendify’s platform socially connects and empowers enterprises in new ways. We are excited about supporting Ascendify’s continued work with GE.”
“Ascendify is working with a select group of global companies to build a next generation recruiting platform that's specifically designed to handle the complex needs of large companies. Our platform delivers a beautiful, integrated experience and connects people to drive better hiring outcomes and business performance in ways never before possible,” said Matt Hendrickson, CEO of Ascendify.
About Ascendify
Ascendify delivers beautiful cloud applications for talent management that transform how companies attract, develop, and retain employees. Built specifically for companies with complex, global workforces, Ascendify elevates talent performance through strategic planning, hiring, and training solutions which are seamlessly unified in one platform. For more information on how to optimize your workforce, visit www.ascendify.com.
About GE Ventures
GE Ventures is committed to identifying, scaling and accelerating ideas that will make the world work better. Focused on the areas of software, advanced manufacturing, energy and healthcare, GE Ventures helps entrepreneurs and start-ups succeed by providing access to GE’s technical expertise, capital and opportunities for commercialization through GE’s global network of business, customers and partners. GE Ventures offers an unparalleled level of resources through its Global Research Center, including: 35,000 engineers; 5,000 research scientists; 8,000 software professionals; as well as 40,000 sales, marketing and development resources in over 100 countries. For more information, please visit www.geventures.com.
