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.
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