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Everwise nabs $16 million to connect protégés with mentors

Above: Everwise Enterprise Social Learning Platform

Everwise, a platform that helps professionals boost their careers by connecting them with expert mentors, has raised $16 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing investors Canvas Ventures and Webb Investment Network.

Founded out of New York in 2012, Everwise offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to connect protégés with mentors from outside the their place of employment. Much of the process involves predictive technology used to recommend a suitable expert who has pre-agreed to volunteer their time. Why would a mentor wish to volunteer their time for no financial reward? Good ol’ fashioned altruism, according to Everwise, with the added bonus of being able to build their coaching skills.

In addition to its new funding, Everwise is lifting the lid today on a new, expanded social learning platform. This pulls together a range of resources, including peer groups, assessments, and hand-picked content — such as articles, books, and videos — to supplement employees’ development. Some of these new features have actually been made available for almost a year to a selection of clients, but Everwise is now throwing a handful of new options into the mix and opening the entire upgraded platform to everyone.

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