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Borg

Building the next generation search engine for the social web

Borg logo
1-20 employees
  • Analytics
  • Social Media
  • Community
Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Company mission

To enable people to trust each other at scale.

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

17% female employees

Our take

PageRank is the algorithm used by Google to determine which pages return the most relevant, important, and high quality results for a given search. Borg Collective is looking to develop something similar, but for people: an algorithm that ranks social media profiles so users know who to trust online.

We can see the progress Borg Collective has made already with Hive, an online tool that users can use to identify Twitter communities using a keyword, and see who among the key profiles involved holds the greatest attention and sway. Hive’s touted as a demo of what’s in the Borg Collective pipeline.

Whilst using algorithms to identify clusters of online communities is nothing new in the research community, it’s a tool that hasn’t really been commercially released. Not only would it serve as a buzzy tonic for the current hot-button topic of the credibility issue on social media, it would also work neatly alongside recent marketing tech efforts to help link up brands with the most valuable online influencers. So it will certainly be interesting to see what's in store for Borg Collective and Hive next.

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Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • 27 holidays
  • Fully remote
  • Paid sick days
  • Mostly asynchronous
  • Work from wherever you want
  • Depending on your location and setup, you can join us as a full-time contractor, or we can employ you in your country and take care of benefits, such as health insurance and retirement plans.

Company values

  • We are a mission-driven organization
  • Working at Borg can give a sense of satisfaction and meaning
  • No micromanagement but lots of feedback and coaching

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Aug 2022

$2.7m

CONVERTIBLE

Dec 2021

$1.3m

CONVERTIBLE

Total funding: $5.6m

Leadership

Maciek Laskus

(Founder)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Borg

  • We are a fully remote team and hire worldwide
  • Our team members come from and live in America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia

Jobs (2)

All locations

Software Engineering