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General Assembly
Global digital skills training school
- 1001+ employees
- B2C
- Education
- Training
- Learning
- SaaS
- Flatiron District, New York, NY
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Company mission
To foster a global community of individuals empowered to pursue the work they love.
Our take
General Assembly are building a classroom-to-career pipeline, with the aim of empowering people to pursue work that they love. At the same time, they want to be seen as an innovation in hiring and upskilling and be recognised as helping to diversify the digital workforce.
They offer a long list of courses for in-demand skills such as coding, UX and design, marketing, and product management. The market for these courses has grown substantially (around 10x) since GA launched and large companies like IBM and L'Oréal hire alumni.
Now owned by staffing giant Adecco, GA will have all the resources they need to continue to grow. The test will be making sure they continue to innovate under new ownership.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2015
$70m
SERIES D
Mar 2015
$35m
SERIES C
Total funding: $158.7m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Lisa Lewin
(CEO, not founder)Founded & was CEO of Mindgate Media, a tech company that created curriculums for post-secondary institutions. Prior to General Assembly, at Pearson, they ran the global technology and product team. Earned an MBA from Harvard.
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General Assembly is a constantly growing business. This means that there is plenty of opportunities to test out ideas, and solve new problems. You always have an opportunity to learn as we experiment and test new ways to solve challenges.
Operations & Strategy
Opportunities to learn
Nov 2020
As a global business there is a large amount of autonomy within our roles. We are given the scope and freedom to translate/transfer global policy and procedure to fit the local markets and way of doing things.
Operations & Strategy
Autonomy
Nov 2020
General Assembly is all about helping people to pursue work they love. I love seeing the positive and direct impact that our work has on people of all backgrounds. It's great to see people succeed in ways they never thought possible.
Operations & Strategy
Inspiring mission
Nov 2020