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Polygo
Graduate talent accelerator and high-impact career programme
- 1-20 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Recruitment
- Training
- Temple, London, UK
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Company mission
Polygo's mission is to mobilise young professionals around problems that matter to make a collectively-outsized, positive impact on society.
50% female employees
Our take
Polygo is a spin-out from the renowned Founders Forum – an invite-only, events-driven entrepreneurs’ community and startup incubator. The company taps into a growing desire amongst young people to work for purpose-driven businesses in which they can rise quickly, rather than purely profit-driven corporations.
It selects what it deems high-potential graduate talent and provides training in a range of tech skills before pairing them with high-growth startups. The fact that Polygo already has access to the Founders Forum community ensures that it won’t struggle to attract big name startups. On top of this, its promise to source and upskill talent itself, rather than leaving this to the hiring company, should add to its appeal.
Polygo’s emergence looks to be part of a wider expansion from the Founders Forum, which has sold a minority stake to Silicon Valley Bank and also made a number of acquisitions. Even though it’s still in its infancy, Polygo’s network should see it grow quickly.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Agency over the direction of the company & culture. We're low ego, high impact - join our Founding Team & shape the future of careers with us
Company values
- Play intentionally
- Move ambitiously
- Care completely
Leadership
Nikita Khandwala
(Co-Founder)Previously helped scale the London Interdisciplinary School, a radical challenger university. Former Insights Analyst at LinkedIn Learning and co-founder of internship programme Unbox.
Jonathan Gilmore
(Co-Founder)Previously, Strategy & Operations Associate for Brent Hoberman - working across the Founders Forum, Founders Factory and Firstminute Capital ecosystem. Former Founder of More Than, an events startup.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Polygo
Nikita Khandwala (Co-Founder)
- Diversity & Inclusion isn't something a company should "do", it's something a company should "be"! Baked into Polygo's DNA is seeing people for who they are and the unique perspectives they can bring to the table.
- Our hiring policy is based on qualities, potential & impact - not experience, exposure or qualifications. We want to see how you're a "relative outlier" and have excelled within the context of your personal circumstances through exceptional levels of grit, proactivity & care - whatever that looks like for you!
- Quick blog post on the intersection between social mobility, gender parity & the world of work: https://inklingswithnikita.substack.com/p/why-the-portfolio-career-revolution