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Tangent
Employee referral & coaching platform
- 1-20 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Recruitment
- HR
- London, UK
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Company mission
To create a world where the socioeconomic contexts you’re born into DO NOT limit your career outcomes.
Our take
Research indicates that employee referrals have a remarkable 9x higher likelihood of employment compared to other methods and over 80% of employers regard referrals as their preferred recruitment approach. Unfortunately people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds often lack professional networks and find themselves excluded from employment opportunities.
Enter Tangent, an organisation bridging the gap between unconnected talent and the tech industry through employee referrals. Committed to promoting social mobility, Tangent envisions a world where career and wealth potential is not constrained by one's upbringing. By connecting individuals with tech employees capable of offering valuable referrals and coaching services, Tangent levels the playing field, allowing anyone to fulfil their professional aspirations.
By actively challenging the status quo and recognising the value of diverse talent, Tangent contributes to an inclusive and equitable tech industry. By expanding its network and forging partnerships with influential companies like LinkedIn and Slack, Tangent is poised to create a lasting impact on social mobility in the tech sector.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Regular team socials
- 25 days holiday + public holidays
- Hybrid work set up (3 days in person, 2 remote)
- Learning and development allowance
- Tax efficient share options
- More perks to be added as we grow... in fact we’d love to have you involved in shaping our perks package :)
Company values
- We care about making the world a fairer place - by being laser focussed on our members and building products that solve real social issues, we are making the world a fairer and consequently, better place
- We are proactive - we are natural self-starters who take ownership of our work and enjoy driving it forward
- We challenge with care - we give candid feedback to one another so we can grow and raise the bar but we always do so respectfully and with compassion
- We are always accountable - we don’t make excuses, learn from our mistakes and always hold ourselves to account
- We take intelligent risks - we LOVE taking risks and always encourage them. The risks we take are calculated, are backed up with evidence/experience and make us 10x better
- We work hard, work together, and have a blast! - we’re solving big problems so we have to work hard but we won’t be successful unless we work together and have fun doing it!
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2024
$1.1m
SEED
Total funding: $1.1m
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Leadership
Joe Adams
(Co-Founder)Tangent Co-Founder & CPO. Previously worked as the Head of Distribution Strategy at BT and Product Owner at EE.
Gary Izunwa
(Co-Founder)Tangent Co-Founder & CEO. Previously worked at LinkedIn starting on their Business Leadership Programme before moving to the British Council to lead social mobility programmes.