Type of site Job search engine Founded September 2011 | Available in English Website www.themuse.com | |
Headquarters New York City, United States Founder(s) Kathryn Minshew
Alexandra Cavoulacos
Melissa McCreery | ||
The Muse is a site that helps people navigate every stage of their career. Founded as “The Daily Muse” by Kathryn Minshew, Alex Cavoulacos and Melissa McCreery in September 2011, the platform offers real, helpful advice, and a personalized, easy job search that's actually engaging and doesn't suck.
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History
The site was conceived after getting feedback from readers of The Daily Muse, the company’s career-focused online publication, that indicated readers found the job searching frustrating and “would go through multiple rounds of interviews before realizing the company wasn't a great fit.”. Based on this realization, the 3 founders decided to create a different kind of job site. Co-founder Melissa McCreery learned Python, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript from scratch, and with the help of a few programmers, built the Muse’s job board that aims to take job searching “a whole new direction.” The site was launched under the name “Company Muse” in February 2012, and is now known as “The Muse.”
Clients
Clients listed on The Muse site include Facebook, Dropbox, Zappos, Slack, The Gap, Target, AOL, HBO, Sephora, Capital One and others.
Financing
The company received its first financing in 2013, raising $1.2 million in seed funding after going through the Y Combinator accelerator in 2012, and an additional $1.5 million from in early 2014 from investors including Tyra Banks, Alexis Ohanian, Dan Rosensweig, Sallie Krawcheck, Chris Herrmannsen, and others. The following year, the company raised $10 million of venture capital in its Series A round. In 2016, the company raised an additional $16 million in a Series B round led by Icon Ventures, bringing total investment in the company to $28.7 million.
Awards
In January 2016, The Muse was named a New York Future 50 Award winner by SmartCEO magazine. Subsequently, in April 2016, The Muse was named a Brava Award winner by SmartCEO magazine as well. In May 2016, The Muse was named the winner of HRO Today Forum's Annual iTalent Competition.