WeSolv is a technology company.
WeSolv has raised $120K across 1 funding round.
WeSolv has raised $120K in total across 1 funding round.
WeSolv has raised $120K in total across 1 funding round.
WeSolv's investors include 8VC, Decibel Partners, Founders' Co-op, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, MTech Capital.
WeSolv is a Chicago-based technology platform founded in 2016 that connects companies with diverse MBA candidates through performance-based hiring challenges.[1][2][4] It converts business needs into structured case challenges using I/O psychology models, enabling candidates to demonstrate skills via real-world deliverables while helping companies reduce bias, hire top talent, and advance diversity goals.[1][3][4] Serving enterprises like Fortune 500 firms, WeSolv targets recruiters facing inefficient traditional hiring, offering data-driven evaluations that prioritize performance over resumes to cut time-to-hire and costs.[1][2][5]
The platform builds a large candidate pipeline by incentivizing network sharing and provides proprietary analytics to measure role-specific abilities, fostering equity in hiring for roles requiring innovative problem-solving.[1][4]
WeSolv was founded in 2016 by Stella Ashaolu, an African American CEO with an MBA, inspired by her own post-graduation job search struggles amid companies' diversity priorities.[1][2][4] As a 2018 Techstars accelerator participant, the company emerged to bridge the gap between hiring firms and high-performing diverse talent overlooked by resume screening and biased interviews.[1][2]
Early traction came from pitching its model—emphasizing how "performance speaks louder than resumes"—to address Fortune 500 diversity challenges, evolving from a startup idea into a platform partnering with leaders like Salesforce.[1][5] Key team members include CTO Clément Lemiere, Lead Engineer Emre Biberoglu, and advisors from Techstars, CareerBuilder, and NYU Stern, humanizing its mission through diverse professionals' firsthand recruitment insights.[4]
WeSolv rides the skills-based hiring trend, amplified by post-pandemic remote work, AI resume screening flaws, and corporate D&I mandates, timing perfectly as 2020s talent shortages push firms toward performance validation over credentials.[1][4][5] Market forces like regulatory scrutiny on workplace equity and rising demand for diverse innovation favor its model, influencing HR tech by shifting from keyword filters to predictive analytics and real-project assessments.[2][3]
It impacts the ecosystem by unlocking underrepresented MBA talent for tech giants, reducing hiring friction, and promoting collaborative diversity—countering traditional recruitment's inefficiencies amid a competitive war for skills.[1][4]
WeSolv is poised to expand as AI augments but doesn't replace human performance vetting, potentially integrating deeper ML for global scaling and enterprise customization.[1][2] Trends like hybrid work and ESG investing will boost demand for its bias-free, measurable D&I tools, evolving its influence toward leading HR tech consolidation.
With 6 employees and active hiring for roles like Head of Product, expect partnerships with more unicorns and data scientists to fuel growth, reinforcing that in talent wars, performance speaks louder than resumes.[1][4]
WeSolv has raised $120K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $120K Seed in January 2018.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2018 | $120K Seed | 8VC, Decibel Partners, Founders' Co-op, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, MTech Capital |