Emerge Career

All-in-one re-entry & workforce development training platform

Y CombinatorSummer 2022ActiveEducationEducationGovTech

What they do

Problem

Government agencies lack effective tools to train and place low-income and justice-involved individuals into high-paying jobs and manage workforce development outcomes.

Solution

An all-in-one platform providing vocational re-entry training programs plus workforce management software for administering and tracking workforce development initiatives.

Who it's for

Government agencies and public workforce development programs serving low-income and justice-involved citizens.

Founders

Uzoma "Zo" Orchingwa

Co-Founder, Co-CEO

Co-founder. In 2022, Zo and Gabe co-founded Ameelio, a tech nonprofit that builds education and communication products for prisons. While scaling Ameelio, they stumbled upon the issue of unemployment post-incarceration which Emerge seeks to address. Zo holds a Masters degree in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, and a JD-MBA from Yale Law School and Yale School of Management.

Gabriel Saruhashi

Founder

Co-founder. In 2020, Gabe and Zo co-founded Ameelio, a tech nonprofit that builds education and communication tools for prisons. While scaling Ameelio, they stumbled upon the issue of unemployment post-incarceration which Emerge Career seeks to address. Previously, he was a YC intern and the first product manager at Zippi (YC19). Gabe is a Yale grad, where he co-founded an organization connecting refugees with their new communities, and built an app to assist homeless communities in New Haven.