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Ceresa Secures Seed Funding to Power Its Next Generation Leadership and Mentoring Platform to Foster Diverse Leadership and Address the Access Gap

PRIVATEAug 05, 2020

Round Type

Seed

AustinProfessional Services

Description

Ceresa, a next-generation leadership acceleration platform that is fostering a new era of diverse leaders, today announced it has closed an early seed round over $1 million led by LiveOak Venture Partners and Next Coast Venture Partners. Ceresa's mission is to democratize access to truly transformative leadership development, making it available for all. The funds will primarily be used to expand product development of the data-driven, personalized platform, further deepening value to its user base of aspiring leaders and forward-thinking employers.

Quick answer

Ceresa raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round, dated August 5, 2020. Ceresa is based in Austin, Texas, United States.

How much did Ceresa raise?
Ceresa raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round on August 5, 2020.
What does Ceresa do?
Ceresa is the first truly inclusive leadership platform, designed from the ground up to serve all rising leaders.
Where is Ceresa based and how big is it?
Ceresa is based in Austin, Texas, United States.
Who are the decision-makers at Ceresa?
Fundz holds 1 contact at Ceresa. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Who else raised in Professional Services around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Ceresa that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • United Lex raised an undisclosed amount on September 17, 2020.
  • AvidXchange raised $66M on September 17, 2020.
  • ORIGINAL SHIFT INC. raised $200K (Pre-Seed) on September 16, 2020.
  • Firstbase raised $2M (Seed) on September 4, 2020.
  • QRails, Inc. raised $8.2M (Seed) on September 4, 2020.
  • Vyllage Co raised $1.6M (Seed) on September 1, 2020.

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Company Information

Company

Ceresa

Location

2510 Wooldridge Rd

Austin, Texas, United States

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Ceresa is the first truly inclusive leadership platform, designed from the ground up to serve all rising leaders. We help you keep — and grow — the incredible humans you’ve worked so hard to recruit.

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