It’s well-documented that African-Americans, Latinos and some other racial minorities are underrepresented in many fields–including tech and finance industries–a troubling trajectory as our country transitions further from a manufacturing to an information-based economy.Jopwell, a new job-recruiting pipeline is seeking to bring more balance, and they’ve brought in the star power of sports icons Joe Montana and Magic Johnson, along with tech heavyweights like Andreessen Horowitz, Kapor Capital, Omidyar Network, and Valar Ventures.Jopwell co-founders Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams, both African-Americans, launched the Jopwell platform in January 2015 to help companies like Google, Facebook and many others find and recruit black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American employees. So far, Jopwell has raised more than $4.22 million in angel and seed funding, including previous investments from Y Combinator and Rothenberg Ventures.In the last year, more than 40 leading companies have signed up to use Jopwell’s technology, with the company reporting the number of minority job seekers using the service skyrocketing 275 percent in the past six months. Companies using Jopwell for recruiting range from Facebook to Goldman Sachs and MasterCard. While the company places heavy emphasis on tech fields, it also introduces candidates to a range of industries, including education, management consulting, and…
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