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Multiverse

Providing equitable access to economic opportunity for everyone.

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501-1000 employees
  • B2C
  • B2B
  • Marketplace
  • Education
  • Recruitment
  • Training
  • Social Impact
Paddington, London, UK

Company mission

Multiverse's goal is to break the expensive barrier between education and employment that is holding back companies and people.

Rocket List 2021
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58% female employees

96% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

In today's tech-driven workplace, skills like digital marketing, software engineering, product design, and data analysis are pivotal. Traditional pathways to acquiring these skills are evolving, with coding schools like Makers Academy challenging the necessity of a formal Computer Science degree.

Recognizing the need for inclusive pathways, apprenticeships have gained prominence, spurred by government mandates like the 2016 levy. Multiverse (formerly WhiteHat) exemplifies this shift, offering opportunities for all to reskill and thrive in the tech industry.

Embracing a mission of accessibility and innovation, Multiverse's recent strategic moves, including acquiring Californian AI firm, Searchlight and attracting top-tier talent, underscores its commitment to excellence. Partnering with industry giants like Google and Facebook, Multiverse is driving transformative change, democratizing access to tech education.

Benefits

  • Quarterly M-Powered Days to refresh and recharge
  • Equity - every Multiverse has ownership in the business through equity options
  • End of Year Company Shut Down

Company values

  • We believe in equality of opportunity
  • We treat others as we want to be treated
  • We adopt an owner mentality
  • Development is at our core
  • We make decisions based on facts and logic
  • We don’t take ourselves too seriously

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jun 2022

$220m

SERIES D

Sep 2021

$130m

SERIES C

Total funding: $414m

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Founders

Prior to founding Multiverse, Euan was the UK CEO of Sarina Russo Group, an employment and training provider with more than 1,500 staff worldwide and a turnover exceeding £100 million.

People progressing

Peppa is VP of Go-To-Market, UK&I. She joined Multiverse as an Account Executive in the Go To Market Team and was promoted to Regional Director within 7 months, then progressed to Area Vice President.

Diversity & Inclusion at Multiverse

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Siobhan Randell (Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)

  • We want to be a leader in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), so we’re working hard to drive the change we want to see in the world, inside Multiverse.
  • Everything we do in the DEI space is undertaken with the goal of being representative of the geographies in which we operate – and our apprentice community. Gender diversity has been a long-term challenge for the tech world. We're proud that 55% of our UK Team identify as women, this increases to 64% of our Global Leadership Team (director level and above). We're also proud of our thriving LGBTQQIAAP community, comprising 11% of our UK Team.
  • We're committed to improving the diversity of our workforce, at all levels. We continue to invest in early talent through our in-house apprenticeship scheme – something we know is a fantastic route into our organization for exceptional talent from a diversity of backgrounds.
  • Last year we identified improving the diversity of our Global Leadership Team (director level+) internally as an area of focus. Steps that we took included introducing robust DEI monitoring processes, rolling out Inclusive Recruitment Training to all staff involved in the hiring, and launching our first internal, Global Leadership Accelerator program.
  • We’re proud that in the last 12 months, the representation of colleagues from ethnic minority backgrounds at director+ levels, globally, has increased from 6% to 19%. This is good progress but we still have work to do and are committed to building a leadership team that is representative of our colleagues and of the communities we serve.

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