CareAcademy provides an online education platform that home care agencies can use to train domestic caregivers to fill in-demand home health roles. The company’s track record proves that mobile (and blended) learning can increase access to employment opportunities in one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. economy—health care.

Cell-Ed proves that mobile learning is an effective means of giving people access to instructional materials. The company offers a tool that allows users to listen to lessons on a flip phone anywhere and at any time, giving millions of adults an opportunity to learn new skills even if they aren’t able to participate in traditional classes.

Climb Credit is a technology-driven lender expanding access to high-quality, career-focused education by providing responsible loans for training programs with high return on investment for students. By improving access to financing for high-impact training, licensing, and credentialing programs, Climb Credit opens pathways to stable, high-wage, meaningful work.

Edquity is a college financial success and emergency aid platform for students, ensuring all students have the financial means to get to college graduation. Two products, Edquity Plan and Edquity Rise, collectively support students through college financial matching, planning, financial aid award evaluation, cash-flow management and emergency resource referral.

Embodied Labs is an experiential education design company that specializes in creating and implementing empathy-based, patient-centered health curriculum.

A web-based platform that connects educators and learners with a network of professionals who can offer real-world advice and insights, Nepris helps users stay up to date on the latest trends in the labor market, providing them with access to firsthand information about what types of jobs are available and what skills are in demand.

A program of the Minnesota Literacy Council, Northstar offers an online digital literacy assessment tool and provides learners with a credential that can lead to increased employment opportunities.

PAIRIN offers a suite of online tools that people who face barriers to employment can use to assess and develop their soft skills. The company’s track record proves that soft skills and mindsets can be objectively validated, measured, and developed.

Signal Vine offers a two-way text messaging platform powered by artificial intelligence that educational institutions can use to engage students, staff, and employees. The system has proved to be an especially powerful tool when it is used to encourage—or “nudge”—adults with low skills to take action or pursue opportunities. Signal Vine helps increase the impact of workforce development teams

SkillSmart offers a skills-matching platform that can increase equity in hiring by helping adults find jobs or training opportunities based on all of the skills they’ve developed in life.