About Clutch
- HQ: Houston, TX
- Founded: 2021
- Funding: $1.2M pre-seed funding (Precursor Ventures, HearstLab, Capital Factory, DivInc, etc.)
- Media Kit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19RzgNVtaASi8Vo9bs9hZLoZSLuI3tSZy
- About: Founded in 2020 by Madison Long and Simone May, Clutch is the digital marketplace connecting creators with businesses. With our people-first platform, creators have the opportunity to monetize their unique talents and passions by helping businesses with their content creation needs. We are currently focused on connecting Gen-Z student creators with small businesses and national brands in need of digital marketing. We believe that by giving creators access to remarkable digital work opportunities with businesses, creators and businesses thrive. Our vision is to build a world where authentic, engaging work supports a more sustainable, equitable lifestyle.
Founders Bios:
Madison Long (CEO and Co-Founder): Madison is the CEO and Co-Founder of Clutch where she drives the company’s vision of building a world where authentic, engaging work supports a more sustainable, equitable lifestyle. Her passion for entrepreneurship and helping the next generation thrive began in childhood including spending her high school summers creating a math mania programmatic instruction class for middle school students in need and working with youth advocacy programs in college. Prior to Clutch, Madison was a Program Development & Analytics Lead at Lean In where she led multiple initiatives including the foundation’s 2020 Women in the Workplace report along with their first project focused on empowering youth girls. She was a Finance Rotation Program Analyst at Microsoft prior to her time at Lean In where she contributed to their Latin America HQ, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence OPEX, Customer Services and Support, and Internal Audit teams. Madison’s overall goal is to create opportunities for the next generation to thrive in life and work.
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/madisonl0ng
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madisonlong5/
Simone May (CTO and Co-Founder): Simone is the CTO and Co-Founder of Clutch where she leads the company’s efforts in translating their customer’s needs into their product and technical functionality. Her interest in the world of technology and seeing what software can do began at a young age as she grew up with two engineers as parents and developed a passion for math, science and tinkering with all sorts of technical gadgets and projects that her parents worked on. Prior to Clutch, Simone was a Consultant at Accenture where she learned how to build a product from the ground up focused on learning first what the product’s clients’ needs are and then how to translate their needs into something technical. She has a passion for democratizing access to information and innovation that no one has had before, and leveraging technology to make the world a more equitable place.
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Simone_May_,
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simone-may/
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