articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2013 the muse type job search engine founded september 2011 headquarters new york city united states founder s kathryn minshew alexandra cavoulacos melissa mccreery website www.themuse.com available in english launched september 2011 current status active the muse is a site that helps people navigate every stage of their career . founded as the daily muse by kathryn minshew alex cavoulacos and melissa mccreery in september 2011 the platform offers real helpful advice and a personalized easy job search that s actually engaging and doesn t suck . 1 contents 1 history 2 clients 3 financing 4 awards 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit the site was conceived after getting feedback from readers of the daily muse the company s career focused online publication that indicated readers found the job searching frustrating and would go through multiple rounds of interviews before realizing the company wasn t a great fit . . 2 based on this realization the 3 founders decided to create a different kind of job site . co founder melissa mccreery 3 learned python css html and javascript from scratch and with the help of a few programmers built the muse s job board that aims to take job searching a whole new direction . 4 the site was launched under the name company muse in february 2012 and is now known as the muse . clients edit clients listed on the muse site 5 include facebook dropbox zappos slack the gap target aol hbo sephora capital one and others . financing edit the company received its first financing in 2013 raising 1.2 million in seed funding after going through the y combinator accelerator in 2012 and an additional 1.5 million from in early 2014 from investors including tyra banks alexis ohanian dan rosensweig sallie krawcheck chris herrmannsen and others . the following year the company raised 10 million of venture capital in its series a round . 6 in 2016 the company raised an additional 16 million in a series b round led by icon ventures bringing total investment in the company to 28.7 million . 7 awards edit in january 2016 the muse was named a new york future 50 award winner by smartceo magazine . 8 subsequently in april 2016 the muse was named a brava award winner by smartceo magazine as well . in may 2016 the muse was named the winner of hro today forum s annual italent competition . 9 see also edit employment website references edit company muse makes your job search less sucky . fastcompany.com . retrieved march 11 2013 . virtually window shopping for that next job . chicagotribune.com . retrieved march 11 2013 . non techie cofounder learns code builds new site feature in 6 days . mashable.com . retrieved march 11 2013 . contemplate a better work experience with themuse . irismtleung.com . retrieved march 11 2013 . http www.themuse.com companies page 1 kim mai cutler may 13 2015 . the muse raises 10m from aspect ventures to scale a career site for millennials . techcrunch . aol . connie loizos jun 22 2016 . the muse raises 16 million for its next gen career site . techcrunch . aol . 2016 new york future 50 the muse . retrieved january 30 2016 . hro today forum 5th annual italent competition . retrieved may 4 2016 . external links edit the muse the muse wants to connect millennials with pro career coaches retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title themuse & oldid 738365225 categories american blogsemployment websitesinternet properties established in 2012hidden categories orphaned articles from march 2013all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 14 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view