# ModernGuild

> ModernGuild is a New York-based career mentoring and recruiting company that helps early-career and college students break into finance and consulting. Founded in 2011-2012 by Adrien Fraise, it pairs online career curriculum with live 1-on-1 coaching from in-field practitioners, and has evolved into a B2B marketplace using blinded candidate dashboards and matching algorithms to reduce bias in campus recruiting.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Adrien Fraise (Founder & CEO), Erin Danielle Jaeger (Founder & COO)
- **Team size:** ~32 employees
- **Products:** Career Mentoring Program, Campus Recruiting Platform, Blinded Candidate Dashboards, Matching & Predictive Analytics, Mentorship & Training
- **Notable:** Grew from a single-college pilot to 20,000+ students across 20+ campuses, First semester drew 4,000+ applications, 100 accepted participants, and 200 mentors, Raised $1.43M total, with an early seed check from Jawbone co-founder Alex Asseily

## Products & services

- **Career Mentoring Program** — Online career curriculum combined with live 1-on-1 coaching from real-world, in-field practitioners across finance and consulting.
- **Campus Recruiting Platform** — A B2B recruiting marketplace connecting finance and consulting firms with vetted, trained student candidates.
- **Blinded Candidate Dashboards** — Recruiter-facing dashboards that blind candidate identity and school so evaluation starts with skills and work, reducing bias.
- **Matching & Predictive Analytics** — Algorithms that match students and firms in a 'corporate dating' style marketplace based on fit rather than pedigree.
- **Mentorship & Training** — Structured multi-week programs with mock interviews, mentor-assigned coursework, guidance counselors, and peer networking.

## Achievements

- Grew from a single-college pilot to 20,000+ students across 20+ campuses
- First semester drew 4,000+ applications, 100 accepted participants, and 200 mentors
- Raised $1.43M total, with an early seed check from Jawbone co-founder Alex Asseily
- Selected for the Techstars Accelerator (2017)
- Signed 25+ corporate clients in finance and consulting
- Launched ModernGuild 2.0 with blinded dashboards and matching algorithms

## Latest updates

- **2017-01** — Joined the Techstars Accelerator and pivoted from school partnerships to a B2B corporate recruiting marketplace.
- **2019-01** — Launched ModernGuild 2.0 with blinded candidate dashboards, predictive analytics, and matching algorithms.

## Links

- Website: https://modernguild.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/modern-guild
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/modernguild
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ModernGuild/videos
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernguild
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/modernguild

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Last updated: 2026-08-03