Fairygodboss

What Fairygodboss does

Fairygodboss operates the largest online career community for women, serving two distinct but interconnected customer segments. On the consumer side, the platform provides a free membership to approximately 9 million women job seekers offering job search functionality with personalized email alerts and remote-work filtering, crowdsourced anonymous company reviews from women covering job satisfaction, management support, and gender equality perceptions (with platform-wide ratings of 4.8/5 overall satisfaction and 91% of reviewers reporting CEO support for gender diversity), a peer-to-peer community forum for advice on salaries, negotiations, and workplace struggles, daily career articles and original research publications, a podcast (Fairygodboss Radio) featuring DEI leaders and founders, and virtual career fairs and webinars. The core technology is a web-based community platform with social login integrations (Facebook, Google OAuth) and RingCentral-backed event infrastructure; there is no disclosed API, SDK, or AI/ML layer.

On the B2B side, Fairygodboss monetizes primarily through Employer Branding Services — annual, quote-based enterprise subscriptions that include unlimited job postings, branded employer profiles, custom content marketing featuring female employees, dedicated customer success teams, monthly performance reports, and quarterly business reviews. Reported customers include Salesforce, Apple, Squarespace, Capital One, General Motors, Qualtrics, 3M, Agilent Technologies, ADP, United Technologies, Cognizant, and Verizon, with 150+ employer partners and 160+ distribution partners. A secondary revenue stream comes from virtual event sponsorships.

The company was founded in 2015, raised a cumulative ~$14 million across 2017–2019 rounds led by GSV Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures, and was subsequently acquired by Muse Group to form FGB Muse Group Inc. In October 2024, Fairygodboss entered a three-way partnership with HerKey (India) and The Muse, creating a combined network of 8 million+ monthly active users across the US and India and positioning the platform as a cross-border gender-diversity recruiting channel. Operations are headquartered in New York with secondary references to a Northville, Michigan office, and headcount is reported at 51–100 employees.

Name

Fairygodboss

Legal name

FGB Muse Group Inc.

Website

https://fairygodboss.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Fairygodboss operates the largest online career community for women, offering free job search, anonymous company reviews, peer advice, and virtual career fairs to 9 million members. The platform monetizes via annual enterprise subscriptions to employer branding and recruitment services used by 150+ companies including Salesforce, Apple, and Verizon.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Career Community

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Employer Brand & Recruitment Marketing Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional & Business Services Marketplaces (Freelancers, SMB Services) (BPAMAHAG), Resume & Professional Branding (CV, LinkedIn, Portfolio) (EDAAAKAB)

Keywords

• Women's career community
• Employer branding services
• Diversity recruiting platform
• Job search platform
• Workplace reviews platform

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Employer Recruitment Services: Revenue generated from companies paying for job postings, employer branding solutions, custom content marketing, and access to the female talent community. Services include unlimited job posts, employer branded profiles, custom branded content, and dedicated customer service with monthly performance reports and quarterly business reviews.
2. Employer Events and Sponsorships: Revenue from virtual career fairs, webinars, and employer-sponsored events. Employers sponsor events to connect directly with female talent through information sessions and speed networking.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fairygodboss operates the largest online career community for women, providing free job listings, anonymous company reviews, peer career advice, a discussion forum, and original career content to female job seekers. It monetizes through paid employer branding and recruitment services to companies seeking to attract and retain female talent. The platform combines a consumer community with B2B employer marketing, advertising, and diversity recruitment tools.

Product overview

Fairygodboss operates as a unified online career community platform for women, comprising multiple integrated products: a job search platform with company reviews, an interactive community forum for peer advice, career advice articles and research reports, the Fairygodboss Radio podcast, and virtual events including career fairs. The platform also offers employer branding services as a B2B add-on module helping companies attract female talent. Additional services include Coach Connect (career coaching via The Muse partnership) and a pregnancy tracking resource. The core value proposition combines job search functionality, workplace insights through crowdsourced reviews, and community-driven career support in a single free membership platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Job Search Platform Free online job search tool that allows women job seekers to browse open positions, filter by criteria, and apply to roles. Targeted at women professionals seeking new career opportunities.
• Company Reviews Anonymous employee reviews of companies covering topics such as salary, paid time off, maternity leave, women in leadership, and overall job satisfaction. Aimed at women evaluating potential employers.
• Community Forum Online discussion forum where women connect, ask questions, share advice, and engage in topic-based conversations including job hunting, parenting, relationships, beauty, and health.
• Events and Virtual Career Fairs Virtual career fairs, webinars, and live events where women can engage with employers, attend career development sessions, and network with peers. Supported through employer sponsorships.
• Employer Branding Services Paid employer solutions including job postings, branded content, candidate outreach, and recruitment tools targeted at companies seeking to hire and retain female talent. Sold via annual subscription and recurring partnerships.
• Coach Connect Career coaching service connecting women job seekers with professional coaches for resume reviews, interview preparation, salary negotiation, and career advancement support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 89% of reviewers say men and women are treated equally; 91% say the CEO supports gender diversity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• HerKeycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 October 2024HerKey, India's largest career engagement platform for women, partnered with Fairygodboss and The Muse to connect employers across the US and India. The partnership combines networks of over 8 million monthly active users and more than 1,000 companies. Collaboration includes an online roundtable on October 29, 2024 to discuss leveraging global talent pools for gender diversity.
• The MusecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 October 2024The Muse, a leading US career platform, partnered with Fairygodboss and HerKey to advance gender diversity in the workplace. The partnership enables US-based employers to access talent from India while Indian professionals gain opportunities in the US market. Combined network reaches over 8 million monthly active users.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Muse: The Muse is the closest direct peer and sister platform under FGB Muse Group Inc. Both operate career-community platforms offering job listings, company profiles, employer branding, and career coaching to professionals — and are now partnered for cross-promotion and US-India talent distribution.
• HerKey: HerKey is India's largest career engagement platform for women and a strategic partner. It shares Fairygodboss's women-focused career-community thesis and is directly comparable as a two-sided marketplace connecting female talent with diversity-committed employers, just in a different geography.
• InHerSight: InHerSight is a direct peer operating a women-focused company-review and job-matching platform. It competes head-to-head with Fairygodboss's company review, job listing, and employer-branding products for the same enterprise customers seeking female talent.
• PowerToFly: PowerToFly is a direct peer focused on diversity recruiting, particularly women in tech, offering talent sourcing, virtual career fairs, and employer branding. Its event-driven and enterprise-sales motion closely mirrors Fairygodboss's GTM.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: LinkedIn is the dominant broad incumbent in professional networking and recruiting. It competes for enterprise recruiting budgets and has expanded diversity filters and salary insights that overlap with Fairygodboss's core functionality, though it serves all professionals rather than a niche.
• Glassdoor: Glassdoor is a broad incumbent offering company reviews and job listings that compete with Fairygodboss's review product, though it serves all professionals. Its scale and parent (Indeed/Recruit) make it a benchmark for the company-review category.
• Indeed: Indeed is a broad incumbent in job search and recruiting, with scale advantages in employer job-posting spend. It competes for the same enterprise recruiting budgets as Fairygodboss, especially as it adds diversity and remote-work filters.

Emerging players

• Comparably: Comparably is an emerging player in workplace culture and employer branding, offering company reviews, salary data, and 'Best Places to Work' rankings. It overlaps with Fairygodboss's employer-branding and best-companies products.
• Mogul: Mogul is an emerging diversity-talent platform connecting underrepresented professionals with employers. Its focus on diverse talent pools and recruiting events makes it a partial peer to Fairygodboss's women-focused community and employer services.
• Ellevate Network: Ellevate Network is a professional community for women offering networking, mentorship, and career resources. It overlaps with Fairygodboss's community and career-advice products but focuses more on professional development than recruiting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fairygodboss
• Facebookfacebook.com/Fairygodboss
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fairygodboss
• Instagraminstagram.com/fairygodboss
• TikToktiktok.com/@fairygodboss

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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