Take2

What Take2 does

Take2 is a New Zealand-based nonprofit social enterprise established in 2019 in Auckland. Its mission is to break the cycles of crime, intergenerational poverty, and the stigma that surrounds them by providing training in advanced technology and life skills to individuals within the justice system. The organization supports participants during incarceration and continues that support post-release, with the explicit goal of helping graduates launch careers in the New Zealand technology sector.

Operationally, Take2 runs in-person program cohorts across multiple locations in New Zealand and operates a structured "Hire our Graduates" pathway that connects program alumni with technology employers. The organization is funded through a mix of corporate sponsorship (with Datacom, Xero, and Simplicity visible as named partners), donations, and social-impact investors. It employs between 1 and 10 people and has no parent company, no public listing, and no disclosed equity capital.

The organization has received external validation through features in The Spinoff (2022) and Stanford Social Innovation Review (2025), reinforcing credibility with funders, employers, and policymakers. Revenue mechanics are philanthropic rather than commercial: there is no product pricing, no SaaS model, and no disclosed operating budget. Take2 is geographically concentrated in New Zealand and operates exclusively within the domestic social-impact sector.

Important clarification: the input data also contains material about an unrelated New York City-based company of the same name — an AI-powered healthcare recruiting platform that raised a USD 14M Series A in February 2026. That entity is distinct from the New Zealand social enterprise and is not the subject of this profile.

Name

Take2

Legal name

Take2, Inc.

Website

https://take2nz.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Take2 is a New Zealand nonprofit social enterprise founded in 2019 that delivers technology and life-skills training to justice-impacted individuals, supporting their transition into careers in the domestic tech sector post-release.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Reentry Employment Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Dropout Prevention, Alternative Education & Re-Engagement Nonprofits (BPAGADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO), Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN), Leadership, Character Education & Values Development (EDAMAIAG)

Keywords

• Reentry employment services
• Technology skills training
• Social enterprise rehabilitation
• Workforce reintegration programme
• Justice-involved employment

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AI Healthcare Recruiting Platform: The company generates revenue by providing AI-powered recruiting services to healthcare organizations, managing the full hiring lifecycle from posting to offer acceptance using autonomous AI agents.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Take2 is a New Zealand social impact venture that runs a technology training, rehabilitation, and employment-support programme for people impacted by the justice system. Participants ("students") receive advanced technology skills training combined with life-skills coaching, mental health support, and post-release mentoring, after which Take2 places its graduates into technology roles with corporate employer partners. The organisation also operates a "Hire Our Graduates" service that connects New Zealand employers with job-ready, second-chance talent from this candidate pool.

Product overview

Take2 offers a single unified AI-powered recruiting platform for the healthcare sector. The platform leverages autonomous AI agents to manage the end-to-end recruiting process—from initial job posting through to candidate onboarding—eliminating manual steps in sourcing, screening, credential verification, and scheduling. The company is expanding this core platform to include a broader network of AI agents that further automate the recruiting workflow.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Take2 Programme (Technology Training & Rehabilitation) A structured training and rehabilitation programme, delivered to currently or previously incarcerated individuals in New Zealand, that combines advanced technology skills training with life-skills coaching, mental health support, and post-release mentoring to prepare participants for technology-sector employment. The programme is the core intake-to-employment pathway and is offered free of charge to participants.
• Hire Our Graduates (Employer Placement Service) An employer-facing service that connects New Zealand technology companies and corporate partners with motivated, job-ready Take2 graduates for entry-level and junior technology roles. The service is targeted at employers seeking to fill technology talent gaps and at the same time advance their social-impact and inclusion objectives; engagements are via direct corporate partnerships.
• Become a Student (Participant Intake) A direct-intake pathway for New Zealand-based justice-impacted individuals to apply and be onboarded onto Take2's technology training and rehabilitation programme. It is the entry point for prospective participants and is delivered alongside social-worker and probation partners.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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