Meet the 32-year-old founder who raised $3.5 million to help Gen Z feel not so alone in the world
Source: Fortune ·
A new app is taking the loneliness problem head-on.
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Clockout, a networking app designed for finding professionals, clubs and events nearby, looks to fix the loneliness syndrome plaguing young workers. On Friday, it announced it has raised $3.5 million in total funding since it started, led by 114 Ventures, with investments from Evite Ventures, Allied Ventures, Sher Ventures, Gaingels, BMPB VC and others. Founded by CEO Krishna Dosapati, the company lets users find nearby professionals and join communities and events organized around industries or interests. That puts it somewhere between LinkedIn and Meetup, she said. Clockout went live in October 2024 and is built for users to browse professionals based on their work, interests and mutual connections. The idea is to give users a reason to meet someone offline rather than just adding a digital connection. Dosapati’s pitch is simple: professional networking has become too dependent on digital platforms, while meeting people face-to-face has become more and more difficult, particularly…