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RallyPoint Networks, Inc. is a privately held American company founded in 2012 by military veterans Yinon Weiss and Aaron Kletzing at Harvard Business School. The company is a professional network serving the US military and its veterans, and has been called " LinkedIn for the military," empowering military personnel to take greater control over their own careers. The community allows current military members and veterans to connect, explore career opportunities both inside and outside the military, and engage on topics important to the military.
The company's Board of Advisors includes former Army Chief of Staff General George Casey, former Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz, former Navy Admiral John Harvey, and former Army Lieutenant General Benjamin Freakley. Its Board of Directors includes Konstantin Guericke, a Co-Founder of LinkedIn.
In April 2012, RallyPoint won $10,000 for placing as runner-up in the Harvard Business School Business Plan Competition and on October 23, 2012, RallyPoint won $100,000 from MassChallenge after competing against over 1,300 other ventures from all over the world. The company raised private funding after both of these events, and went on to raise $5M in venture capital in late 2013, and an additional $5M of capital in late 2015 due to its rapid growth.
RallyPoint was launched out of the Harvard Innovation Lab at the Harvard Business School., and is currently headquartered in Watertown, MA.