Forage
Forage provides job simulation software for students to build career skills, working with top employers globally. The company has raised $37M and employs 51-200 people across offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Sydney.
About
Forage sells virtual job simulations that let students practice workplace skills. Employers use these to identify and train potential hires, particularly from diverse backgrounds.
The company raised $37M in a Series B round in 2021. It has offices in four major cities and a global remote workforce. 97% of employees rate it as a great place to work, 40 points above the US average.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function with 34 people. The company operates globally with hubs in San Francisco, New York, London and Sydney.
The Forage org chart
Anup Saini (Co-Founder) leads 18 mapped leaders with 8 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Talent flow
Employees come from education platforms like Coursera and Tata, and often move to consulting firms like Accenture and EY. Many studied at Coursera and University of the People.
Most common previous employers of Forage staff: Tata (7), Prodigy InfoTech (5), CodSoft (5), Bright Network (5), Coursera (5), Extern (4). Former Forage employees most often moved to Accenture (8), Tata Consultancy Services (7), EY (6), Microsoft (4), Infosys (4), topmate.io (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Forage mafia
24 alumni have founded companies, including A1Base (YC W25) with 22 staff and Roxonn with 12 staff.
25Pasha Rayan, was CTO & Co-Founder until 2024Pennie Li, was Product Manager (Student Growth & Enterprise Product) until 2023Dinesh Rampalli, was Software Engineering Virtual Experience until 2020Neeraj Subbanna, was PM Intern until 2022Alexander Adiukwu, was Clifford Chance Ready, Set, Law Virtual Work Experience - Forage until 2023Vallepu Ganesh babu, was Agile Methodology until 2022
Saheed Otubu, was Data Analyst until 2025
Tereza O., was Virtual Internships until 2021
Adithya Srivatsa, was Electronic Arts – Software Engineering Virtual Experience Program (Forage), Nov 2025 until 2025
Esther Marizu, was Project Manager until 2022
Sahil Shinde, was Cyber Security Specialist until 2022
Deborah Boluwatife Adeolu, was Data Analyst and Data Visualizer until 2024
Sanjay Gokul, was Data labeling QA until 2025
MITHINTI DILIP, was Measurement Techniques for Sustainability Virtual Stimulation until 2024
Pooja Sharma, was Virtual deloitte internship until 2025
Hamza Abbasi, was Data Science Trainee until 2024
Muhammad Affaf, was Accenture North America Data Analytics and Visualization Job Simulation until 2025
Puneet S Thind, was Work experience & internships until 2025
Prabhakar V, was Power Programmer Virtual Experience Program until 2023
Abdullahi Umar Abbas, was Intern until 2025
Maryjane Malu, was Project Manager until 2024
Neeraj Gupta, was Product Manager until 2024
Param Singh, was Software Engineer Intern until 2025
Akan Ekpo, was Data Analyst until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 52% direct, 36% search, 3% social, 0% paid.
Where the team actually sits
Forage people are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (40), Uttar Pradesh, India (36), Maharashtra, India (35), Punjab, Pakistan (24).
Search footprint
Forage attracts about 134,600 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $823K a month if bought through ads. It gained 16,453 ranking keywords and lost 18,734 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.20 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.20 / 5
Frequently asked
Forage has raised $37M in total, most recently a Series B round in August 2021.
Forage was founded in 2017 by Thomas Brunskill.
Anup Saini (Co-Founder) sits at the top of Forage's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Forage staff are Tata (7 people), Prodigy InfoTech (5 people), CodSoft (5 people).
Former Forage employees most often move to Accenture (8), Tata Consultancy Services (7), EY (6).
At least 24 companies have a founder who previously worked at Forage, including A1Base (YC W25), Roxonn, CaseCrest.
Forage attracts about 134,600 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $823K a month in equivalent ad spend.
Forage staff are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (40), Uttar Pradesh, India (36), Maharashtra, India (35).
Computed from 561 current and 992 former Forage profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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