inroad is a job discovery platform that aggregates internship and graduate program listings from top finance, consulting, and tech firms, while also providing direct contact information for the people who can help candidates get hired. The platform includes pipeline tracking tools and educational guides on cold outreach and interviews, helping students move from mass applications to targeted conversations.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Students applying to competitive internships and graduate programs often face an overwhelming volume of applications, with over 1.2 million graduate job applications submitted in 2024 alone. The traditional approach of mass-applying through generic portals leaves candidates lost in the crowd, with little visibility into who is making hiring decisions or how to stand out, while critical information about the application funnel and effective outreach strategies remains opaque.
Solution
inroad provides a centralized platform that aggregates thousands of continuously updated internship and graduate job listings from leading firms across finance, consulting, tech, marketing, and law, alongside the direct contact details of the people who can influence hiring decisions. The platform includes pipeline tracking tools that let students monitor every application in one view, plus a library of practical guides covering cold outreach, interview preparation, and the path from spring week to graduate offer. By combining live job data with relationship-building resources, inroad shifts the focus from mass applications to targeted, personalized connections that improve a candidate's odds of success.
Target Audience
Primary users are university students and recent graduates from target and non-target schools who are actively applying for competitive internships, spring weeks, and graduate programmes in finance, consulting, and technology sectors.
Features
- Aggregated feed of 10,000+ continuously updated listings across finance, consulting, tech, marketing, and law, including summer internships, off-cycle internships, graduate programmes, industrial placements, spring weeks, and events
- Direct contact database with relevant hiring contacts per role, searchable by name, title, or university, enabling targeted cold outreach
- Pipeline tracking dashboard that keeps every application and its status in view, eliminating spreadsheet chaos
- Educational content library with short, practical reads on cold email templates, follow-up strategies, HireVue preparation, and navigating non-target university backgrounds
- Free access with no login required for browsing, plus a referral system that unlocks 5 daily email alerts instead of 3 when friends sign up
- Filtering by industry and role type, with new listings posted daily and featured opportunities from firms like Jane Street, Citadel, Morgan Stanley, and McKinsey