Bridge US is a

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based legal services corporation that offers immigration services and resources in the

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. The company was founded in late 2012 after being incubated at the Harvard Innovation Lab. In 2013, Bridge US raised $800,000, with backers including

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and Miriam Rivera, COO and general counsel of the

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, a venture backed educational institution. In 2014, Bridge US launched an immigration software platform for

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and

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professionals, which enables companies, whether corporate or small-scale, to efficiently hire immigrant workers. The Bridge US dashboard uses web forms to guide users and companies through the process of gaining visas for foreign labor. In 2020, Next Act, an initiative launched by Unshackled Ventures, NGO Upwardly Global, and Bridge US to help job seekers, shared data that indicated a rising withdrawal of internships and job offers amidst the

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. It was acquired in 2023 by Boundless Immigration.

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