Colare raises $2.5M to help firms vet engineering candidates with advanced simulations

Colare raises $2.5M to help firms vet engineering candidates with advanced simulations Engineering talent vetting startup Colare Inc. says its simulated candidate testing platform is ready for prime time today after closing on a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round backed by Afore Capital, Garage Capital and Acadian Ventures. The company has created a simulation-based technical screening platform that companies can use to assess an engineering candidate’s ability to do the actual job they’re being hired for, before they proceed to the interview stage. Colare co-founder and co-Chief Executive Esther Thomas (pictured, left, alongside co-founder and co-CEO Nain Abdi) told SiliconANGLE that the startup is specifically targeting the aerospace, defense, energy and advanced…