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SAN FRANCISCO, October 11, 2011 — Evolv, the leading provider of data-driven workforce selection, today announced it has hired former Oracle executive Dennis Yen as its new VP of Engineering. Yen is responsible for overall product development for Evolv, and will oversee an international team responsible for driving improvements to Evolv’s cloud-based hiring intelligence platform.

SAN FRANCISCO, September 29, 2011 — Evolv, the leading provider of data-driven workforce selection, today announced it has achieved significant productivity and retention gains for new customer and global contact center outsourcer, The Results Companies. Within the first three months of deployment, Evolv’s hiring solution has resulted in hires that have increased The Results Companies’ new agent 90-day retention by 39 percent, saving the company a half-million dollars annually. In addition, the solution improved revenue-per-agent by four percent, leading to significant customer service and operational gains.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 7, 2011 — Evolv On-Demand, the leading provider of science-based, on-demand talent matching and intelligence solutions, today announced it has hired former Monster Worldwide VP Daniel Enthoven as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Enthoven is the latest management hire for Evolv as it ramps up to meet accelerating demand for intelligent performance management solutions that lower turnover and improve the productivity of hourly employees.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 27, 2011 — Evolv On-Demand, the leading provider of science-based, on-demand talent matching and intelligence solutions, today announced that it has raised $15.75 million in Series-C financing, bringing the total capital raised by the company to $27.5 million. The round was led by GGV Capital and supported by all existing investors, Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. As part of the funding, Jeff Richards, Partner with GGV Capital will join Evolv’s Board of Directors.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 22, 2011 — Evolv, the leading provider of science-based, on-demand talent matching and intelligence solutions, today announced that it would be making a donation of 1 percent of 2010 profits to Year Up Bay Area. Each year, Evolv donates the greater of $10,000 or 1 percent of annual profit to employment development programs that help better train and develop the world’s workforce.