Strategy development and execution; embedding sustainability into the business model

February 2025

Oyster becomes a unicorn: fundraising for an impact-driven enterprise

By Luisa Alemany, Nicholas Andreou, Ioannis Ioannou, Nick Mickshik

In April 2022, just two years since launch, global employment platform Oyster announced it had achieved a valuation in excess of $1 billion, giving it unicorn status, after closing a $150 million Series C round. Oysterā€™s co-founders, Tony Jamous and Jack Mardack, put a social-impact mission fro...