BoardProspects this week announced the release of its platform out of beta, with advanced search features and mobile device optimization.

"As our online community continues to grow, we are encouraged by the diversity of our members and that public, private and non-profit corporations are becoming active on the site, searching for board candidates," CEO Mark Rogers said in a statement. "Our newest launch will enhance the experience for early BoardProspects users and assist new members in applying and recruiting candidates for boards."

Billed as a kind of Match.com or LinkedIn for the boardroom, the site offers a place for board members, prospective board members and private, public and nonprofit corporations to connect. BoardProspects launched in early 2012 and has secured $3 million in funding to date. Rogers, along with co-founder and chief operating officer Bobby Driscoll, previously told Banker & Tradesman that their aim is to help shift the board recruitment conversation away from the "Who do you know?" question.

"To date, technology has been dramatically underutilized to improve corporate governance," Yan Pujante, a member of BoardProspects’ advisory board and a founding team members at LinkedIn, said in the statement. "By leveraging online connections to create an international boardroom community, BoardProspects significantly enhances the board recruitment process – both for candidates and corporations."

BoardProspects also has plans to offer BoardU, an e-learning module that will provide members an educational course on board governance and include an array of specific boardroom education programs.