37 Best College Recruiting Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of College Recruiting Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 37 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $3.5b. The average funding per company in this subset is $94.4m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Handshake (software company) logo

Handshake (software company)

Handshake is a Caliornia-based college career recruiting network for college students, career centers, and employers.

7

Funding Rounds

$448.0m

Money raised

ApplyBoard logo

ApplyBoard

A software company offering a platform for international students to find and apply to top universities.

9

Funding Rounds

$2.5b

Money raised

WayUp logo

WayUp

WayUp is a company connecting students with jobs during and after college. It participated in the W15 cohort of Y Combinator.

1

Funding Rounds

$18.5m

Money raised

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JobTeaser

A software company that has created a mobile application that is a recruitment platform working with students, universities, and companies. It was founded in 2008 and is located in Paris, France.

2

Funding Rounds

$71.7m

Money raised

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SportsRecruits

SportsRecruits is a company founded in 2008 by Chris Meade.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

Glints logo

Glints

Glints is a Singapore-based company founded in 2013 by Looi Qin En, Oswald Yeo and Seah Ying Cong.

3

Funding Rounds

$79.3m

Money raised

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Uversity

Uversity is an Oakland, California-based company founded in 2007 by George Deglin, Michael Staton, Joseph Sofaer and Mike Sofaer.

7

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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RippleMatch

RippleMatch is a company founded in 2016 by Eric Ho.

5

Funding Rounds

$79.2m

Money raised

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CareerFairy

A company in Switzerland that creates livestreaming between employers and employees for the former to communicate their mission.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Piazza (company)

Piazza is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2009 by Pooja Sankar.

2

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

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uConnect

uConnect is a company founded in 2013 by David Kozhuk.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

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SchooLinks

SchooLinks is a career readiness platform that engages students in career education and college planning and application.

2

Funding Rounds

$88.3m

Money raised

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Workiz

Workiz is a San Diego-based company founded in 2015 by Idan Kadosh, Erez Marom and Adi Azaria.

3

Funding Rounds

$50.0m

Money raised

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Koofers

Koofers is a company founded in 2008 by Michael Rihani, Glynn LoPresti, Patrick Gartlan and Dan Donahoe.

4

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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Acceptd

Acceptd is a Columbus, Ohio-based company founded in 2011 by Derek Brown.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Evue Technologies

Evue Technologies is an artificial intelligence company developing recruitment technologies for businesses, education organizations, and placement agencies.

1

Funding Rounds

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Goodwall

Goodwall is a company founded in 2014 by Omar Bawa.

2

Funding Rounds

$21.6m

Money raised

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Pathrise

Pathrise is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 by Kevin Wu.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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AfterCollege

AfterCollege is a San Francisco-based company founded in 1999 by Brian Heifferon, Michael Dawes and Roberto Angulo.

1

Funding Rounds

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StudySmarter

StudySmarter is a Germany-based company founded in 2018 by Christian Felgenhauer.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

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beRecruited

beRecruited is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2000 by Ryan Spoon.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

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All Campus

All Campus is an online program management company working with universities or higher education institutions to expand online enrollment programs.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.8m

Money raised

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Zippia

Zippia is a job search site.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

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Seelio

Seelio is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company founded in 2011 by Moses K. Lee, Chris Baik and David Jsa.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

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Aplic platform

Aplic platform is a company founded in 2018 by Inna Bogdanova.

2

Funding Rounds

$250.0k

Money raised

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Edupath

Edupath is a Berkeley, California-based company founded in 2011.

1

Funding Rounds

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MyAcademicProgram

MyAcademicProgram is an Opelika, Alabama-based company founded in 2011 by JD Parkman.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

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ApplyKit

ApplyKit is a Boston-based company founded in 2013 by Bobby Touran.

1

Funding Rounds

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Lumen Learning

Higher education open resources aimed primarily at teachers

1

Funding Rounds

$3.8m

Money raised

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Rosterfy

Rosterfy is an Australia-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.8m

Money raised

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AcademixDirect

AcademixDirect is a company founded in 2005.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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WorkWhile

WorkWhile is a San Francisco-based company founded by Jarah Euston.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.5m

Money raised

2

Funding Rounds

$35.2m

Money raised

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GoodCall

GoodCall is a Fort Mill, South Carolina-based company founded in 2015.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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Recruiting Sports Network

Recruiting Sports Network is a company founded by George White.

1

Funding Rounds

$267.8k

Money raised

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ISTAR Skill Development (Talentify.ai)

ISTAR Skill Development is a company founded by Sreeraman Vaidyanathan.

1

Funding Rounds

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PHP Agency

PHP Agency is a Dallas-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised