37 Best College Recruiting Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of College Recruiting Startups

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There are 37 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $3.5b. The average funding per company in this subset is $93.6m.

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

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$420.0m

Money raised

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

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9

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$2.5b

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

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1

Funding Rounds

$18.5m

Money raised

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

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$71.7m

Money raised

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.

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$1.3m

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SportsRecruits is a company founded in 2008 by Chris Meade.

3

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$79.3m

Money raised

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

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7

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

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

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$79.2m

Money raised

RippleMatch is a company founded in 2016 by Eric Ho.

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Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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

2

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

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

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2

Funding Rounds

$88.3m

Money raised

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

2

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$8.5m

Money raised

uConnect is a company founded in 2013 by David Kozhuk.

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$50.0m

Money raised

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

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Funding Rounds

$7.0m

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

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$1.0m

Money raised

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

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

2

Funding Rounds

$21.6m

Money raised

Goodwall is a company founded in 2014 by Omar Bawa.

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1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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

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

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$15.0m

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

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$1.2m

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

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2

Funding Rounds

$6.8m

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

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$8.5m

Money raised

Zippia is a job search site.

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Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

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

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$250.0k

Money raised

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

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

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

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

1

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

1

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$3.8m

Money raised

Higher education open resources aimed primarily at teachers

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$9.8m

Money raised

Rosterfy is an Australia-based company.

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Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

AcademixDirect is a company founded in 2005.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.5m

Money raised

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

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1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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

1

Funding Rounds

$267.8k

Money raised

Recruiting Sports Network is a company founded by George White.

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ISTAR Skill Development is a company founded by Sreeraman Vaidyanathan.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

PHP Agency is a Dallas-based company.

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