The College Fair

The College Fair is a U.S. based college and career planning technology company founded as Schoold in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The College Fair app, launched in February 2016,[1] helps individuals make informed decisions on choosing a college and major by compiling data from a variety of sources.

The College Fair
Founded2015 (2015)
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States
Key peopleJoe Ross (CEO)
Allison Winston (Chief Product Officer)
Sourabh Ahuja (Co-Founder)
IndustryTechnology
Native client(s) oniOS, Android

History

Schoold was co-founded by Sourabh Ahuja, who grew up in India, and spent over 10 years as a Vice President developing mobile games at Glu Mobile.[2] Joe Ross serves on the San Mateo County Board of Education[3] and was previously the Chief Strategy Officer at HotChalk.[4] The College Fair app seeks to democratize access to college search and counselling.[5] Within the first month, the app surpassed 500,000 downloads.[6]

Funding

The College Fair has received $4.5 million in seed capital from Social Capital, FastForward Innovations, Learn Capital, and University Ventures.[7] In addition, Lorne Abony and Joseph Grundfest have contributed.[7]

References
  1. "College and Career Planning App Schoold Raises $4.5 Million". EdSurge. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. "Sourabh Ahuja". Schoold. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. Eslinger, Bonnie. "Joe Ross will be new face on San Mateo County education board". The Mercury News. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. "Joe Ross". Schoold. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. Shulman, Robyn. "Schoold: The Next Amazon for Education Opportunities, A Chat with CEO, Sourabh Ahuja". The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. Hughes, Carmen. "Schoold Announces Successful Close of a $4.5 Million Seed Round". PR Newswire. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. Takahashi, Dean. "Schoold raises $4.5M and gets 500k downloads in 1st month for college-hunting app". VentureBeat. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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