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Purlos

Student admissions communication platform

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21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Education
  • SaaS
London, UK

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Company mission

To help students into education, and help them stay there.

Our take

Starting college or uni is a stressful time - moving, getting all the new equipment you need, not knowing anyone. There’s a lot to do, and it’s why dropout rates during enrolment are so much higher than at any other stage during the education process. That’s what Purlos aims to change with its AI-assisted communications platform.

The problem it highlights is simple - admissions teams are inundated with administrative tasks, and the traditional methods of communication like phone calls and letters don’t get through to young people as well as they did decades ago. Purlos provides an automated chatbot, nicknamed ‘Jenni’, who connects with students through WhatsApp to remind them of appointments, tasks, events, etc. It also analyses conversation data to flag those it deems at risk of dropping out to the relevant admissions bodies.

It’s early days for Purlos, but its platform doesn’t yet see any direct competitors who focus so clearly on this issue. It's working with UK educational institutions for now, and focussing its fundraising on growing its team and expanding its product capabilities.

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Benefits

  • Regular social & team events: Once a quarter we celebrate our successes as a team
  • Flexible working hours: We value work-life balance highly, therefore we offer flexible working hours
  • Yoga and meditation at work: Every week we do yoga at work. We want to make sure our colleagues have the energy to do their work properly
  • Additional Pension Contributions: We offer above minimum pension contributions for all employees
  • 25 days paid vacation: We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore we offer everybody 25 days paid vacation

Funding (2 rounds)

Oct 2022

$0.6m

SEED

Jan 2021

$0.4m

SEED

Total funding: $1m

Leadership

Mo Salam

(CTO)

Previously worked at Dealogic as a Product Owner, and was VP of Product at Azur Underwriting and Head of Product at ByzGen. They also co-founded Hop Homes.

David Bartlett

(CEO)

Former Business Development Executive at both Globaleye and Pareto Law, as well as Account Director at Ascential and Co-founder of My Digital College.