Unibuddy
Connecting students with the right higher ed institutions
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Education
- Marketing
- SaaS
- Community
- Holborn, London, UK
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Company mission
Empowering the next generation of students to make the right choice for their future
Our take
Universities are big, complex institutions that can't afford to invest that much time and effort into their websites. At the same time, universities are facing increasing competition to attract students (it's getting more common to consider apprenticeships, coding bootcamps or go straight into work).
Unibuddy makes it easy for universities to connect with more prospective students to drive applications. Its peer-to-peer setup means the operational effort for the company is low, as current students answer the questions.
Unibuddy has firm goals in mind - partnering up with more institutions internationally to empower more students, grow the size of the company, expand its product range, and above all, Unibuddy wants to be an all-in-one platform - taking care of everything from selecting a programme, to onboarding to post-graduation.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Moving abroad policy - apply to work from anywhere and if eligible you can relocate
- Enhanced parental leave
- Mental health support with Spill
- Floating holidays - option to swap a national or bank holiday day for another holiday that's not nationally recognised
- 25 days annual leave plus "end of year shutdown" in the last week of December
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2021
$20m
SERIES B
Mar 2020
$5m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $32m
Leadership
Kimeshan Naidoo
(CTO)They previously founded StudentView. They worked as a Software Engineer at Schlumberger for 2.5 years before going to Entrepreneur First.
Diego Fanara
(CEO)They founded Unibuddy straight after completing their Masters degree at Imperial, with the idea born out of their own frustration in trying to find the right university.