Nestlings is a platform that helps international students browse colleges in the United States, U.K., and Canada and apply to multiple schools with a single application. The company also connects students with mentors in their fields and works to place students into post-graduate employment opportunities, aiming to support a student’s entire professional lifecycle. Nestlings operates a two-sided marketplace: the service is free for students while universities and employers pay fees when the platform places a student. The startup reports more than 30,000 students on its platform and partnerships with over 180 universities, and it recently signed a non-exclusive deal with a large Southeast Asian testing center to drive student inflows. Nestlings acquired AdmitAlly, a Cincinnati-based video chat mentor-matching platform, folding that technology into its offerings; the acquisition price was undisclosed. Founders Sowmya Satish and Raj Basavaraju emphasize student success beyond admissions as a differentiator against larger competitors like ApplyBoard.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Nov 2020