Copley Retention is a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based provider of student success and retention management solutions. Led by CEO Keith Clougherty, the company utilizes advanced data science to identify at-risk and on-path students. Its platform manages early alerts and kudos, advising workflow, and remediation for all students. The company completed a $1.5M Series A1 financing. Backers included USA Funds, a nonprofit that supports initiatives focused on transforming the higher education experience, which joined existing investors Mark Cuban and Tom DiBenedetto. Copley intends to use the funds to expand operations and extend its technology. Copley Retention Systems is a three-year-old SaaS company that provides a Student Engagement Platform and methodologies to improve student retention and success. Its platform includes smartphone apps and face-to-face video rooms and deploys high-impact practices and proven learning tools. Copley has implemented its “Copley Square” program at 19 campus locations where students previously experienced high incompletion and failure rates, and reports improved completion rates and significant grade increases. The company says it has been refining its retention methods at colleges and universities for the past two-plus years. Copley recently completed a Series A financing led by Mark Cuban. Management plans to roll out to more institutions and continue developing and implementing cutting-edge learning technologies.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jul 2015