Halp, a Toronto-based edtech startup coaching international students on their college applications, announced recently that it has raised a $4 million seed round led by Lerer Hippeau and Serena Ventures. N49P, Shed Capital, Gambit Partners, and several angel investors also participated in the round.
Now, the company has launched in India with the hopes to reach more middle class students.
According to Crunchbase, Halp was co-founded in 2020 by Matthew McLellan, Marc Fielding, and Justin Mills. The startup helps prospective international students manage all of their applications and paperwork as they apply for college in the US, the United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia.
Halp adopts a combination of remote coaching via WhatsApp and AI analysis to determine the best choice for students to be accepted and get academic achievement.Within the app, Halp helps students upload application documents, find housing, banking, and travel services, insurance, and even scholarship opportunities.
The company claims that it is coaching students from over 40 countries, but has a large focus in India by considering the potential market of lower to middle income families regarding international schools could be out of reach financially.
“The agent market is dominated by the upper class, and we want to help the 99%,” said McLellan.
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