AKALA

A scalable (and affordable) college admissions guidance platform backed by USC, Google and Techstars

https://wefunder.com/akala

Total raised on Wefunder: 138972

Total investors: 31

Quick facts

  • We have over $1.1M in revenue to date. We are up 300% year of year.
  • We are two stars of the hit Netflix documentary, OPERATION VARSITY BLUES (on the ethical side!)
  • We are backed by Google, GSV, USC, Gener8tor, and Techstars
  • Check out our video for our employee benefit model. We just signed Visa! http://y2u.be/T05SJ0V3Ulo
  • Check out our video and see the impact! https://vimeo.com/377190995
  • We're born out of a company (PEN) that served over 15,000 students.We have a deep domaine expertise!
  • We just hired a new head of sales who used to run sales at Kaplan, Revolution Prep and C2!
  • Out of 268 parent consultations, we have closed 205 families, giving us a 76% close rate!

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AKALA

A scalable (and affordable) college admissions guidance platform backed by USC, Google and Techstars

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Last Funded May 2025

$138,972

raised from 31 investors

What Investors Say

LEAD INVESTOR
Invested $30,000 this round
This is an amazing platform. All kids deserve this platform to help them on their journey to college. Perry and his team have personally changed my three kids lives. They empower children to be the best they can be and excel to make their dreams come true. The team makes the college admissions process seamless. They take away all the stress that the whole process can entail. The team really understsnds the strengths and weaknesses of each student. This platform is long over due.
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