Editor’s note: At the start of the year, we look at which young companies have caught our eye for hitting a milestone, bringing in funding or growing its revenue base. This company has made our list of our Startups to Watch for 2023. See them all here.
Founders Kestrel Linder and Michael Kong have fond memories of their alma mater, John Hopkins University — but weren’t fans of how the university solicited for their donations. In their minds, the letters in the mail and phone calls beseeching them for money were antiquated, and they had a mind to bring such universities into the 21st century.
Their D.C. startup helps public and private schools raise money via its fundraising platform, which provides crowdfunding and other campaigns, similar to Kickstarter or GoFundMe. It also offers a management system for volunteers, giving forms to post on a school’s website for year-round raising, video spotlights, a tool to identify high-net-worth donors and a mobile point-of-sale system…
Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.
