SchooLinks, an EdTech platform offering a complete set of tools to enable K-12 school districts to improve student performance and empower educators, has announced that it has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE). The investment will accelerate the development of its College and Career Readiness (CCR) platform, which provides essential resources for K-12 students across the U.S. The funds will further enhance its suite of products, designed to link K-12 education with higher education and employers.
Founded by Katie Fang in 2015, SchooLinks offers tailored CCR tools such as interactive assessments, scholarship applications, and gamified lessons on financial literacy. It provides students and their families with customised roadmaps that help them plan future career paths. The company can support an entire district, including educating younger learners about potential careers, assisting in exploring and applying to colleges and locating an entry-level position to initiate a career.
Speaking on the fundraising, Founder and CEO of SchooLinks, Katie Fang, said:
I’m thrilled to partner with mission and vision-aligned investors in our latest funding round. SGE brings significant experience to the table, including deep experience in SaaS and the education industry. We are constantly evolving our platform, including the additions of our workforce solutions, to aid school districts in ensuring that the experiences they provide students continue to be valuable after graduation. With these capabilities, we look forward to expanding our impact from school districts to employers, and this financing round will enable us to accelerate this evolution.
Josh Elser, Managing Director of SGE, highlighted SchooLinks’s importance in the CCR space, saying:
SchooLinks has emerged as the leader in the CCR space by bringing district departments together with its intuitive platform, perfectly aligning with our mission to support essential software solutions. They’ve achieved product-market fit and redefined CCR with a bold, transformative approach unseen in the last 25 years. We are thrilled to support Katie and her team in this next growth phase.
With this funding, SchooLinks plans to build on its recent expansion, which has seen the platform serving 15 times more school districts and 10 times more students since its Series A funding round. The company continues to grow, focusing on ensuring students are equipped with the tools necessary for success beyond high school.
