Fletch
1) Empowers undergraduates to crowdsource help from peers or college. 2) Universities share targeted support services through to student’s phones.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Education
- Location St. Louis, MO, US
- Currency USD
- Founded February 2015
- Employees 4
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website FletchApp.com
Company Summary
Half of America's 20 million colleges students will never graduate. Each year colleges lose $16 billion in tuition to dropouts.
Fletch is a platform that ensures that 100% of students are supported in graduating. Our app undergraduates to crowdsource help from any peer taking their class with any professor.
2) It allows students to request help directly from their college. get quick answers around the clock.
3) We can have a college's relevant support services (tutoring, counseling, advising, financial aid) automatically delivered to the mobile devices of targeted students as needed.
We've had 10,000 students use Fletch. We have revenue from DeVry and a paid deal with Pasadena City College. We are targeting colleges with 20k or more students/graduation rates < 60%. We licenses Fletch to colleges based on total enrollment at $10/student/term.
Team
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CEOMarquett Burton, CEO and design lead, has over 6 years of experience working in educational technology. He has a B.A. from UC Berkeley and a Master of Arts in Instructional Technology from Johns Hopkins. He’s done operations for Teach For America, lead business development for EverFi in Washington, Oregon and CA.
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CTODiondre Lewis, our Chief Technology Officer, holds a BA in computer science from Duke University and has 13 years of experience as a developer. He has founded IBG Institute, a world-class I.T. educational outlet.
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Gabe OwensMidwest Implementation Manager
Previous Investors
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Coolhouse LabsUnconfirmed
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