ABOUT

Founded in 2015, PeopleGrove is on a mission to connect every student and professional with the mentors, advisers and network needed to realize their full potential and find a fulfilling career. PeopleGrove’s Success Team platform has been successfully launched at the world’s leading institutions, including Stanford, University of Michigan, Wellesley College, University of Maryland University College and many more. Additional information is available at PeopleGrove.com.

The PeopleGrove platform launched back in 2015 with the support of Stanford University as a close development partner and, today, PeopleGrove is proud to be partnering with over 180 client institutions, ranging from large public universities like Kansas State University, Clemson University, and University of Michigan, to smaller private institutions and liberal arts colleges like Cornell University, Wellesley College and Williams College, to online universities such as UMUC. And today, PeopleGrove mentors have volunteered well over 50,000 hours of their time in support of students.

Adam and Reilly first met in the technology investment banking group of Credit Suisse, where they were office mates. There, they realized how powerful mentors and their respective alumni networks had been in helping them to explore various career paths, understand the pros and cons of different roles and ultimately succeed in a competitive interview process. An immense gratitutde for these experiences inspired them to start PeopleGrove, originally as an after hour work project while at Google.

Underlying our work is a deep-seated belief that all students, regardless of their background or experience, deserve access to the network and support necessary to access opportunity and ultimately achieve their goals -- professionally and beyond. Our goal is to make the invisible, yet powerful, social capital networks that are often available to only a select few, instead open and accessible to all students.

FOUNDED

2015


HEADQUARTERS

San Francisco, CA


TEAM

35 People


CUSTOMERS

150+ institutions, including:
Arizona State
Boise State
Cornell University
Georgetown
Kansas State
Morgan State
Stanford

INVESTORS

Bisk Ventures
Collaborative Fund
Floodgate
GSV
Launch Capital
Reach Capital
RiverPark Ventures
University Ventures


TOTAL FUNDING 

$7.2M