Exclusive: EdVisorly Raises $13.3M Series A To Fix The Messy College Transfer Process With AI
Los Angeles-based startup EdVisorly tells Crunchbase News exclusively that it has secured a $13.3 million Series A funding round to scale its AI-native platform, which automates the manual back-office workflows that can slow down university admissions. Mary Ann Azevedo When Manny Smith was a high school senior, attending college didn't look like an option. His parents had no college credits, the family couldn't afford tuition, and he didn't know how to apply.
Key Takeaways
- His path only changed during his second semester of high school, when a sports scholarship landed him a spot at the U.S. Air Force Academy - an acceptance that transformed him from a teenager with no money for college into a military officer.
Smith spent eight years on active duty, serving as a technical product manager building satellites and software for national defense for the Air Force and Space Force .
- "That didn't really make sense to me."
He then entered graduate school and launched EdVisorly in 2019 while working on his MBA at UC Berkeley .
- Through the first half of 2026, however, edtech and education-related startups have raised just under $1.8 billion globally, per Crunchbase data .
That's below the $2.5 billion raised in the first half of last year, but a notch higher than the $1.4 billion raised in the second half of 2025.
- The tool works to automate repetitive back-office workflows in the admissions and enrollment process, including tasks such as reading student transcripts and recalculating GPAs based on a university's specific criteria.
- Even before they ever speak to an admissions counselor, families can learn exactly how their credits stack up, what a degree will cost, and how many semesters a student would have remaining.
Stats & Key Facts
- #Los Angeles-based startup EdVisorly tells Crunchbase News exclusively that it has secured a $13.3 million Series A funding round to scale its AI-native platform, which automates the manual back-office workflows that can slow down university admissions.
- #Los Angeles-based startup EdVisorly tells Crunchbase News exclusively that it has secured a $13.3 million Series A funding round to scale its AI-native platform, which automates the manual back-office workflows that can slow down university admissions.
- #Now, the Los Angeles-based startup tells Crunchbase News exclusively that it has secured a $13.3 million Series A funding round to scale its AI-native platform, which automates the manual back-office workflows that can slow down university admissions.
- #The new capital brings EdVisorly's total funding to about $22 million and marks a significant valuation step-up from its previous tranches, according to CEO Smith.
His path only changed during his second semester of high school, when a sports scholarship landed him a spot at the U.S. Air Force Academy - an acceptance that transformed him from a teenager with no money for college into a military officer. Smith spent eight years on active duty, serving as a technical product manager building satellites and software for national defense for the Air Force and Space Force . When he returned home from a seven-month deployment, Smith looked at the data surrounding community college transfers to four-year universities and realized how low the success rates were.
"You have a higher chance of success [of attaining a bachelor's degree] by pursuing a military academy ... than if you go to any community college ...," Smith said in an interview with Crunchbase News. "That didn't really make sense to me."
He then entered graduate school and launched EdVisorly in 2019 while working on his MBA at UC Berkeley . Now, the Los Angeles-based startup tells Crunchbase News exclusively that it has secured a $13.3 million Series A funding round to scale its AI-native platform, which automates the manual back-office workflows that can slow down university admissions. Breachway Capital led the financing, which included participation from U.S. News & World Report , Lumina Foundation , Strada Education Foundation , Motley Fool Ventures , Juvo Ventures , Zeal Capital Partners , and others.
For more details please read the original article at Crunchbase News.
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