Mentorly

The problem

First-generation university students drop out at twice the rate of their peers, often because nobody they know has done it before.

The solution

Mentorly pairs each student with a graduate working in the field they want, and gives both a term-by-term plan to follow.

Who it's for

Universities and scholarship programmes.

Market

Bottom-up: about 60,000 customers like this in United States and nearby, worth roughly $80 million a year at our prices.

Competition and edge

Headline metric

11,200 active users, growing 10% a month

The team

Jasmine knows the customer and has sold to them before; Andre has built this kind of system at scale. We have worked side by side since before Mentorly had a name.

Worked together

6–12 months

Hiring

A senior engineer and our first customer-success hire.

About the founder

Jasmine Carter

Founder & CEO · Chicago, United States · 11 years of experience

Jasmine was the first in her family to graduate and ran student success programmes for six years. Started Mentorly in 2025 and works on it full-time from Chicago.

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