The company's goal is to launch a new category of educational technology called Learning Relationship Management (LRM).
[1][2] Founded by a former US Marine and a Harvard Business School graduate, Gunnar Counselman,[3] Fidelis Education focuses on helping universities scale and manage relationships between students, coaches, faculty, and mentors.
[1][5] The company is developing cloud-based software platform that allows users to manage personal and professional goals from matriculation, through graduation, and continuing into their careers.
The platform allows each student to connect with a professional coach and a team of mentors who provide advice and encouragement through the entire process.
The first round of funding raised $2.5 million from Accel and Novak Biddle,[6] a firm that specializes in education startups.