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Babson undergrad piloting B2B SaaS for school tutoring programs

The Idea
Tutr is a B2B SaaS platform that helps schools run and scale their tutoring programs. Centralizes tutor management, scheduling, session tracking, and engagement analytics in one dashboard, with plans for AI-assisted scheduling and a broader tutoring marketplace.

Who It's For
Schools and academic institutions looking to modernize how they manage peer tutoring and academic support programs.

What's Built
Product is built and actively iterated. In discussions with schools for pilot implementations.

Early Traction
Pilot discussions underway with schools. Friends and family funding and a small pre-seed round raised.

Their Background
Babson College undergraduate in Computational Finance. Was president of the peer tutoring program at his boarding school, where he saw the scheduling and matching problem firsthand. Real estate finance analyst at Park Broad Investments. Multilingual (English, Portuguese, Spanish), hackathon attendee, with some background building in crypto.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to own the engineering and build alongside him. 50/50 split.

North America Edtech Domain Expertise Funded
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Hard money lender building AI operating system for non-bank real estate lenders

The Idea
Prelia is an AI-native operating system for non-bank real estate lending firms ($10M–$500M AUM). Replaces legacy loan origination systems and adds an intelligence layer that recommends actions and flags risk, compounding in value as the customer base grows.

Who It's For
Hard money funds, bridge lenders, and private credit firms that have outgrown spreadsheets and legacy LOS tools. He co-manages an active hard money fund, so he's the customer.

What's Built
Demo live, 3 months in. Company materials built out, multiple conversations with lenders and servicers for product feedback and positioning. Operator-led discovery approach: sits on-site with each customer's team for a week before configuring their platform.

Early Traction
Pre-seed in motion. $50k personal commitment and soft commits from other interested parties. Prospects in active discovery.

Their Background
Co-President of Parallel Lending, which he built from $0 to ~$28M in committed capital across 100+ loans with a sub-1% default rate. Prior VP at Three Point Capital (film finance) and Co-Head of Media & Entertainment at The Forest Road Company. MFA in Film Producing from UCLA, BA in Economics from St. Edward's.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to lead engineering from demo to production. Multi-tenant architecture, third-party integrations, and document processing experience ideal. Vertical SaaS or fintech background a plus.

North America Fintech Domain Expertise Funded