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Profitable Education Consultant Investment Opportunity in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

EBITDA positive edtech platform connecting students with guaranteed university scholarships seeks investment for expansion.
This Business is on a Premium Plan
Established 1-5 year(s)
Employees 10 - 50
Legal Entity Limited Liability Company (LLC)
Reported Sales USD 1 million
Run Rate Sales USD 1.4 million
EBITDA Margin 30 %
Industries Education Consultants
Locations  Dubai
Local Time 12:19 PM Asia / Dubai
Listed By Business Owner / Director
Status Moderately Active
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Partial Stake Sale
USD 50 thousand for 3.0% stake (Native Currency: AED 180,000)
Reason: 1. Bring us to a net cash flow positive position, which would set us up for our Series A round next ... View More
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Business Overview

In 2 years we have -

1. Grown from $0 to $1.5M annual recurring revenue.

2. Disbursed over $6.5 million in scholarships through our platform to students from middle-class and working class families.

3. Built a high growth startup that is EBITDA positive and ready to scale.

4. Built a product that people love - 40% of enrolments through our platform come from referrals and our net promoter score is 40.

5. Expanded to 300+ universities in Dubai, USA, UK.

6. Established ourselves as the largest education marketplace in the UAE.

7. Grown our team to 28 full-time rockstars from all over the world.

8. Platform has 300 university partners and 10K student visits per month.

9. We are active globally and receive high traffic from Asia and Africa.

Products & Services Overview

Our platform connects students with university scholarships. For every student that accepts the scholarship and enrolls in our partner university, we earn a performance based commission. The average commission per enrolment is $3,500 per student.

We also work with universities for marketing and advertising through our platform. Marketing and advertising deals with universities range from $10,000 to $100,000 per university.

Assets Overview

Our primary asset is our website domain.

We have formal agreements with over 300 universities in Dubai, the USA and the UK, and this figure is growing rapidly.

Aside from this, we own a number of high-value domains that we will begin to develop in the coming 12 months.

We also have strategic collaborations in place with the following entities -

Oliv - largest internship and early education platform in UAE and GCC.

School Voice - school payments platform with access to over 100,000 parents in UAE and GCC.

Facilities Overview

We are an online-based startup. All our processes are fully remote and online. Our head office is in Dubai Silicon Oasis, in Dubai the UAE. However, our team is fully remote and global.

Capitalization Overview

Funded through regular business operations. This year, we are on course for $1.5 million in revenue, and we are EBITDA positive.

We raised $100,000 from angel investors 2 years back, and a further $470,000 from angel investors last year.

Based on our projections, post this fundraiser we will be cash flow positive.

We do not have any debts or loans.

Business has 6 major shareholders.

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