YCS19· OtherBlair
Financing education through Income Share Agreements
Founders
Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.
Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
ErudiFiW18Digital financial services for students in Southeast AsiaShared: education, fintechActive
FynnS19SoFi for trade studentsShared: education, fintechActive
Bloom Institute of TechnologyS17The online coding school that invests in you.Shared: education, fintechActive
SharpestMindsW18Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.Shared: educationAcquired
GiveCampusS15The fundraising platform for schools.Shared: education, fintechActive
Also from S19
Batchmates in Summer 2019.
Demand CurveS19Learn how to build a scalable growth engineActive
RutterS19The Unified API for Business Financial DataActive
SoterisS19We write ML software to more accurately select & price insurance risk.Active
Tranqui FinanzasS19Debt Management for Latin America.Active
TRM LabsS19TRM is building a safer world for billions of people.Active
ActiondeskS19Access all your live data in one placeAcquired
About Blair
Raised a +100M Debt fund to finance thousands of students in the US. Raised 7.5M in Equity from top-tier VCs and multiple Unicorn Founders. Sold all assets in 2022 after regulatory changes in our space. Lots of learnings and many lives we changed for the better :)
San Francisco, CA, USA
Blair: questions
Which YC batch was Blair in?
Blair was in Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch (S19).
Is Blair still active?
Y Combinator lists Blair as inactive.
Where is Blair based?
Blair lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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