The startup operates an educational planning platform that provides tools for youth to navigate post-secondary education pathways. By facilitating access to essential knowledge, skills, and mentorship from adults, the platform empowers students to confidently plan their futures.
Funding
$500K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Many high school students struggle to define their post-graduation plans, leading to disengagement and a lack of direction regarding 21st-century career opportunities. School counselors often have limited capacity to provide individualized guidance to each student, hindering effective future planning.
Solution
SMART Dreams offers a mobile application designed to help high school students prepare for academic and professional life after graduation. The app enables students to set goals, plan for their future, and connect with opportunities. Students can create personalized profiles to track progress, while parents and teachers can create advocate profiles to monitor student progress and provide guidance. SMART Dreams also provides organizations with access to an analytics dashboard to track student progress and success metrics, producing automated reports.
Target Audience
The primary users are high school students, schools, school districts, businesses, and non-profit organizations focused on providing students with the tools needed for post-graduation planning.
Features
- Personalized student profiles for tracking progress and achievements
- Advocate profiles for parents and teachers to monitor and guide students
- Analytics dashboard for organizations to track student progress and success metrics
- Automated reports for student data
- Self-paced learning environment for goal setting and future planning
- SMART Goals Planner for effective goal setting and time management
- SMART Dreams Guidebook for tracking student progress through high school benchmarks
- Mobile application available on Apple and Google Play stores