
CounselHero is a digital platform offering AI-powered career and academic counseling for K12 students. The platform aims to help students discover their potential, determine suitable career and academic paths, and achieve their goals through personalized guidance and resources. It provides tools for career exploration, college application streamlining, essay assistance, and building applicant profiles. CounselHero also supports school counselors, mentors, and parents by providing a system to track student progress and facilitate interaction. The service boasts significant impact, with reported increases in student-counselor engagement, career choice confidence, and college acceptance success. The business model appears to be subscription-based, with different tracks (Pioneers and Learners) offering varying levels of support and engagement, and pricing structured for individual or group participation.

CounselHero is a digital platform offering AI-powered career and academic counseling for K12 students. The platform aims to help students discover their potential, determine suitable career and academic paths, and achieve their goals through personalized guidance and resources. It provides tools for career exploration, college application streamlining, essay assistance, and building applicant profiles. CounselHero also supports school counselors, mentors, and parents by providing a system to track student progress and facilitate interaction. The service boasts significant impact, with reported increases in student-counselor engagement, career choice confidence, and college acceptance success. The business model appears to be subscription-based, with different tracks (Pioneers and Learners) offering varying levels of support and engagement, and pricing structured for individual or group participation.
Sector: EdTech — K12 college & career counseling
Founded: October 2020
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States
Team size (approx.): 12
Funding: Seed round announced Sep 15, 2021; Batchery listed as lead
Limited access to personalized, scalable college and career counseling for K–12 students and insufficient tools for counselors to track and support student progress.
2020
Education Technology
Angel round noted on company profiles (Aug 1, 2021).
Seed round announced Sep 15, 2021; Batchery listed as lead.
“Batchery participation in Seed round”