About Us
Gradesmatch is an educational technology company that primarily provides career guidance, college preparation, and student success services to students in Africa. We are passionate about providing good quality career guidance to students in Africa, enabling them to easily navigate through the complexity of finding a career pathway and the steps required to ultimately access economic opportunities post graduation.
Our Mission
We support students and parents in making better decisions that improve their lives.
Our main goal
Through our products, our primary goal is to give families a peace of mind while securing the tudent’s future. Enabling students to focus on the high demands of schooling and post-schooling without worrying about the demands of the next steps of career planning.
Our Story
Gradesmatch is Founded
January 2014
October 2015
Runners-up SAB Social Innovation Awards & Seed capital funding
Closed Michael & Susan Dell Funding
September 2017
June 2018
Piloted BridgeApp as a Matric service
Winners Google Impact Challenge Africa
October 2018
June 2019
Gradesmatch reaches 100K learners
Moved to the Sandton Office
March 2019
January 2021
Launched the Bridge Marketplce
Launched BridgeOne
January 2022