Companies · Edtech
SA · Africa · Edtech · founded 2015
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on The Student Hub — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→The Student Hub looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the edtech sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
The Student Hub is one of 262 Edtech companies tracked from SA, Africa, on record since 2015. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 31% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
SA’s The Student Hub raises $300k to launch learning platform 0 By Tom Jackson on October 20, 2016 News , Southern Africa South African e-learning startup The Student Hub has raised ZAR4.2 million (US$300,000) from three angel investors as it prepares to launch ERAOnline, an online educational support platform for university students. The Stellenbosch-based The Student Hub launched in April 2015 as a platform for the buying, selling, and renting textbooks, but earlier this year pivoted into e-learning .
SA’s The Student Hub raises $300k to launch learning platform 0 By Tom Jackson on October 20, 2016 News , Southern Africa South African e-learning startup The Student Hub has raised ZAR4.2 million (US$300,000) from three angel investors as it prepares to launch ERAOnline, an online educational support platform for university students. The Stellenbosch-based The Student Hub launched in April 2015 as a platform for the buying, selling, and renting textbooks, but earlier this year pivoted into e-learning .
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the edtech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 262 companies in Edtech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 31% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 43% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #8 of 17.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galileo Learning, Llc | Pre-Seed | $775K | $18.6M | 2.72× |
| Shelby Golf Course, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $600K | $14.4M | 2.11× |
| Innova Learning, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $600K | $14.4M | 2.11× |
| Zuni Learning Tree LLC | Pre-Seed | $515K | $12.3M | 1.81× |
| Eliot Rush, LLC Series The Wilderness Academy | Pre-Seed | $500K | $12.0M | 1.75× |
| Impact Science Education, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $385K | $9.2M | 1.35× |
| Education Revolution, LLC | Pre-Seed | $325K | $7.8M | 1.14× |
| The Student Hub this company | Pre-Seed | $300K | $7.2M | 1.05× |
| Designlab Learning, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $535K | $6.8M | 1.00× |
| PenPal Schools | Pre-Seed | $275K | $6.6M | 0.96× |
| Chalkboard Education | Pre-Seed | $237K | $5.7M | 0.83× |
| Core Learning Exchange, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $215K | $5.1M | 0.75× |
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $300K | 2016-10-20 | $1.7M | $7.2M | 45% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
The Student Hub is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Revolution, LLC | Edtech | Pre-Seed | $325K | $7.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Keypath Education International, Inc. | Edtech | Pre-Seed | $276K | $4.4M | same sector · same stage |
| PenPal Schools | Edtech | Pre-Seed | $275K | $6.6M | same sector · same stage |
| SchoolHack Solutions, Inc. | Edtech | Pre-Seed | $270K | $3.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Institute for Metabolic Education, LLC | Edtech | Pre-Seed | $345K | $1.5M | same sector · same stage |
| AIO Education, LLC | Edtech | Pre-Seed | $350K | $7.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Olde Towne School for Dogs, LLC | Edtech | Pre-Seed | $355K | $2.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Gaingels Verto Education LLC | Edtech | Pre-Seed | $372K | $3.9M | same sector · same stage |
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