“Can a higher-ed alumni-mentorship platform become the operating system for the entire student learner lifecycle — from clinical placements to career outcomes to lifelong giving?”
Founded in 2015 by Reilly Davis and co-founder after their initial job-search app failed, PeopleGrove pivoted to a career access platform focused on university mentorship, alumni engagement, and student career readiness. The Riverside Company acquired a stake in 2022, then combined the company with CORE Higher Education Group in 2024 — extending the product beyond alumni networking into clinical/experiential education, competency management, and placement tracking. Now positioned as a comprehensive higher-ed learner-lifecycle platform rather than a pure alumni-mentorship SaaS.
PeopleGrove integrates with Salesforce, Slate and Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT.
PeopleGrove was founded by Reilly Davis and is founded in 2015, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
PeopleGrove has raised $13.6M in total (latest round: Riverside Company investment (2022)).
PeopleGrove's acquisitions include CORE Higher Education Group (2024), Student Opportunity Center (SOC) (2023) and jobZology (PathwayU) (2023).
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