Digital enrollment, where parents can go online on their desktops or mobile phones, to register their children for school, seems like an obvious way to harness the power of the internet to simplify and digitize a transaction that still relies on analog methods far too often.
The need is so apparent that it’s no wonder SchoolMint, a software as a service tool that for digital enrollment in kindergartens, pre-schools, elementary schools, and high schools around the country,has raised $5.6 million in its latest round of funding.
The new investment was led by Runa Capital, with participation from a slew of heavy-hitters in the budding fields of education-focused and government-focused investments like Reach Newschools Capital, Fresco Capital, the Govtech Fund, and Kapor Capital.
Institutional investor Crosslink Capital, and both Maiden Lane Ventures and CSC Upshot (the American and Chinese venture funds affiliated with the angel investment site, AngelList) participated as well.