EdVisorly raises $13.3M Series A to automate student admissions with AI

EdVisorly, a Los Angeles startup, has raised $13.3M in a Series A round. The company is developing an AI platform for universities that automates back-office operations, from application processing to student transfers between institutions.

How the platform works

EdVisorly built an AI-native solution for administering admissions. The system takes over manual tasks: checking applicants' documents, validating applications, assembling admissions packages and processing transfers. Instead of admissions teams matching transcripts by hand, calculating GPAs and checking compliance with university requirements, AI now does that work.

Back-office admissions is exactly the area where a lot of manual work has piled up. Transfers between universities require credit approval, program checks and course verification. In the past, everything was slow, error-prone and inconsistent across universities. EdVisorly promises to speed up this process several times over.

Where the money will go

The $13.3M from the Series A is earmarked for scaling the platform:

• Add support for different universities (different records systems, document formats)
• Increase the speed of processing applications and transfers
• Expand functionality for working with international students

The money will let the company win more clients in the US university system.

Why universities need solutions like this

Universities use outdated admissions management systems (legacy SIS) built 20+ years ago. A full replacement is expensive and risky, since the system holds critical data and many integrations. Rather than replace them, universities look for tools that sit on top of the old systems and speed up specific processes. EdVisorly has targeted exactly this niche: not rewriting the entire admissions workflow, but automating document handling and transfers with AI.

What this means

Universities are becoming customers of AI startups. Back-office admissions work is thoroughly unglamorous, but it is where AI has a strong effect: processing 2-3 times faster, minimal errors, lower staffing costs. The investment in EdVisorly signals that demand for such solutions in the B2B university segment is significant and growing.