Our Mission

We Believe the Reward
Belongs to You.

"For decades, universities have paid billions in recruitment commissions to middle-man agencies. We believe that if you are the one doing the hard work of studying, the reward belongs to you. UniPlacer is the world's first platform that treats the student as the partner."
The Problem We're Solving

A $2 Billion Industry Built on Your Effort

Every year, more than 6 million students move internationally for education. For every student enrolled, their destination university pays a recruitment commission of $1,500 to $5,000 to an agent.

That student โ€” the one who researched the program, assembled the documents, took the tests, and earned the offer โ€” receives nothing.

UniPlacer exists to correct this. By building a direct channel between students and institutions, we eliminate the middleman and redirect their commission to the person who actually earned it.

Our Principles

Built on Transparency

  • Total transparency โ€” every commission amount displayed before you apply.
  • Technology first โ€” AI tools that match or beat any agency's capability.
  • Student as partner โ€” not a lead to be sold, but a stakeholder to be rewarded.
  • Security without compromise โ€” every document, payout, and data point protected.
  • Global by design โ€” built for students from Colombo to Lagos to Mumbai to Lahore.
  • Zero conflicts of interest โ€” our rankings are never influenced by commission size.
2021
Founded in Toronto, Canada
48K+
Students served on the platform
$38M+
Commissions returned to students
140+
Student source countries
Our Team

Built by People Who've
Been in Your Shoes

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Dr. Priya Nair
Co-Founder & CEO

Former Director at British Council. Built international recruitment programs for 12 universities across 3 continents. Moved her family internationally for a PhD โ€” and never forgot the $4,200 her agent pocketed.

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Marcus Webb
Co-Founder & CTO

Engineering lead at Stripe, then fintech ventures. Architect of UniPlacer's secure payout infrastructure and AI document verification engine. MSc CS, University of Edinburgh.

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Zainab Al-Rasheed
Chief Partnerships Officer

15 years in international education at QS and Times Higher Education. Personally negotiated UniPlacer's first 400 university partnerships. Speaks Arabic, French, English, and Urdu.

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Daniel Osei
Head of Student Experience

International student himself โ€” Ghana to Canada. Designed UniPlacer's onboarding from the ground up. Passionate advocate for ethical international student recruitment globally.

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Yuki Tanaka
Head of AI & Data

AI researcher at DeepMind before UniPlacer. Built the SOP scoring model and program-fit recommendation engine. PhD in Machine Learning, Imperial College London.

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Rahul Sharma
Head of Financial Products

Former VP at CIBC. Designed UniPlacer's GIC partnership program, student payout infrastructure via Stripe, and international multi-currency transfer integrations.

Backed By
Y Combinator W23
Sequoia Seed
Stripe Climate
EduTech Ventures

As featured in: Forbes ยท TechCrunch ยท The Guardian ยท Times Higher Education

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