SmartPass

While seniors in high school outside of Philadelphia, Dhruv Sringari and Peter Luba came together with their assistant principal to develop the first version of SmartPass. The idea was to help kindergarten through 12th-grade staff coordinate student movement throughout the school day with digital hall passes, ID cards, rotating classes, attendance check-ins, pull-out interventions and counseling sessions. SmartPass unlocks communication across classrooms and increases safety, ensuring everyone can focus on learning instead of logistics. Today, SmartPass serves over 2 million students in more than 1,000 schools in six countries. The company bootstrapped until May 2023, when it raised $2.2 million in funding including from Reach Capital, Edovate Capital, Precursor Ventures, Jinal Jhaverim, Jim McVety and Adi Agashe. Read Less