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Shearwater International

Peer and alumni mentoring programs for universities

Raised to date

$2M

of $2M offered across 1 Form D filing

Investors
18
Last filed
Jul 24, 2026

About

Shearwater International, Inc., operating as Mentor Collective, is an education technology company that provides a mentorship platform for higher education. Its Mentorship OS lets colleges and universities run structured peer, professional, and alumni mentoring programs at scale, using AI-guided conversation prompts and connection-data analytics to improve student belonging, retention, and career readiness. Founded in Boston in the mid-2010s, the company has partnered with 200+ institutions and created over 250,000 mentorships, and appointed edtech executive Patrick Garayta as CEO in April 2026.

Combines a decade of outcomes data from 500,000+ learners and 200,000+ mentors with AI-guided mentorship workflows, letting institutions tie mentoring directly to measurable retention and belonging metrics rather than running ad hoc programs.

Funding

  • EquityFiled Jul 24, 2026Form D
    $2M/ $2M

Product

Mentorship OS

Higher education SaaS

A platform for higher education institutions that automates mentor matching, onboarding, and engagement, guides conversations with AI prompts, and converts connection data into retention intelligence.

  • Spark: AI-guided conversation prompts that increase engagement and relationship quality
  • Reveal: pattern recognition that surfaces belonging gaps and growth opportunities
  • Fuel: converts connection data into actionable retention intelligence

Built for

Colleges and universities seeking to improve student retention, belonging, and career readiness; secondarily employers and workforce development organizations

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