What NPHub does

NPHub is a healthcare technology company that operates a two-sided marketplace connecting nurse practitioner (NP) students with vetted clinical preceptors across 45 U.S. states. Founded around 2017 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company addresses a structural bottleneck in NP education: the nationwide shortage of clinical preceptors that delays graduation and increases student costs by an estimated $17,000–$50,000 per affected student. The platform comprises a Student Portal (student.nphub.com), a Preceptor Portal (preceptor.nphub.com), a mobile app for preceptors, and white-label deployments for university partners. Supporting functionality includes real-time preceptor search across 2,400+ active preceptors and 10 specialties, automated paperwork coordination (affiliation agreements, credentials), and dedicated student coordinators who manage each placement from request through completion. The platform is SOC 2 Type 2 certified (audited by Delve) and maintains HIPAA-aligned data handling practices.

NPHub monetizes primarily through transaction fees on each clinical placement: rotations start at $12.75 per clinical hour with a $1,000 minimum, and students can finance costs via 3- or 12-month installment plans that carry financing fees of 16.5% and 33%, respectively. The company also operates a channel partnership motion through 230+ NP programs, universities, and nursing associations (including USC, Rutgers, Graceland, Jacksonville, Claflin, NPWH, and FLANP), with a Perfect Preceptor Promise offering a 100% refund/replacement guarantee. NPHub has facilitated 14,000+ placements cumulatively for 8,000+ students and employs 51–100 staff, including 90+ clinical placement experts.

In June 2025, NPHub closed a $20 million growth equity round led by Edison Partners, with stated use of funds to enhance the platform, expand partner collaborations, and develop services for healthcare professionals beyond NP students. The company remains privately held under the legal entity NPHub, LLC, domiciled in Georgia.

Name

NPHub

Legal name

NPHub, LLC

Website

https://nphub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

NPHub is an Atlanta-based healthcare technology marketplace that matches nurse practitioner students with vetted clinical preceptors across 45 U.S. states, having facilitated 14,000+ placements for 8,000+ students via 230+ university partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Clinical Rotation Placement Fees: NPHub charges students fees for matching them with NP preceptors and managing the clinical rotation process. Fees include per-hour rotation costs, service fees, and optional rush fees for urgent placements.
2. Payment Plan Financing: Students can pay rotation costs over 3 or 12 installments with financing fees (16.5% for 3-month plan, 33% for 12-month plan) added to the remaining balance.
3. Preceptor Compensation Administration: NPHub facilitates payment to preceptors for their time supervising students, with honorariums issued within six weeks of student start date. This represents a cost center that is offset by student fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NPHub operates an online marketplace platform that matches nurse practitioner (NP) students with vetted clinical preceptors across 45 U.S. states and 10+ specialties. The company charges students transaction-based placement fees (starting at $12.75 per clinical hour with a $1,000 minimum) and handles all administrative paperwork including affiliation agreements and credentials. It also offers a White-Label App Solution for university NP programs seeking branded placement support for their cohorts.

Product overview

NPHub is a healthcare technology company offering a preceptor matching platform for nurse practitioner (NP) students. The core product is the NPHub platform (nphub.com) which connects students with vetted clinical preceptors across 45 states. The platform includes a Student Portal (student.nphub.com) for browsing preceptors, submitting requests, and managing paperwork, and a Preceptor Portal (preceptor.nphub.com) for practitioners to accept students and handle documentation. Additional offerings include the Perfect Preceptor Promise (100% refund guarantee), a 12-month payment plan for flexible financing, paperwork support services with dedicated student coordinators, and preceptor matching specialists. For university partners, NPHub offers white-label app solutions for branded clinical placement support. The company also provides a mobile app for preceptors to manage rotations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NPHub Core Platform Healthcare technology platform that matches nurse practitioner (NP) students with vetted clinical preceptors, providing end-to-end support including paperwork coordination, student matching, and payment processing for clinical rotations across 45 U.S. states.
• Student Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• 14,000+ clinical placements secured
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Graceland UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023Graceland University partnered with NPHub to provide clinical placement support for their NP students. The partnership eliminated student stop-outs due to preceptor shortages, achieving 100% reduction from 10 students per semester to 0. NPHub acts as an extension of Graceland's clinical placement team.
• University of South Carolina (USC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSC NP program partners with NPHub for clinical placement services. Students have access to NPHub's vetted network of preceptors across 45 states.
• Rutgers UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRutgers NP program partners with NPHub for clinical placement services. Students have access to NPHub's vetted network of preceptors across 45 states.
• Jacksonville UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJacksonville University NP program partners with NPHub for clinical placement services.
• NPWH (Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNursing association partnership providing clinical placement support and access to women's health NP students.
• FLANP (Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState nursing association partnership supporting NP students and preceptors in Florida.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Clinical Match Me: Direct competitor in NP preceptor matching, explicitly named by NPHub as a competing service offering preceptor placement for nurse practitioner students.
• Preceptor Tree: Direct competitor in the NP preceptor matching space, explicitly named by NPHub and offering similar clinical placement services to NP students.
• MatchNP: Direct competitor in NP preceptor matching, explicitly named by NPHub as a comparable service for matching nurse practitioner students with clinical preceptors.
• Preceptor Point: Direct competitor in the NP and healthcare professional preceptor matching space, explicitly named by NPHub among its named competitors.

Broad incumbents

• HealthStream: Public company focused on healthcare workforce development, training, and credentialing. Operates in the broader healthcare education ecosystem that NPHub serves through its preceptor placement platform.
• Vivian Health: Healthcare staffing marketplace connecting clinicians with jobs, adjacent to NPHub's marketplace model. While focused on employment rather than student rotations, it operates a similar two-sided healthcare professional platform.
• Aya Healthcare: Large healthcare staffing company placing nurses and advanced practice providers, adjacent to NPHub's nurse practitioner focus. Represents the broader healthcare workforce marketplace that NPHub's platform intersects with.
• AMN Healthcare: Largest U.S. healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company. Adjacent to NPHub as a broad incumbent in healthcare professional placement, though focused on employment rather than student clinical rotations.
• Trusted Nurse Staffing: Nurse-focused healthcare staffing company placing registered nurses and advanced practice providers. Operates in the same nurse practitioner talent pool that NPHub draws preceptors from.
• Relias: Healthcare workforce training and compliance platform serving hospitals and post-acute providers. Comparable as a healthcare education infrastructure provider that intersects with NPHub's clinical training mission.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EmpowerNPs
• Facebookfacebook.com/EmpowerNPs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/np-hub

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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