IEP&Me

What IEP&Me does

IEP&Me, Inc. is a private K-12 education technology company operating under the trade name CollaboratED, founded in 2021 and headquartered in Oakland, California. The company builds a cloud-based collaborative platform that allows K-12 school teams to create, manage, and monitor individualized student support plans, including Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), 504 plans, Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) interventions, and Gifted & Talented (GT) plans. The product targets special education teachers, special education directors, general education teachers, school administrators, and service providers, and is intended to address well-documented pain points in special education compliance, including missed IEP/504 deadlines and fragmented documentation across roles.

The platform combines a structured student plan authoring environment with an AI-powered assistant called AI SPED Expert (Eddy) that supports IEP creation, evaluation writing, and scoring review. It also offers electronic signatures, IEP goal progress monitoring, standards-aligned template libraries, and integrated Medicaid billing services. Technical integration is positioned as a core differentiator, with SIS/LMS interoperability and open EdTech APIs aimed at making the product an embedded layer within the broader district technology stack. Compliance claims include COPPA, FERPA, and HIPAA alignment. The product is delivered via web and native iOS and Android applications.

The company monetizes through a tiered per-student subscription, with a free Starter tier, an Implementation tier at $10/student, a Compliance tier at $20/student, and a Full Suite tier sold through custom enterprise contracts. GTM is product-led at the entry point (free trial) with a sales-assisted demo motion for larger districts. The company has raised approximately $775,000 from Difference Partners (May 2022) and received additional participation from Black Tech Nation Ventures in late 2023, operates with 11-50 employees, and serves U.S. K-12 schools as its primary geographic market.

Name

IEP&Me

Legal name

IEP&ME, INC

Website

https://iepandme.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IEP&Me (DBA CollaboratED) is an Oakland-based K-12 education technology company that provides a cloud-based collaborative platform for managing IEPs, 504s, MTSS, and GT plans, with an embedded generative AI assistant (Eddy) for special education teams across U.S. school districts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Per Student Pricing: Tiered subscription model charging per student for access to platform features. Starter tier is free, Implementation tier at $10/student, Compliance tier at $20/student, with Full Suite requiring direct contact for pricing.
2. Professional Services: Implementation and support services bundled with certain pricing tiers

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IEP&Me sells CollaboratED, a cloud-based collaborative platform that lets K-12 schools create, manage, and track IEPs, 504s, MTSS, and GT plans in a single system. The platform includes an AI special education assistant (Eddy), e-signatures, goal progress monitoring, SIS/LMS integrations, and integrated Medicaid billing tools. It is sold to school districts on a freemium and per-student subscription basis, with implementation and compliance tiers and a custom Full Suite for larger customers.

Product overview

IEP&Me operates under the DBA CollaboratED, offering a unified platform for K-12 student support plan management. The platform encompasses Learning Plans (IEPs, 504s, MTSS, GT) and Medicaid Tools, with pricing organized into four tiers: Starter (Free), Implementation ($10/student), Compliance ($20/student), and Full Suite (contact for pricing). The platform serves Special Education Teachers, Directors, School Leaders, General Education Teachers, and Service Providers with tools for collaboration, compliance, and billing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CollaboratED Platform Cloud-based collaborative platform that lets K-12 teams create, manage, and track IEPs, 504s, MTSS, and GT plans, with AI-powered assistance (Eddy), e-signatures, goal progress monitoring, SIS/LMS integrations, and integrated Medicaid billing tools. Sold to school districts and specialized services organizations on a freemium and per-student subscription basis.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8.2k districts miss IEP/504 deadlines due to fragmented systems - target market pain point
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Frontline Education: Frontline's IEP Direct module is one of the most widely used K-12 special education management platforms in the US, directly competing with CollaboratED for district special education budgets.
• IEP Direct: IEP Direct (by Frontline) is a dedicated special education management system that directly competes with CollaboratED on IEP authoring, compliance, and 504 plan workflows.
• EdPlan by Public Consulting Group: EdPlan is a long-standing K-12 IEP, 504, and special education case management platform competing for the same district procurement dollars as CollaboratED.
• RethinkEd: RethinkEd provides K-12 special education, behavioral, and MTSS tools, directly overlapping with CollaboratED's special education and MTSS plan offerings.
• SpedTrack: SpedTrack is a K-12 special education case management and IEP platform used by districts, directly comparable to CollaboratED on IEP authoring and compliance features.

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool: PowerSchool is the dominant K-12 SIS vendor and offers special education and IEP management capabilities as part of its broader unified classroom and operations suite, competing with IEP&Me at the district level.
• Public Consulting Group: PCG is a major provider of Medicaid billing and special education administrative services to school districts, directly competing with CollaboratED's Medicaid Tools module.

Emerging players

• Branching Minds: Branching Minds focuses on MTSS and intervention planning for K-12, overlapping with CollaboratED's MTSS module and competing for student-support budgets.
• Goalbook: Goalbook provides IEP goal banks and strategy resources for special education teams, overlapping with CollaboratED's goal-creation and scaffolding features.
• Panorama Education: Panorama is a K-12 student success platform with MTSS and social-emotional learning components that overlap with parts of CollaboratED's MTSS and student support plan workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/iepandme

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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