What ZeeMee does

ZeeMee is a SaaS platform that combines a consumer-grade mobile social app for college-bound Gen-Z students with an AI-powered enrollment intelligence backend sold to U.S. colleges and universities. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, ZeeMee operates a free iOS/Android app used by 2.6M+ students across 3,000+ colleges, where prospective and incoming students build profiles, chat with peers, find roommates and friends, attend live events, and access brand offers. The B2B layer — ZeeMee Community — powers per-institution student communities for 300+ paid college partners, capturing millions of daily behavioral signals (chat messages, profiles viewed, communities joined, time spent) that competitors using static CRM data cannot replicate.

On top of that signal foundation sits ZeeMee RISE (launched March 2026), an AI-powered daily recruitment strategy guidance product that synthesizes behavioral data with institutional CRM inputs (Slate integration) into a per-student 0-to-1 commitment score and prioritized daily action lists for admissions counselors. The underlying multi-stage random-forest commitment model is reported to achieve ~90% precision on the top 15% high-intent bucket and now extends across application, commit, yield, retention, and alumni-giving outcomes. Supporting modules include an Insights Dashboard, Enrollment Prediction Score, Bulk Messaging & Dynamic Action Buttons, and Competitor Match. Revenue is generated through three streams: (1) quote-based multi-year B2B subscription contracts with 300+ college and university partners, sold via a sales-led motion with HubSpot-driven demo scheduling; (2) brand and music-artist partnerships distributed through the in-app ZeeMee Backpack (Ed Sheeran, Amazon, Uber, Chegg, Sallie Mae, AMC, Talkspace, Linkin Park, Lumineers); and (3) consumer-side freemium app downloads via Apple App Store and Google Play.

Name

ZeeMee

Legal name

ZeeMee, Inc.

Website

https://zeemee.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ZeeMee is a SaaS platform combining a Gen-Z student social app (2.6M+ users across 3,000+ colleges) with AI-powered enrollment intelligence software sold to 300+ college and university partners, predicting student commitment and guiding daily admissions outreach.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Enrollment Software

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

LMS Commerce, Licensing & Monetization (eCommerce, Subscriptions, Seat Management) (EDAFAAAK)

Keywords

• Enrollment intelligence software
• Student engagement platform
• Higher education recruitment
• College community app
• Behavioral analytics SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Redwood City

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. College/University Partnerships (B2B SaaS): Recurring subscription contracts with 300+ college and university partners for the Community and RISE platforms — enrollment intelligence software sold to enrollment leaders, counselors, and marketers.
2. Brand Partnerships & Sponsorships: Revenue from brands, music artists, and scholarship providers featured in the ZeeMee Backpack — including featured placement, sponsored content, contests, album/tour promotions, and scholarship programs targeting Gen-Z.
3. Music Artist & Concert Tour Partnerships: Featured placement and merchandise/album launch partnerships (e.g., Ed Sheeran +-=÷× Tour 2022, Bailey Zimmerman, Linkin Park, Lumineers) — promotional/affiliate-style deals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

ZeeMee sells a B2B SaaS enrollment intelligence platform (ZeeMee Community + ZeeMee RISE) to colleges and universities, anchored by a free consumer mobile app used by 2.6M+ prospective college students. The platform combines an authentic Gen-Z social community with AI/ML predictive analytics to capture behavioral signals, predict student commitment (up to 90% precision), and deliver daily prioritized action lists to admissions counselors. A secondary consumer monetization layer runs through the ZeeMee Backpack, featuring brand and music artist sponsorships in-app.

Product overview

ZeeMee operates as a multi-product, platform-plus-modules architecture aimed at higher-education enrollment, rather than a single unified product. The foundation is ZeeMee Community — the consumer-facing ZeeMee app, deployed across iOS and Android, where 2.6M+ high-school students at 3,000+ colleges build profiles, chat, find roommates and friends, and engage with brand offers through the ZeeMee Backpack; ZeeMee Community is also the B2B/college-facing layer that 300+ college partners use to run per-school student communities and capture behavioral signals. On top of that signal foundation sit ZeeMee RISE (an AI-powered daily recruitment-guidance module that synthesizes Community behavior with CRM data into prioritized counselor actions and predictive commitment scores) and supporting modules such as the Insights Dashboard, Enrollment Prediction Score, Bulk Messaging & Dynamic Action Buttons, and Competitor Match. The product portfolio is rounded out with sub-products like Roommate Finder, Chat & Connect, Live Events, Student Life Feed, and Friend Finder inside the app, plus a Strategy Sessions & Webinars program for partner enablement. Together, Community supplies the engagement data and RISE converts it into actionable enrollment strategy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Community: ZeeMee's core student community product that builds authentic student engagement and provides enrollment teams with access to powerful insight data.
• RISE

Products and services

• ZeeMee App Free consumer-facing iOS and Android social app where college-bound high school students build profiles, find friends and roommates, chat with peers, explore campus life at 3,000+ schools, and access brand offers in the ZeeMee Backpack. Joins 2.6M+ students and ranks #9 in the App Store Social Networking category.
• ZeeMee Community B2B platform that powers per-college student communities inside the ZeeMee app, letting 300+ college partners build authentic prospective-student engagement, capture millions of daily behavioral signals, and access insight data on how students interact with their institution and competitors. Sold to enrollment leaders, counselors, and marketers at U.S. higher-ed institutions.
• ZeeMee RISE AI-powered daily recruitment strategy guidance product that synthesizes behavioral signals from ZeeMee Community with institutional CRM data into prioritized daily action lists for enrollment counselors. Predicts student commitment with up to 90% precision and directs human outreach effort to high-intent students.
• ZeeMee Backpack In-app brand-offer hub where students access exclusive deals, scholarships, contests, and limited-time promotions from brand and music artist partners (AMC, Talkspace, Uber, Sallie Mae, Chegg, Amazon, Linkin Park, Lumineers, Ed Sheeran, Bailey Zimmerman). Primary monetization surface for the consumer app and the brand-partnership arm of the business.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2x more likely to apply; 3.5x more likely to commit; 50% less likely to melt for students in a ZeeMee community
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers63 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability12 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

30 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, flagship (kickoff of music artist partnerships), core and minor.

• NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024In April 2024, NAIA formed a partnership with ZeeMee as an Enrollment Management Platform, expanding reach into NAIA member institutions across the U.S.
• Ed Sheeranflagship (kickoff of music artist partnerships)GTM or Marketing PartnerKickoff music artist partnership in October 2022. Gave students in 21 college markets an opportunity to win premium tickets for the Ed Sheeran +-=÷× Tour. Featured placement within ZeeMee Backpack.
• AMC TheatrescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive offers to incoming college students.
• TalkspacecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• UbercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• GrubhubcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• CheggcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• Sallie MaecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• AmazoncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• StudyfetchcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• JoolacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• Linkin ParkcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMusic artist brand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack.
• The LumineerscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMusic artist brand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack.
• Bailey ZimmermancoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMusic artist brand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack.
• Fruit RiotcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• RenphocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• AirlearncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• DoorListcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• SideshiftcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• LuluscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• Prime (Hydration)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partner featured in the ZeeMee Backpack offering exclusive student offers.
• CampusESPcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerJoint webinar series 'Mastering the Art of Engagement' with University of Mary Washington and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee — co-marketing partnership around family + student engagement.
• NACCAPcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHosted joint NACCAP webinar with faith-based university partners (Asbury University, Olivet Nazarene University) on community-based conversion. Co-published case study.
• RNL (Ruffalo Noel Levitz)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced the 'College Planning and Student Emotions Report' with ZeeMee — joint research publication analyzed on the EduData podcast.
• Apple (App Store)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationDistribution and feature partner for the iOS ZeeMee app via Apple App Store; ZeeMee's Terms of Service include special Apple-application terms (Apple as third-party beneficiary). App Store features: 'Hot App of the Week' and 'New & Noteworthy'.
• Google (Google Play)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationDistribution partner for the Android ZeeMee app via Google Play Store; also uses Google Analytics for product analytics.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure provider for ZeeMee's data platform, hosting the predictive models and student data pipeline.
• HubSpotcoreTechnology or IntegrationHubSpot used for demo scheduling (meetings.hubspot.com), marketing forms, and CRM — embedded booking links visible across partners.zeemee.com.
• University of IdahocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-research partner — partnered with ZeeMee on the March Student Pulse Survey on college decision needs. Adam Stoltz (Director of Enrollment Marketing) is a featured customer advocate.
• NACCAP (recap)minorOthersFaith-based higher-ed association hosting joint webinars with ZeeMee.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• CollegeVine: Consumer-facing college admissions platform combining AI-driven guidance, tutoring, and community tools for prospective students. Overlaps with ZeeMee on the student-facing side of the college-decision journey, though without the B2B enrollment intelligence layer.
• Othot: Higher-ed analytics and AI platform offering predictive enrollment and student-success models to colleges. Closest direct head-to-head with ZeeMee's commitment-score and RISE daily-prioritization capabilities on the AI/intelligence layer.
• Mainstay: Conversational AI and chatbot platform specifically built for higher-ed enrollment and student-success teams. Competes with ZeeMee RISE on the AI-driven counselor-assist and student-engagement automation use case.

Regional players

• Cappex: College search and lead-generation platform connecting prospective students with colleges, with historically strong ties to U.S. higher-ed institutions. Competes for the same prospective-student attention and college marketing dollars as ZeeMee's student-facing community.

Direct peers

• Element451: AI-powered higher-ed CRM and student engagement platform targeting enrollment teams with predictive analytics and personalized communications. Directly competes with ZeeMee RISE in the enrollment intelligence category and frequently appears in the same podcast/webinar ecosystem.
• CampusESP: Family engagement platform for higher education that partners with colleges to communicate with parents of prospective and current students. Co-markets webinars with ZeeMee and competes for the enrollment-marketer budget at the same institutions.

Broad incumbents

• Technolutions (Slate): Maker of Slate, the dominant CRM platform used by college admissions offices. ZeeMee explicitly integrates with Slate and competes with it for the enrollment intelligence layer — both serve enrollment leaders and counselors with data-driven recruitment workflows.
• EAB: Large education-services firm offering enrollment research, consulting, and technology platforms to colleges and universities. Sells enrollment intelligence and marketing tools into the same VP-of-Enrollment buyer that ZeeMee targets.
• Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL): Long-established enrollment management, student success, and fundraising consulting and software firm serving higher education. Co-produced research with ZeeMee and competes broadly for the same enrollment-leader budget on predictive recruitment and yield tools.
• Encoura (formerly Noel-Levitz): Provider of Eduficiency and other enrollment marketing and predictive analytics services for higher education. Sells prospect segmentation and yield modeling to the same enrollment-marketing buyer ZeeMee serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zeemeeapp
• Instagraminstagram.com/zeemeeapp
• TikToktiktok.com/@zeemeeapp
• Xx.com/zeemeeapp
• Facebookfacebook.com/zeemeeapp

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 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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