CollegeBand

What CollegeBand does

CollegeBand Inc. is a privately held, for-profit company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. It operates under the tagline "Let's get the band back together," which — in combination with the company name — suggests a service oriented toward college students, alumni, or music-related communities. No detailed product description, feature set, or service offering is disclosed in available material; the company's public web presence consists of a minimal Google Sites-hosted homepage that displays only a "Get in Touch" mailto link to [email protected] and a 2011-2024 copyright notice.

The company has not disclosed its core products, underlying technology, platform architecture, revenue model, pricing, customer segments, distribution channels, or go-to-market motion. No management team, app listings (iOS/Android), APIs, SDKs, integrations, certifications, patents, or trademarks are documented in the available sources. The firm reports a headcount band of 1-10 employees, and no marketing, partnership, or operational geography data has been captured.

The only documented strategic activity in the available record is a single $1.0 million funding round closed in August 2015, with Frontier Venture Capital named as the investor. The ownership structure, investor base, parent-company status, and any subsequent capital events are otherwise undisclosed. Based on available evidence, CollegeBand appears to be a small, minimally active private entity whose product surface, monetization mechanics, and customer base cannot be characterized from public sources.

Name

CollegeBand

Legal name

COLLEGEBAND INC.

Website

https://collegeband.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CollegeBand Inc. is a privately held company founded in 2011 and based in Beverly Hills, California, operating under the tagline "Let's get the band back together," suggesting a music- or community-oriented service for college students or alumni. Its products, technology, business model, and customers are not publicly documented.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alumni Networking

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

University/College Club Sports Programs (MPAKACAK)

Keywords

• Alumni networking
• College community
• Social reunions
• Alumni engagement
• College connections

Headquarters

HQ city

Beverly Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

CollegeBand (CollegeBand Inc.) operates as a college alumni-oriented social/reunion platform, suggested by its tagline "Let's get the band back together," aimed at reconnecting former college classmates. Publicly visible information is limited to a minimal contact page on Google Sites providing a sales contact email, with no detailed product features or offerings disclosed on the website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Emerging players

• Smule: Social music-making app popular with college-age users. Comparable to CollegeBand only if the offering is music/band-focused, and only in a thematically adjacent sense rather than direct competition.
• College Confidential: Online community and forum for college applicants, students, and parents. Comparable to CollegeBand as a college-affiliated community platform, though focused on admissions/college-selection rather than bands or groups.
• GreekWire (Campus Labs / Anthology): Platforms serving campus organizations including Greek life, student clubs, and university administrations. Comparable to CollegeBand as a campus-club/organization enablement tool, though primarily B2B enterprise.

Direct peers

• Classmates.com: Long-running alumni networking and reunion platform. Comparable to CollegeBand on the college-affiliated, group-reunion dimension implied by the "Let's get the band back together" tagline, although Classmates.com is materially larger and more established.
• BandLab: Music collaboration platform with strong adoption among college-age musicians and bands. Comparable to CollegeBand if the core offering is music-oriented (college band collaboration), though BandLab is a mature, well-funded player with a real product.
• Fevo: Group experiences and event platform that helps groups of friends or colleagues plan shared activities. Comparable to CollegeBand if the offering centers on organizing college-affiliated groups, though Fevo is broader and operates in a B2B sales model.
• Yik Yak: Campus-focused social platform connecting college students. Comparable to CollegeBand as a college-affiliated community/social platform, though Yik Yak's positioning is anonymous peer-to-peer rather than around organized groups.

Broad incumbents

• GroupMe: Group messaging app owned by Microsoft, widely used by college students for organizing clubs and teams. Comparable to CollegeBand as a tool for organizing college groups, but GroupMe is a general-purpose incumbent rather than a college-niche specialist.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks6 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/collegeband

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

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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