Educa Swiss

Name

Educa Swiss

Legal name

EDUCA SWISS – Schweizerische Stiftung für Bildungsförderung und -finanzierung

Website

https://educaswiss.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Educa Swiss is a Swiss nonprofit foundation, founded in 2015, that provides free educational coaching and mediates low-interest loans (CHF 5,000-30,000) through 30+ foundation partners, serving roughly 1,000 motivated candidates per year across Switzerland's German, French, and English-speaking regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Financing Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Access & EdTech for Equity (Low-cost Learning, Skills Platforms) (BPAGALAH)

Keywords

• Education financing mediation
• Non-profit student loans
• Volunteer coaching services
• Education loan brokerage
• Financial literacy coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Educational Loan Interest: EDUCA SWISS mediates educational loans at non-profit conditions. Average interest rate is approximately 1.5%–1.6%, with a maximum cap of 3.25%. This is significantly below commercial lenders. Interest income flows to the lenders, with EDUCA SWISS facilitating the arrangement.
2. Donations and Philanthropic Contributions: As a non-profit foundation, EDUCA SWISS receives donations from individuals, foundations, and corporate donors. Donations are tax-deductible in Switzerland.
3. Free Coaching Services (Cost Center): Coaching services are provided free of charge to candidates. This is a cost center rather than a revenue stream, funded by donations and grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

EDUCA SWISS is a Swiss nonprofit foundation that provides free coaching to help candidates plan their education and finances, and mediates low-interest educational loans (Bildungsdarlehen) at non-profit conditions (average 1.5%-1.6% interest, max 3.25%) to motivated individuals in Switzerland. Services are delivered primarily through the educaplan.ch online platform where candidates register, build financial dossiers, and are matched with volunteer coaches and socially motivated lenders.

Product overview

EDUCA SWISS is a Swiss foundation offering a two-part service: free coaching for education planning and budgeting, and access to low-interest educational loans (Bildungsdarlehen) at non-profit conditions. The organization connects applicants with volunteer coaches and private lenders to facilitate education financing. Services are delivered primarily through the educaplan online platform for registration and financial planning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bildungsdarlehen (Educational Loans)

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of applicants receive financing; 19 out of 20 persons with a realistic educational plan get a loan.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Peter F. Weibel (Advisory Board)coreOthersExpert in business and foundations; former CEO of PwC (1988–2003) and Board member of Credit Suisse Group (2004–2012). President of the Foundation of the University of Zurich since 2012. Provides governance, sustainable fundraising, and impact-oriented leadership expertise.
• Professor Dr. Theo Wehner (Advisory Board)coreOthersEmeritus professor of ETH Zurich's Center for Organizational and Work Sciences; expert in occupational psychology. Research focuses on meaningful professional work, volunteer work, and effective support in professional development.
• Franziska Roth (Advisory Board President)coreOthersCouncillor of States for Solothurn; President of the EDUCA SWISS Advisory Board. Publicly advocates for EDUCA SWISS's mission of educational equity.
• Beni Würth (Advisory Board)coreOthersCouncillor of States for St. Gallen; publicly supports EDUCA SWISS as a sustainable complement to cantonal education funding.
• Matthias Aebischer (Advisory Board)coreOthersFormer National Councillor and Executive Councillor of the City of Bern; public advocate for EDUCA SWISS and educational equity.
• Matthias Michel (Advisory Board)coreOthersCouncillor of States for Zug; publicly supports EDUCA SWISS's goal of ensuring every ambitious person in Switzerland can complete education regardless of financial situation.
• Sandra Locher Benguerel (Advisory Board)coreOthersFormer National Councillor, member of LCH Executive Board, and teacher; advocates for EDUCA SWISS's mission of fair educational opportunities.
• Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)minorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Universität BernminorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Universität St. GallenminorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Universität BaselminorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Hochschule Luzern (HSLU)minorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW)minorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW)minorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Fernfachhochschule (FFHS)minorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Fachhochschule Graubünden (FHGR)minorOthersRecommends EDUCA SWISS to its students as a trusted education financing option.
• Stipendium.chminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecommended scholarship search service for EDUCA SWISS candidates. Stipendium.ch offers a paid service (CHF 80) to identify suitable foundations for education projects.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stipendium.ch: Swiss scholarship search service that helps candidates identify suitable foundations for education projects. Already a mutual partner of EDUCA SWISS, addressing the same Swiss student-financing pain points through a paid discovery tool rather than loan mediation.
• ProJuventute Schweiz: Large Swiss foundation supporting children and youth, including educational equity and emergency financial aid for families. Comparable as a Switzerland-based non-profit addressing youth education access and family financial stress.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Schweiz: Major Swiss social-services organization providing education support, family assistance, and hardship relief. Comparable as a broader Swiss social-services incumbent that also addresses education affordability, but across a wider portfolio of programs.
• KfW Bankengruppe: German state-owned development bank offering the Bildungskredit educational loan product and student financing programs. Comparable as a large-scale institutional provider of education loans, but at vastly greater scale and as a government-backed entity rather than a non-profit foundation.

Regional players

• ArbeiterKind.de: German non-profit supporting first-generation university students through mentoring, workshops, and peer networks. Highly comparable mission — promoting educational equity for non-traditional students — but operates in Germany rather than Switzerland.
• myStipendium.de: Germany's leading online scholarship-matching platform with a comparable value proposition to Stipendium.ch in a different geography. Directly comparable product (scholarship discovery for students) to EDUCA SWISS's ecosystem, but operating in Germany.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/educaswiss
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/educaswiss

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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