Irvine-based VolunteerCrowd has launched its main app, which helps connect students with volunteering opportunities.
The product allows students to find volunteer projects, get schedule alerts, and validate hours.
It also keeps a detailed transcript of the number of hours and the types of volunteering a student has done, which can then be sent to college recruiters.
“We’re trying to give college admissions officers a really good understanding of what motivates and inspires the student,” said Chief Executive Amy von Kaenal.
Von Kaenal said many high school students have a volunteer hour requirement to graduate from high school, and those hours are still tracked on paper, and are largely self-reported on college applications.
The company launched last year and has five employees. It is currently part of Aliso Viejo-based OCTANe’s LaunchPad startup accelerator, and has received support from the University of California-Irvine’s Applied Innovation.
VolunteerCrowd is raising a $1 million seed round.
