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Tech entrepreneur, Tade Oyerinde, a Nigerian-born innovator, has secured $46million in Series B funding for his for-profit community college startup, Campus, aiming to reshape higher education accessibility in the United States.

The investment, led by General Catalyst and announced on March 20, brings Campus’ total funding to over $100 million.

The company aims to make higher education more accessible and affordable, offering online associate degrees and certifications in fields like business istration, medical assisting, and applied artificial intelligence.

“Campus has created a model that is rooted in the rigour and legacy of American higher education with the benefit of technology and innovation that students will require to thrive in an increasingly competitive global economy,” said Ken Chenault, chairman of General Catalyst, in a statement.

Founded in 2022, Campus offers live, online courses that lead to two-year associate degrees and certifications in fields such as business istration, technical , cosmetology, and medical assisting.

Observer reports that the institution also provides an applied AI concentration, responding to a job market where AI-related opportunities have surged by more than 70% in the past five years.

With tuition at $7,200 per year — covered by full Pell Grant awards — Campus positions itself as a low-cost alternative to traditional colleges, where costs range from $11,000 to $43,000 annually.

The U.S. higher education system is under increasing financial strain, with student loan debt soaring to nearly $1.8 trillion.

Altman, who co-led a $29 million funding round for Campus in 2023, has previously warned that America’s higher education model is on the brink of collapse due to its unsustainable costs.
Campus isn’t just catering to students—it’s also providing new opportunities for professors.

The startup employs over 100 educators, many of whom also teach at prestigious institutions like Princeton, Stanford, and Howard University.

Graduates of Campus have gone on to four-year universities, including New York University, Penn State, and the University of California, San Diego.

The company also helps students enter the workforce immediately after completing their programs.

“It’s really simple,” said Oyerinde in a statement.

“In America, we should have elite education for everyone—everyone should be able to learn from the top professors in the country, develop useful skills, and then go on to use those skills to create a great life for themselves," Oyerinde said.

https://saharareporters.com/2025/03/21/nigerian-tech-entrepreneur-oyerindes-startup-raises-46million-top-silicon-valley

I'm busy lobbing for FTC, some others going tribal
While a fellow young Nigerian is changing the world.

Typical Omoluabi thing. Meanwhile, their cousins are busy killing homeless people in Canada

Nigeria Amaka

What a feat this is?! Pu prsywer is that this becomes much successful 🙏🎶

COMRADES, we wish him the best, he's young and handsome

Omoluabi Amaka

Make sense

Yoruba lagba. We are proud of you our dear omoluabi son. Keep flying the Yoruba flag high. We will succeed and overcome.

He clearly doesn't condone failure unlike the ers of one political party

Waoooo. That's huge

oilyngbati:
Thank God he’s not a biaflan, if not, internet for no rest by the low self esteem people


Yoruba to the world….moving in excellence and silence

Coward you just proved yourself wrong

When it comes to Tech, the Yorubas are million miles ahead of other tribes in Nigeria.

YORUBAS AND TECH ARE LIKE 5&6

From flutterwaves to paystack to inrerswitch to Andela to moniepoint etc





We are impressed

YORUBAS AND TECH ARE LIKE 5&6

From flutterwaves to paystack to inrerswitch to Andela to moniepoint etc





We are impressed

That's good

Ok

Nice

Yoruba's are highly successful in tech

Watch how they will start spending like crazy just to declare bankruptcy.

Other than that, if u understand what the grant is for explain to others

Chikispilot:
Coward you just proved yourself wrong

Your ancestors ran into the bush to escape from his ancestors.
Your parents hide under the bed every Monday.

Yet, you are calling him a coward.

oilyngbati:
Thank God he’s not a biaflan, if not, internet for no rest by the low self esteem people


Yoruba to the world….moving in excellence and silence

Now that he is an OLUKUmi, all you ronu agbadorian b*ndits are going amok. You all have inferiority complex in that sad waste region.
Celebrate his win without trying to shade yourselves in the name of shading your perceived rivals. Those people you see as your rivals are far better than you all.

Ppogbae:
Typical Omoluabi thing. Meanwhile, their cousins are busy killing homeless people in Canada

OmoLULU wey go still squander the money and later declare bankruptcy. Fraud is in your DNA

I hope he's able to break even because I don't see anything special in its service offering and there are lots of competitors in that niche. Congratulations to him anyways.

Na wa oo

The wey startup founders just dey raise funding up and down be like na to start my own oo

What a good innovation?
Congratulations

Congratulations to a fellow Nigerian.
I pray the business succeed beyond your imaginations.
Keep making Nigeria proud.

Yoruba! Brain power 💪 💪 💪🧠🧠🧠

Yoruba Amaka

Money laundering.