Leland is an online marketplace that connects ambitious people with world-class coaches who can help them achieve their educational and career goals (starting with MBA—new coaching verticals coming soon).
We’ve built a community of 70+ independent coaches from different professional backgrounds, schools, price points, and experience levels. When you join Leland, we send you free resources and help you find a coach who fits your budget, background, and goals.
We’ve built a community of 70+ independent coaches from different professional backgrounds, schools, price points, and experience levels. When you join Leland, we send you free resources and help you find a coach who fits your budget, background, and goals.
Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $1.1M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 14.10.2021 | Contrary C... | contraryca... |
| - | Next Play ... | nextplayve... |
| - | SaxeCap | saxecap.co... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 05.10.2021 | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.09.2023 | The 25 most promising education-tech startups of 2023, according to top VCs | From left: Ian Chiu of Owl Ventures; Allison Baum Gates of SemperVirens Capital; Amit Patel of Owl Ventures; and Ebony Brown of Rethink Education. Owl Ventures, Sempervirens, Rethink Education This story is available exclusively to Business... |
| 13.05.2022 | Welcoming Kyle Harrison | I met Kyle Harrison 26 days after starting Contrary. |
| 11.05.2022 | Leland breaks into the coaching space with a focus on careers, not classes | The coaching world is crowded. There’s BetterUp, a re-skilling platform that wants to bring executive coaching to employees, and Sounding Board, which mixes SaaS and coaching services. Not to mention a slew of smaller yet ambitious startups... |
| 11.05.2022 | Doubling Down on Leland | Seven months ago, we led Leland’s pre-seed. Today, we are thrilled to share that we’ve doubled down and have led Leland’s seed, alongside friends like FJ Labs, Goodwater Capital, and strategic angels. |
| - | Leland | “Leland is a marketplace for ambitious people to access the coaching, classes, and community they need to reach career and educational goals.” |