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Trovando
“AI-powered platform for seamless university matching in study abroad programs”
Open round — Trovando is raising $1.0M for its Pre-Seed
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Overview
Founded in April 2025 by Adinath Dapke and Snehal Niraj Dapke in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, Trovando Innovations Private Limited aims to revolutionize the study abroad journey by utilizing AI to connect students with universities that best align with their academic and personal aspirations.
Traction
as reported by the founderMVP is live with early users Early partnerships (e.g., student housing) and ongoing discussions with universities & EdTech players
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Trovando solves the inefficiency, opacity, and fragmentation in the global study-abroad decision process: Students lack data-driven clarity on university selection, ROI, and admission probability Existing consultants are commission-driven, expensive, and non-transparent Platforms offer discovery but not intelligent decision-making The process is fragmented across applications, SOPs, visas, housing, loans
Primary Moats Proprietary outcome dataset (admissions + visa results) Multi-agent AI decision engine (not just a marketplace) Probability-based matching models Secondary Moats Deep university + partner integrations End-to-end platform (higher switching cost) Workflow lock-in (students + consultants + institutions)
TAM: $490B (global study abroad + related spend) SAM: $100B (digitally accessible markets) SOM: $700M–$1B+ (with ~1–2M users at scale) ~6.9M international students globally Per-student spend: $55K–$220K
Direct Competitors Traditional consultants (e.g., IDP, Canam) Aggregator platforms (e.g., ApplyBoard, Yocket, Leverage Edu) Indirect / Point Solutions SOP & essay tools Test prep platforms Visa consultants Your Positioning Consultants → manual, biased, non-scalable Aggregators → discovery, not decision intelligence Trovando → AI-powered decision engine + full-stack workflow
Founding team
Adinath Dapke
Founder & CEO
Adinath is an AI visionary driven to solve the challenges of the study abroad journey. As founder of Trovando, he’s building a smart, data-driven platform that empowers students to make confident, personalised university choices.
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Trovando — raising $1.0M
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