Quickhelp (acquired by Yup.com)

Quickhelp strives to bridge the gap between undergraduate and graduate students by providing a platform where undergrads can access tutors on demand. Quickhelp disrupts the traditional tutor-student relationship by giving the student the power of choice and control. It's quite simple, a student would enter their course name, and then send out a help request to dozens of tutors within a set radius; numerous tutors respond to assist the tutee after which the student chooses which tutor they wish to get help from. With 15,000 active users, strategically spread across over 16 of the largest universities across the country, Quickhelp continues to expand and will keep growing. Quickhelp received 1st place in the hyper-competitive Harvard Innovation Challenge, was a Finalist in the largest startup accelerator, MassChallenge, and also a Finalist in the MIT 100K. In addition to these accolades, Quickhelp has received investments and is backed by Draft Ventures and Dorm Room Fund.