Alabama Launchpad, a program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDP), recently announced that Huntsville based Retention and Graduation Analytics Software (RAGASEDU) has been selected as one of eleven finalists to participate in the third cycle of its 2021 competition.

RAGASEDU discovers knowledge from various academic data sources, including learning management systems, to analyze and predict students’ performance in real-time.

The people behind RAGASEDU began the company with a vision of helping students graduate from college who historically have been denied access to higher education.

The Alabama Launchpad competition consists of two stages: those in the concept stage, who are usually pre-revenue, and those in the early seed stage, who are looking to accelerate the growth of their existing business. The RAGASEDU team is a finalist in the concept stage where the winner will receive $25,000. Other finalists in the category include the following:

Curate-Her (Birmingham)
Etch (Birmingham)
Milkman (Birmingham)
SoapBox Caddie (Montgomery)
Vizzrom (Birmingham)

Alabama Launchpad is one of the state’s most active early seed funding sources and to date has funded 104 startups, invested over $5.7 million in non-dilutive funding with a post-money valuation of $450+ million, and generated over 850 jobs across the state.

“We are rounding out the last cycle of 2021 with another strong cohort of finalists for the AlabamaLaunchpad program. The Launch Advisors look forward to working one-on-one with the finalists to elevate the already promising work each company is doing,” says Miller Girvin, EDPA Executive Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. “Every cycle, we continue to be impressed with the talent and ingenuity of the state’s entrepreneurs, and Cycle 3 2021 is no exception.”

The virtual finale for the Cycle 3 competition will stream live on November 17th.Those interested can follow the Alabama Launchpad startup business plan competitions, specialized events, and become involved at www.alabamalaunchpad.com.