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Rize Education: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Rize Education is a higher education company that provides students with an affordable and effective path to their fullest potential. Rize is incubated by Adrian College and in partnership with the Lower Cost Models for Independent Colleges (LCMC) Consortium. Rize provides the LCMC with the platform that powers this collaborative model, allowing member institutions to adopt high-demand majors, minors, and certificates that are built to get students ready for careers in the fastest-growing fields.

www.thelcmc.org LinkedIn Adrian, United States 1-10 employees
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Total raised
$8.5M
Rounds
1
Latest
Undisclosed round
Mar 2021

Rize Education has raised $8.5M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $8.5M announced in Mar 2021.

That round is above the $1.6M median round size for Education companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Rize Education Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$8.5M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$8.5M in Mar 2021
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
Adrian, United States

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2021.

Rize Education Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$8.5M

Rize Education Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Kevin Harrington
CEO
—

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Rize Education Funding Compared to Other Education Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
1,474
$1.6M
30,319
$7.7M

Rize Education's latest round of $8.5M is above the median round in Education. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Rize Education Funding FAQs

What does Rize Education do?

Rize Education is a higher education company that provides students with an affordable and effective path to their fullest potential. Rize is incubated by Adrian College and in partnership with the Lower Cost Models for Independent Colleges (LCMC) Consortium. Rize provides the LCMC with the platform that powers this collaborative model, allowing member institutions to adopt high-demand majors, minors, and certificates that are built to get students ready for careers in the fastest-growing fields.

How much funding has Rize Education raised?

Rize Education has raised $8.5M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $8.5M announced in Mar 2021.

When did Rize Education last raise funding?

Rize Education's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $8.5M, announced in Mar 2021.

Who is the CEO of Rize Education?

Kevin Harrington is listed as CEO at Rize Education.

Where is Rize Education headquartered?

Rize Education is based in Adrian, Michigan, United States.

How many employees does Rize Education have?

Rize Education is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does Rize Education's funding compare to other Education startups?

Rize Education's latest round of $8.5M is above the $1.6M median round size for Education companies on FundedIQ across 1,474 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Rize Education Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Rize Education is left off this page rather than filled in.

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