edSeed is an web-based crowdfunding platform developed by the VIP.fund connecting donors, students, and educational organizations. the platform allows students to run fundraising campaigns for university tuition and related expenses. One-hundred percent of all funds are sent directly to the educational institutions (universities, scholarship foundations or education funds)  supporting these students as so to minimize donor concerns.

edSeed is a SOLVER in the MIT SOLVE community.This initiative started in 2015 as a marketplace connecting innovators with resources to solve global challenges. With a focus on youth skills and the workforce, the MIT solve community builds and convenes a community of leaders and change makers committed to partnering together to implement these solutions.

Our expansion plan for the following three years includes North Africa, the GCC, Europe, and the USA.

1. You are a High School student who has been recently admitted into a university program.
2. You are an enrolled undergraduate student looking for tuition support and you are able to provide a proof of enrollment.
3. You are a graduate student and you are accepted or enrolled in a graduate program and able to provide an acceptance letter or proof of enrollment.
4. You are a university student who needs fund for conducting your graduate research project or thesis and your project is approved by an educational institution.
5. You are a student enrolled in an online certification program and require financial assistance with fees for a program approved by your university or scholarship foundation.

We are proactively catering to refugees and internally displaced students by partnering with organizations that work with youth seeking higher education funding. (ex Jusoor, Bareeq Education, ULYP). These partners have already qualified student applications. We are open to working with any student with financial needs who wants to use the platform.

1. Divide your goal into several campaigns. In each campaign ask for a portion and explicitly mention how much of the total sum you are asking for (e.g. half, 25%, two-thirds).
2. Start your campaign with a reasonable goal and raise your target when it is achieved.

Any funds you raise will be transferred to your university or scholarship foundation or to a student who matches your criteria.

1. In edSeed, donors can easily search using tags and find students that fit their interests. They can search using names, universities, specialties, and skills.
2. edSeed has a simplified and familiar campaigning process with only accredited universities and educational institutions listed.
3. The platform is secure, easy to use and free of spam or malware that can harm students and donors alike.
4. edSeed offers a Higher Education community that gathers all advocates and donors interested in supporting higher education causes in one place.
5. edSeed comes with a crowdfunding training customized for students.

No. Once you prepare a campaign it remains on the dashboard. If it is in draft, no one except volunteers will see it.

If it is published, we will mark it as closed but like all information on the web, it can be accessed.

No circumstance will a campaign launch without validating the financial details of the beneficiary university or education nonprofit.

100% of your donations will be transferred to the student’s university or scholarship foundation.  Donors are given a choice if they want to cover the 8% credit card processing frees and operating fees or not.

– The contribution funds have already been transferred to the campaign owner

– The campaign has ended

– edSeed determines that there has been an abuse of our Terms of Use or the refund policy.