Nepris Raises $5 Million Series A Round to Bring Field Trips to the Classroom

Career day and field trips—two staples of American education. But organizing them can pose logistical and financial challenges for schools. Finding presenters, syncing calendars and arranging transportation are just some of the headaches that may arise. Now ways exist to beam those experiences into schools. Among them: Nepris, provider of an online tool to connect classrooms and workplaces through live and recorded video streams with a professional. Founded in 2014, the company has amassed a network of 70,000 educators and 31,000 industry professionals, all with the goal of showing different career paths to students as early as kindergarten. “You’re never too young,” says Nepris CEO and co-founder Sabari Raja. “Kids don’t know what’s out there.” The Plano, Texas-based company can also count some more investors as part of its network. The company has raised a $5 million Series A round to grow its team from 13 to about 25 full-time employees by year’s end, expand into more schools and partner with more businesses.