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Blair

Financing education through Income Share Agreements

Y CombinatorSummer 2019InactiveFintechCredit and LendingEducationFintech

What they do

Problem

Students lack affordable, flexible ways to finance education without taking on traditional debt.

Solution

Blair funds students through Income Share Agreements where repayment is tied to future income.

Who it's for

Students in the US seeking financing for education or training.

Founders

Mike Mahlkow
Founder

Co-Founder and CEO at Fastgen (W23). Previously CEO at Blair (S19) where we raised +100M to offer income-based financing options to students. Before that learned how great teams operate at Stripe and Uber.

David Nordhausen
Founder

Co-Founder at Fastgen (W23). Previously built Blair (S19). Reach out if you're interested in using us david@fastgen.com

Constantin Schreiber
Founder

Dropped out of college to build Blair (YC S19) where we raised a +100M to build income-based financing solutions for students in the US. At Blair, I led the engineering team to build audit-proof software that moved millions of dollars in student funds on a weekly basis. Two fun facts about me: I built autonomous drones for Porsche and was mining crypto to pay for college (and other things).

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