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Nestwork is a campus-based community, opportunities marketplace and mentorship platform for pre-med, pre-law and pre-nursing students. We're raising our pre-seed round.
The problem
Access to opportunity shouldn't depend on who you know.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of students compete to become doctors, lawyers and nurses. The experiences that decide their applications, like research positions, lab spots and mentors, still move by word of mouth.
Fewer than half of U.S. medical school applicants enroll in a given year. Source: AAMC
The solution
Community
Marketplace
Mentorship
Three parts that reinforce each other.
Land real experience
Faculty post research, lab and clinical openings; students browse, filter and apply in one tap.
Get a guide
Students are matched with a faculty member or Nestwork mentor to plan coursework, exams and applications.
Network effect: every faculty posting makes Nestwork more valuable to students, and every engaged student makes it more valuable to faculty.
Business model
Free to join. Monetized through the value the network creates.
StreamDescriptionTiming
Nestwork PlusPremium student tier: advanced tracking, one-on-one mentor sessions, application reviews, priority accessAfter campus validation
PartnershipsTest-prep, tutoring and admissions-coaching partners reach students who are actively preparingOnce audience is established
Featured listingsSummer research programs and organizations promote opportunities to targeted studentsAlongside marketplace growth
InstitutionsDepartments license advising and outcome tools once students are on the platformLong-term
Why we win
Hard to copy, by design.
Campus density
A dense campus network of students and faculty can't be cloned with software alone.
Resistant to AI
AI can write a checklist. It can't create a professor with an open lab spot.
Multi-track breadth
One engine across pre-med, pre-law, pre-nursing and future paths, under one brand.
Go-to-market
Own one campus. Then expand campus by campus.
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Validate
Nestwork MD at VCU: student interviews, an on-campus presence and a free community launch.
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Build
First product: community, tracker, opportunities board and mentor matching.
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Broaden
Launch Nestwork Law and Nestwork Nursing at VCU on the same platform.
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Expand
Additional Virginia campuses, then regional and national rollout.
Leadership
Built from inside the pre-med experience.
Grayson Gilliland
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Started Nestwork after living the pre-med scramble firsthand. Works inside a health system today and leads Nestwork's product and partnerships.
Shannon Gilliland
Chief Operating Officer & President
A founding member of Nestwork. Leads the company's operations and helps guide its strategy as it grows campus by campus.
Investor relations
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