Arlington, VA -- Symplicity®, the #1 student employability platform, has been named to the highly-anticipated 2025 edition of the GSV 150: GSV Ventures’ annual list of top 150 private companies transforming digital learning and workforce skills for the second year in a row.
Symplicity was selected to the GSV 150 cohort after GSV evaluated over 2,500 global companies using GSV Ventures' rubric in five key areas: revenue scale, revenue growth, user reach, geographic diversification, and margin profile. The 2025 cohort of the GSV 150 collectively reaches 3B learners and generates over $25B in annual revenue. As the largest global student employability platform, Symplicity empowers millions of students and alumni across more than 45 countries, facilitating more than 800,000 internships last year alone.
“We are delighted to be among the cohort of companies that GSV recognizes as leaders in higher education,” said President and CEO of Symplicity Matthew Small. “For the second year in a row, this honor underlines our commitment to creating a future where every student feels supported and is real-world ready.”
Of the 2025 GSV 150, 58% are based in the US; 4% are based in Canada; 11% are India-based; 15% are Europe-based; and, notably, after two years’ absence, Chinese EdTech companies are back on the list. A meaningful shift towards profitability is evident throughout, with the estimated EBITDA score of the 2025 cohort up 21% versus last year.
“The rapid rise of generative AI is fueling knowledge and creating opportunities we had not imagined before,” says Luben Pampoulov, Partner at GSV Ventures. “Multi-modality is making education more engaging, AI tools are driving personalization and productivity, and learning is happening at the speed of light. Effectively everyone across the 2025 GSV 150 has generative AI deeply embedded in their offering.”
See the full list at https://www.asugsvsummit.com/gsv-150.
ABOUT SYMPLICITY
At Symplicity, our mission is to empower colleges and universities with AI-driven platforms that support the entire student experience. Using advanced AI, we create tailored pathways for student success, streamline career services operations, empower wellbeing and accessibility administrators, and provide real-time, actionable insights for university leaders. Our platform promotes skills-based hiring, matching students with opportunities aligned to their competencies and bridging the gap between education and the workforce to prepare them for success in today’s evolving job market. Learn more at www.symplicity.com.
ABOUT GSV
Founded in 2011, GSV is a global platform that drives education and workforce skills innovation. Our mission is that ALL people have equal access to the future, and we believe that scaled innovations in “PreK to Gray” learning and skills are crucial to achieving this goal. The GSV platform includes the ASU+GSV Summit, hosted annually in San Diego with 7,000+ attendees; the India-based ASU+GSV & Emeritus Summit, now entering its third year; and The AI Show @ ASU+GSV, an immersive exploration of the AI Revolution in education, which welcomed 10,000+ attendees this year. GSV Ventures, GSV’s investment arm founded in 2015, is a multi-stage venture fund investing in the most transformational companies across the global “PreK to Gray” landscape.