# Katie Fang

> Katie Fang is the founder and CEO of SchooLinks, an Austin-based education technology company whose college and career readiness platform serves millions of K-12 students across U.S. school districts. Born in Shanghai and educated across four countries, she taught herself to code and built the first version of the product with $5,000 in savings, then grew it from a student-facing app into an enterprise SaaS platform that school districts use to track and improve student outcomes. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education, she has taken SchooLinks onto the Inc. 5000 list three years running and raised roughly $90 million in venture funding through a 2024 Series B.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at SchooLinks
- **Organizations:** SchooLinks, Capital Factory
- **From:** Shanghai, China
- **Nationality:** Chinese-American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, Finance, University of British Columbia
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education (2018), Built SchooLinks into a platform serving millions of K-12 students across U.S. school districts, SchooLinks named to the Inc. 5000 three consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024)

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Accepted into Capital Factory, an Austin startup accelerator, and relocated to Texas
- **2016** — Founded SchooLinks after college with roughly $5,000 in savings; coded the first version herself
- **2018** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education at age 26
- **2021** — SchooLinks raised an $8.3M Series A
- **2022** — SchooLinks ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. companies
- **2023** — Named a Fast Company top 10 Most Innovative Company in Education; second Inc. 5000 appearance
- **2024** — Raised a Series B (~$80M); third consecutive Inc. 5000 appearance

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education (2018)
- Built SchooLinks into a platform serving millions of K-12 students across U.S. school districts
- SchooLinks named to the Inc. 5000 three consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024)
- SchooLinks recognized by Fast Company as a top 10 Most Innovative Company in Education (2023)
- Named Top Texans Under 30 and a Young Woman to Watch
- Featured on the cover of Austin Woman magazine
- Raised roughly $90 million in venture funding, including a 2024 Series B
- Self-taught software developer who wrote the first version of the product

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — SchooLinks raised a Series B round of roughly $80 million, bringing total funding to about $90 million.
- **2024** — SchooLinks appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for the third consecutive year.

## Links

- Website: https://schoolinks.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/katiefang

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Last updated: 2026-07-16