# Vanessa Didyk

> Vanessa Roth Didyk is the CEO of ZeeMee, a social platform serving 2.6 million college-bound students across 3,000+ institutions. A serial edtech entrepreneur with 16+ years in the field, she founded Scholar's Station at UC Berkeley, sold it, built a tutoring marketplace at Rev.com, ran MathElf, then took over a struggling ZeeMee in 2018 and turned it into a top-10 App Store social networking app used by roughly 1 in 3 US college freshmen annually.

- **Role:** CEO at ZeeMee
- **Organizations:** ZeeMee, Scholar's Station, Rev.com, MathElf
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in English, Minor in Religious Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Certificate in Professional Editing, University of California, Berkeley, College Admissions Counseling Credential, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Founded Scholar's Station straight out of UC Berkeley; company was acquired in 2014 after 8 years of operation., Took over ZeeMee in 2018 when it was struggling and turned it into a top-10 App Store Social Networking app., Grew ZeeMee to 2.6M+ registered students and 300+ paying institutional partners.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Founded Scholar's Station, a full-service academic support company offering tutoring, test prep, and college advising across the San Francisco Bay Area.
- **2014** — Scholar's Station acquired; Vanessa joined Rev.com as Senior Director of Product.
- **~2016** — Moved to MathElf as General Manager, building and scaling a globally deployed on-demand tutoring marketplace.
- **2018** — Selected by board to become CEO of ZeeMee; company was struggling at the time.
- **2019-2021** — Pivoted ZeeMee toward peer-to-peer community building after observing students using the product to connect with each other; raised funding and grew platform to 300+ college partners.
- **2021** — ZeeMee closed latest funding round ($6.8M total raised); platform reaches top-10 Social Networking ranking in App Store.
- **2023** — Launched RISE, an AI-powered admissions intelligence product providing personalized enrollment recommendations to college admissions counselors.
- **2025** — ZeeMee serves 2.6M+ students across 3,000+ institutions, with 1 in 3 US college freshmen using the platform annually.

## Achievements

- Founded Scholar's Station straight out of UC Berkeley; company was acquired in 2014 after 8 years of operation.
- Took over ZeeMee in 2018 when it was struggling and turned it into a top-10 App Store Social Networking app.
- Grew ZeeMee to 2.6M+ registered students and 300+ paying institutional partners.
- Built prediction models with 90% accuracy for student enrollment behaviors.
- ZeeMee platform achieves 45% average yield increase and 50% summer melt reduction for partner institutions.
- Platform delivers an average ROI of $2.7 million against a $35,000 investment (77x return) for partner colleges.
- ZeeMee ranked #9 in App Store Social Networking, with 7 daily app opens - exceeding Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter retention.
- 16+ years of building and scaling edtech companies across the full academic journey.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Vanessa appeared on The EdUp Experience podcast discussing how student data is the most powerful weapon against the enrollment cliff.
- **2025-05** — ZeeMee serves 2.6M+ students and 3,000+ institutions with platform ranked #9 in App Store Social Networking.
- **2023-01** — Launched RISE, ZeeMee's AI-powered admissions intelligence product.

## Links

- Website: https://zeemee.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessadidyk
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vanessadidyk
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT91yZ0gShQ

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Last updated: 2026-05-11