YouScience Secures $3.9 of a $5 Million Investment Round

Strategic investment partner, The Ball Foundation, helps validate market leadership position

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May 07, 2015, 08:15 ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- YouScience is proud to announce its fundraise of $3.9 Million of a $5 Million investment round and has filed its Form D with the SEC. In addition to other private investors, YouScience CEO Philip Hardin and The Ball Foundation have contributed $2.2 Million to this round. The Ball Foundation is a leader of aptitude research for over 40 years linking our natural abilities with skills development and aligned careers.

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YouScience continues to try to solve significant workforce development and educational debt issues by helping students more effectively set an education and career direction. YouScience has developed the first student profile that allows students to discover the intersection of their aptitudes, interests and career opportunities to confidently set a direction for education and career success.

"The YouScience team is honored to be supported and aligned with such a prestigious organization as The Ball Foundation," explained Hardin. "The Ball Foundation's science of evaluating aptitudes is an important part of the scientific foundation behind YouScience."

YouScience already has significant market momentum and continues to grow its customer base and brand recognition. The Company continues to invest in its product platform; launched an extensive educational institution-focused sales and marketing campaign with intentions to extend its consumer outreach in the this Summer; and is partnering with corporations to sponsor YouScience as a tool for improving workforce development nationwide.

"The investment in YouScience is an extension of the Ball Foundation's belief in providing career direction through understanding one's natural gifts for determining a path for success," said Anna Ball of the Ball Foundation. "YouScience has proven itself to be an innovator in education and career planning. We believe YouScience will soon be the market leader."

Funds will be used for additional product development on the YouScience Profile, marketing and sales expansion, and working capital. For more information on the company, please visit www.YouScience.com. For more information on investment opportunities, please contact Philip Hardin, CEO at [email protected].

YouScience is revolutionizing the way students and young adults plan to make decisions about their future. Our patent-pending, scientific approach helps individuals successfully transition from high school to post-secondary to career. The YouScience profile combines aptitudes, interests and opportunities with detailed personal feedback, which results in a more effective education and career planning process. Available direct to consumers at its website or through select high schools, colleges and independent consultants, YouScience assists individuals reveal their paths to success. Founded in 2012, the privately-held company is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, please like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or visit www.youscience.com.

The Ball Foundation was founded in 1975 by Carl Ball, president of Geo. G. Ball Inc (now Ball Horticultural Company), and his wife Vivian Elledge Ball. Their interest in aptitudes began in the 1960s when they became close friends with Johnson O'Connor, a psychometrician who had designed aptitude tests for use in business and industry.

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