Automate ambassador recruitment to scale your student SaaS across 1000+ campuses without partnerships.
Student SaaS startups achieve viral growth on individual campuses but stall when attempting to scale nationwide without institutional partnerships.
CampusForge lets student SaaS founders post ambassador gigs, auto-match with campus reps via LinkedIn/Instagram scraping, and track bounties paid on referrals. Founders get viral growth on new campuses through student reps who promote organically. Scale nationwide by activating reps in days, not months.
Founders of student-led SaaS startups targeting campus users, typically in edtech or student life tools
AI-powered rep matching based on campus influence scores, with automated bounty payouts on verified signups.
supportive
Central hub to create gigs, view applicants, and approve reps.
Scans social profiles to match high-influence students per campus.
Tracks referrals and auto-pays via Stripe on verified user signups.
Reports on rep performance, signups per campus, and ROI.
Guided setup for founders to input SaaS details and target campuses.
Pre-built promo templates for reps to share.
Notifications for new applicants and payouts.
Gamified rankings to motivate top performers.
Upload CSV of target campuses for batch matching.
Predict best campuses based on historical data.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| role | text | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| founder_id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| bounty_amount | int | No |
| target_campuses | text[] | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| gig_id | uuid | No |
| rep_id | uuid | No |
| status | text | No |
| referrals_count | int | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| application_id | uuid | No |
| user_email | text | No |
| verified | bool | No |
Relationships:
/api/gigsCreate new ambassador gig
/api/gigs/:id/applicationsList applications for a gig
/api/applications/:id/approveApprove rep application
/api/referralsSubmit new referral
/api/analytics/:gigIdGet gig performance analytics
1 campus
10 campuses
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 50 | 2% | $25 | $300 |
| Month 6 | 500 | 5% | $625 | $7,500 |
Recruit, manage, and pay student reps automatically—no partnerships needed.
DM 20 student SaaS founders on Twitter/X searching 'campus saas growth', offer free Pro trial for feedback. Post in r/SaaS and IndieHackers with beta access. Leverage personal network from edtech communities.
Large rep database
Slow manual matching, expensive for startups
AI automation and pay-per-signup for micro-SaaS budgets
Good UI
No auto-matching or payouts
End-to-end automation including bounties
Network effects from growing rep database and founder data on successful campuses.
Explosion of student-led AI SaaS post-ChatGPT, needing fast scaling amid remote campus trends.
Social scraping limits
Fallback to manual uploads + public API integrations
Low adoption by founders
Validate with 10 interviews pre-build
Bounty payout taxes
Use Stripe Connect, add disclaimers
Success: 8+ confirm pain and WOYLP >$25/mo
Success: 1k signups generated via reps
Success: 50 users week 1
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