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Fastweb (website)

Fastweb is an American scholarship search website that matches students to relevant scholarships. Listing over 1.5 million scholarship opportunities, its name is an acronym for "financial aid search through the web".

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Fastweb.com
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersUnited States
OwnerValnet
FounderLarry Organ
URLwww.fastweb.com
LaunchedMay 1995 (1995-05)
Current statusActive

Fastweb is an American scholarship search website that matches students to relevant scholarships. Listing over 1.5 million scholarship opportunities,1 its name is an acronym for "financial aid search through the web".2

History

Founded in May 1995 by Larry Organ,2 the website was bought six years later by TMP Worldwide, which added it to its Monster.com division.345 When Monster and CareerBuilder merged in September 2024, funds managed by Apollo Global Management became the majority owner of Fastweb.6

On June 24, 2025, CareerBuilder + Monster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to facilitate a sale of its job board operations to JobGet. The company listed assets between $50 million and $100 million, and liabilities between $100 million and $500 million.78

Also in 2025, it was announced that the Canadian media company Valnet had completed the acquisition of the American website.9

References

References

  1. Scheckel, Maddy (November 15, 2024). Silbert, Sarah (ed.). "Best Scholarship Websites for Finding Financial Aid". Business Insider.
  2. Wilder, Ira; Paul, Trina (December 20, 2024). "These websites help students find college scholarships and get free application advice". CNBC.
  3. Claybourn, Cole (December 6, 2023). "10 Sites to Kick Off Your Scholarship Search". U.S. News & World Report.
  4. Carlson, Scott (July 27, 2001). "Big Online Job Service Acquires Website on College Admissions". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  5. "TMP Acquires FastWeb". AdWeek. July 12, 2001.
  6. Moody, Kathryn (September 17, 2024). "Monster and CareerBuilder complete merger". Industry Dive.
  7. Basu, Reshmi; Casiraghi, Luca; Hall, Georgia (June 24, 2025). "Job Hunting Firm CareerBuilder + Monster Files Bankruptcy". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  8. Stempel, Jonathan (2025-06-24). "CareerBuilder + Monster, which once dominated online job boards, file for bankruptcy". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  9. "The Vanquishing of Military.com". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
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