Innovative Green Card Application Service from BYU Entrepreneurs Funded $20,000 by Campus Founders

SALT LAKE CITY - March 16, 2015 - PRLog -- – Campus Founders Fund (CFF) announced this week its investment in SimpleCitizen, an immigration application website offering services such as green card application streamlining and tracking (http://www.simplecitizen.org/). SimpleCitizen marks CFF’s third investment in its founding year as the first venture capital fund in Utah autonomously run by university students (http://www.campusfounders.com/).

"Working with the Campus Founders Fund has been great. From the first pitch meeting to the last part of due diligence, it has been an amazing learning experience to work with such a talented team,” says Sam Stoddard, student at BYU and co-founder of SimpleCitizen. “The investment and the opportunity to receive mentoring from some of Utah’s best will help us navigate from early stage to startup success."

“SimpleCitizen is taking a huge problem for an underserved demographic and solving it with a solution that truly is simple,” says Ryan Smith, a member of the CFF investment team. “We believe that the founders, Sam and Brady, have the vision, passion, and know-how to take SimpleCitizen to the world and revolutionize the green card process.”

SimpleCitizen’s site is currently undergoing beta testing, under the guidance of the SimpleCitizen team and immigration attorneys. The $20,000 investment from CFF will be used to prepare the software for an official launch in summer 2015, as well as content production to guide users through the more complicated sections of the immigration process.

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About Campus Founders Fund

Campus Founders Fund (CFF) is a student-run VC fund focused on introducing college entrepreneurs to Utah’s startup and venture community. CFF offers funding up to $20,000 per startup in the form of a convertible note, introduces students to mentors such as top Utah CEOs, and provides peer-to-peer pitch feedback. For more information, please visit www.CampusFounders.com

About SimpleCitizen

SimpleCitizen is an online do-it-yourself tool for immigrants who need to file for a green card or other basic immigration documentation.  SimpleCitizen helps those filing attain the same confidence and reassurance in their application without being forced to pay the high premiums associated with legal counsel.  The software is designed to help anyone complete his or her immigration application quickly and correctly. For more information, please visit www.simplecitizen.org