The following story was published by the Springfield Business Journal on Nov. 1, 2024.
"A group of five University of Illinois Springfield students won $10,000 in seed funding for their startup business, TredBase, during a pitch competition hosted by Innovate Springfield on Oct. 28. The competition featured three entrepreneurial teams pitching innovative ideas.
Kayode Ojedele, CEO and co-founder of TredBase, describes it as “a global edtech solution focused on streamlining tuition management for schools,” which aims to enhance financial transparency for K-12 institutions by automating fee management and integrating real-time data analytics."