SNHU has backed edtech developer Edmit through the Rethink Education fund, a vehicle also backed by Rethink Education.

US-based edtech startup Edmit raised $855,000 in a pre-seed round yesterday from backers including Rethink Education Seed Fund, a vehicle part-funded by Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU).

The round featured venture fund 15 Angels as well as investment firms Neu Venture Capital and Tuscan Management, as well as assorted individual investors.

Edmit’s student financing platform uses public data to forecast the costs and benefits of accepting a given offer for an undergraduate course. The software encourages the student to push…