Fastweb (website)

Last updated
Fastweb.com
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersUnited States
Owner Monster.com
URL www.fastweb.com
LaunchedMay 1995;30 years ago (1995-05)
Current statusActive

Fastweb is an American scholarship search website that matches students to relevant scholarships. It is owned by Monster.com. [1]

Contents

It lists more than 1.5 million scholarship opportunities. [2]

Fastweb is an acronym for "financial aid search through the web". [3]

History

The website was launched by Larry Organ in May 1995. [3]

In 2001, Fastweb was acquired by TMP Worldwide, which added it to its Monster.com division. [4] [5]

In September 2024, Monster merged with CareerBuilder, and funds managed by Apollo Global Management became the majority owner of the website. This acquisition included Fastweb.com. [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. Fastweb.com is to be sold to Canadian media company Valnet. The company listed assets between $50 million and $100 million, and liabilities between $100 million and $500 million. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Claybourn, Cole (December 6, 2023). "10 Sites to Kick Off Your Scholarship Search". U.S. News & World Report .
  2. ↑ Scheckel, Maddy (November 15, 2024). Silbert, Sarah (ed.). "Best Scholarship Websites for Finding Financial Aid". Business Insider .
  3. 1 2 Wilder, Ira; Paul, Trina (December 20, 2024). "These websites help students find college scholarships and get free application advice". CNBC .
  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.
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