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Meti Basiri

CEO & Co-founder, ApplyBoard

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Meti Basiri is CEO and co-founder of ApplyBoard, the study-abroad application platform he started in 2015 with his brothers Martin and Massi. He came to Canada from Iran as a student in 2011 and studied marketing at Conestoga College. He was ApplyBoard's CMO until August 2022, when he became CEO, BetaKit reported.

Meti hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Meti co-founded ApplyBoard, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Polytechnic Alumni Spotlight: ApplyBoard Co-founders, Meti and Massi BasiriPolytechnics Canada
2023
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ApplyBoard announces leadership switch-up, with founding CEO replaced by brotherBetaKit
2023

Quick answers

What is Meti Basiri's role at ApplyBoard?

ApplyBoard's Our Story page, checked September 2026, lists him as CEO & Co-Founder. BetaKit reported on 2023-01-06 that he moved from Chief Marketing Officer to CEO in August 2022, replacing his brother Martin, the founding CEO.

When was ApplyBoard founded, and by whom?

ApplyBoard's Our Story page, checked September 2026, says it was founded in April 2015 by the three Basiri brothers: Meti, Massi and Martin. BetaKit's 2023-01-06 report also dates the founding to 2015.

Where did Meti Basiri study?

Polytechnics Canada's alumni spotlight, published 2023-01-11, says he graduated from Conestoga College's Business Administration – Marketing advanced diploma in 2014. In a Times Higher Education piece dated 2021-01-11, he wrote that he came to Canada from Iran as a student in 2011.

What does ApplyBoard do?

ApplyBoard's Our Story page, checked September 2026, describes a platform for students applying to study in six countries (Canada, the US, UK, Australia, Ireland and Germany), working with more than 1,500 institutions and 6,500 recruitment partners.

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