Upsolve

Upsolve is a nonprofit online web application whose goal is to make the process of filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy more accessible to low-income Americans.^[1][2][3][4]

Upsolve

Founder	Rohan Pavuluri, Jonathan Petts, Mark Hansen
Type	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Area served	United States
Services	Legal Aid
Website	upsolve.org

History

Upsolve was founded in 2016 by Rohan Pavluri, a then-research assistant in Harvard Law School's Access to Justice Lab, lawyer Jonathan Petts, and software engineer Mark Hansen.^[5][6] The company received seed funding from Y Combinator,^{[7][better source needed]} the Legal Services Corporation, the Robin Hood Foundation, Harvard University,^[8][9] and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.^{[citation needed]}

Upsolve began with residents of New York City before expanding to the rest of the United States.^[4] As of 2025, Upsolve has been used to eliminate more than $700 million in debt for over 16,000 families.^[5]

Services

Upsolve's primary service is a web-based tool that allows users to file for bankruptcy for free.^[8][10] Potential users take an online screener to see if they qualify for assistance.^[3] If the user is qualified, they then answer a series of questions about their financial situation, and Upsolve's application populates the bankruptcy forms.^[11][12] After the paperwork review is finished, users print and deliver their completed bankruptcy paperwork to the court on their own.^[2][13] Upsolve is free for end users.^[2][14][15]

Upsolve also offers online educational resources about bankruptcy and debt.^[8][10]