Upsolve

Upsolve

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

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 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][7] The company received seed funding from Y Combinator,^[8] the Legal Services Corporation, the Robin Hood Foundation, Harvard University, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.^[9][10][11]

Upsolve began by serving residents of New York City before expanding to the rest of the United States.^[12][13] As of 2025, Upsolve has helped to eliminate more than $700 million in debt for over 16,000 families.^[14]

Upsolve's primary service is a web-based tool that allows users to file for bankruptcy for free.^{[15] [16]} Potential users take an online screener to see if they qualify for assistance.^[17] If the user is qualified, they then answer a series of questions about their financial situation, and Upsolve's application populates the bankruptcy forms.^{[18][19][20][21]} After the paperwork review is finished, users print and deliver their completed bankruptcy paperwork to the court on their own.^[22][23] Upsolve is free for end users.^{[24][25][26][27]}

Upsolve also offers online educational resources about bankruptcy and debt.^{[15] [16]}