Hey, I'm Charlie Von Der Ahe

USC student and founder of Campus Plus+.

My Story

I built Campus Plus+ because I saw a loophole in how college campuses actually worked. Students were relying on group chats and social media stories to buy, sell, and rent things — or worse, trusting sketchy marketplaces full of random strangers off-campus. On top of that, if you wanted to rent a dress, sell your old textbooks, and book someone to help you move, that was three different apps, none of them built for students.

I wanted to fix both problems at once.

Why Campus Plus+

Campus Plus+ is a .edu-verified marketplace and gig platform — everyone on it is a real, verified student from your campus. Buy, sell, and rent everything from furniture to formal dresses, and hire (or get hired) for gigs your classmates actually need done. All in one place, all verified, no more piecing it together across five different chats and apps.

We started at USC and are expanding to campuses across the country this fall.

This isn't a product built by people who haven't set foot on a campus in twenty years. I'm building this while living it.

— Charlie