- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2008
- Business Model
- B2C
- Website
- academia.edu
- Total Funding
- $56.2M
- Last Round
- $23.0M Series DFeb 2022
- Rounds
- 5
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About
Academia.edu was founded in 2008 by its owner and CEO, Richard Price, and has grown into a global research platform hosting more than 55 million articles and supporting over 300 million researchers around the world. In 2022, the company launched Academia.edu Journals as its publishing division to expand the platform's mission of accelerating global research dissemination. Academia.edu is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a publishing team operating across Europe and North America.
Summary
Academia is an EdTech company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2008. It has raised $56.2M in total across 5 rounds, most recently a $23.0M Series D round in Feb 2022. Investors include Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures and Tencent.
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Feb 2022
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Funding: Seed through Series D. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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