Analyzing Education Startups Worldwide

Recently Founded

(see 2012 activity)

Studyspot
Founded
09/12

ISTUDENT
Founded
09/12

LearnInTown
Founded
08/12

WiseMap
Founded
08/12

NH School of Management and Technology
Founded
07/12

Received Angel Funding

(see 2012 activity)

ClassDojo
Angel Funded
08/12

Yagantec
Angel Funded
08/12

EdSurge
Angel Funded
08/12

emoquo
Angel Funded
07/12

Enforcer eCoaching
Angel Funded
07/12

Received VC Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Dnevnik.ru
VC Round
09/12

Desire2Learn
VC Round
09/12

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
VC Round
08/12

Everfi
Series B
08/12

rSmart
Series B
08/12

Recently Acquired

(see 2012 activity)

Academic Earth
Acquired
10/11

Student of Fortune
Acquired
08/11

gripNote
Acquired
01/11

Questia Media
Acquired
01/10

Ranking	City	Startups Founded	Angel Funded	VC Funded	Exits
1	San Francisco (USA)	5	3	3	1
2	Palo Alto (USA)	3	2	3	-
3	New York (USA)	3	1	2	-
4	Boston (USA)	2	1	2	-
5	Bangalore (IND)	3	2	-	-
6	Washington (USA)	2	-	1	-
7	Shanghai (CHN)	3	-	-	-
8	Scottsdale (USA)	-	-	3	-
9	Brooklyn (USA)	2	1	-	-
10	Gurgaon (IND)	1	-	1	-

Activity Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	153	24	13	3
2010	71	14	10	1
2009	37	6	3
2008	36	3	1
2007	25		1
2006	7	1	1
2005	14	1	1
2004	8
2003	7
2002	10

Founded Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	153	16	4	1
2010	71	12	6	1
2009	37	6	1
2008	36	8	9	1
2007	25	4	3
2006	7
2005	14	3	3	1
2004	8		1
2003	7		2
2002	10		1

Angel Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First Angel Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					9
2011				9	6
2010			5	3	1
2009		2	2		1
2008	3	1	2		2

VC Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First VC Round Year (top)

	2008	2010	2011	2012
2012				2
2011			1	3
2010			1	4
2009		1
2008	1	1	2

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	3	Learn Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund
2	2	500 Startups, Start Fund, Keith Rabois
3	1	AngelCube, Azione Capital Pte Ltd, Eureka Equities Inc., Excelerate Labs, HexFund, Innogest Sgr and Italian Angels for Growth, Samurai Incubate, Start-Up Chile, TechStars, The Iron Yard, The Washington Post Company, Y Combinator, Allen & Company, Anthemis Group, Avonmore Developments, BlackLex, Columbia University Lang Fund, Cradle, Eastlabs, First Light Ventures, Founder Collective, General Catalyst Partners, Google Ventures, Huda Associates, Imagine K12, JumpStart, Kapor Capital, Kepha Partners, Kindler Capital, LBA, Lerer Ventures, MHS Capital, Morado Venture Partners, New York Angels, NextView Ventures, North West Fund, Ojas Venture Partners, Partech International, SV Angel, TMT Ventures, Tugboat Ventures, Barry Nalebuff, Ben Ling, Ben Macrory, Chamath Palihapitiya, Chris Saye, David and Stacy Porteus, David Shen, David Sze, Denis Engel, Derek Montgomery, Dilip Vamanan, Eghosa Omoigui, Esther Dyson, Floris Rost van Tonningen, Frank Hansen, Jeff Clavier, Jeremy Stoppelman, John Orrock, Josh Elman, Joshua Stylman, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Rose, Larry Braitman, M. Nguyen, Mark Suster, Marque Joosten, Mitch Kapor, Nancy Peretsman, Naval Ravikant, Neel Duncan, Nicholas Chan, NS Raghavan, Patrick Kerssemakers, Paul Graham, Paul Martino, Reid Hoffman, Rick Thompson, Ron Belt, Ron Conway, Russ Fradin, Stephen Bullock, Todd Edebohls

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	4	New Enterprise Associates
2	2	Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, City Light Capital, FirstMark Capital, GSV Capital, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, The Social+Capital Partnership
3	1	ASAHI Net, Internet Capital Group, Lightbank, Pearson, Union Square Ventures, 500 Startups, Accel Partners, Aria Ventures, Austin Ventures, Chrysalis Ventures, DC Community Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Fidelity Ventures, First Round Capital, FLOODGATE, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, eujrmoq, Harmony Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Hillman Ventures, IA Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, ISIS Equity Partners, Kennet Partners, Kepha Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Learn Capital, Learn Capital Venture Partners, Legg Mason, Maveron, MHS Capital, Mind Fund, Monashees Capital, NextView Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, NLM Capital Partners, OMERS Ventures, Omidyar Network, QiMing Venture Partners, Runa Capital, Salmon River Capital, Spark Capital, SV Angel, NewSchools Venture Fund, Tomorrow Ventures, U.S. Army, Ulu Ventures, Union Square Ventures , Venrock, Evan Williams, Jeff Bezos, Joel Spolsky, Matthew Pittinsky, Michael Chasen, Michael Kearns, Peter Thiel

Ranking	Acquisitions	Acquirer
1	1	Ampush, Chegg, GALE CENGAGE Learning, Textbo

Analyzing Education Startups Worldwide

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Historic Activity

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