Tech Company Financing Transactions
Academia Funding Round
Academia, operating out of San Francisco, raised $23 million in investment from Tencent Holdings, Khosla Ventures and Spark Capital.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
3/13/2022
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$23,000,000
Round
Series D
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to expand into allowing academics to be peer-reviewed and published in journals hosted on the platform.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
580 California St. 400
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Academia is a platform for sharing academic research. Academics have uploaded 28 million papers, and 81 million academics, professionals, and students read papers on Academia every month.
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Richard Price
Chief Operating Officer
Mitchell Fox
Chief Technical Officer
Benjamin Lund
Chief Technical Officer
Nate Sullivan
Vice President
Adi Raval
VP - Engineering
Yuri Niyazov
VP - Engineering
Max Schwartz
VP - Finance
Paul Gu
VP - Human Resources
Kari Hill
VP - Human Resources
Stuart Liroff
VP - Product Management
Jason Kellerman
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