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Socratic Funding Round

Socratic, operating out of San Francisco, raised $1.5 million in funding from Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/9/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,500,000
Round
Seed
Investors

Spark Capital (Lead Investor)

Andreessen Horowitz

private investors (David Tisch)

private investors (John Maloney)

private investors (Terrapin Bale)

Proceeds Purpose
The company plans to use its new funding -- and the guidance of its new investors -- to build out the service and bring more teachers into the community. Pedregal also said the site includes crowd-curation tools for quality control.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
2505 Mariposa St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Email Address
Overview
We're a small start-up located in New York City. We care about making education accessible and believe in the power of great teaching. With your help, we believe we can create the world's best learning resource.
Profile
Socratic LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Socratic Company Twitter Account
Company News
Socratic News
Facebook
Socratic on Facebook
YouTube
Socratic on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Co-Founder
Shreyans Bhansali
  Shreyans Bhansali LinkedIn Profile  Shreyans Bhansali Twitter Account  Shreyans Bhansali News  Shreyans Bhansali on Facebook
Founder
Christopher Pedregal
  Christopher Pedregal LinkedIn Profile  Christopher Pedregal Twitter Account  Christopher Pedregal News  Christopher Pedregal on Facebook


 

 

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