Academia.edu

📍 SAN FRANCISCO, United States🗓 Founded 2008👥 159 employees💰 Last funded Nov 2020
Internet Publishing🌐 academia.edu
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Academia.edu has built and is expanding the premier distribution and peer review platform for academic research. Guided by our mission to democratize and accelerate the world’s research, Academia aims to make every academic paper ever published available for free online and accessible by anyone in the world. This is just the start of our long-term vision and we are growing fast! Academia’s platform has registered more than 210 million users (still growing at 2M monthly), and has many millions of unique visitors every month, including over 30M logged-in monthly active users (MAU). We have over 300,000 paying premium subscribers, which has contributed to us being profitable YOY the last five years in a row. Academia has attracted $62 million in investment from leading VC firms including Khosla Ventures, True Ventures, Spark Capital, and Tencent. Our work has garnered favorable attention from trade and mainstream media including UK Times, Fortune, Wired, EdTech, Venture Beat, San Francisco Business Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, TechCrunch, Scientific American, and Forbes. Our Remote Work Policy * You can work 100% remotely from anywhere in the US or Canada if you are legally living and working in the USA or a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident Academia is a proud equal-opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. *NOTE: LinkedIn is incorrect. As of January 2023, we are only ~72 employees and ~38 Engineers.
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Frequently asked questions
Who invested in Academia.edu?
Academia.edu has 5 investors on record on gritt.io, 2 mid-stage and 2 late-stage investors.
When did Academia.edu last raise funding?
The most recent investment in Academia.edu recorded on gritt.io was in November 2020.
When was Academia.edu founded?
Academia.edu was founded in 2008.
What industry is Academia.edu in?
Academia.edu operates in Internet Publishing. Find similar Internet Publishing investors on gritt.io.
Where is Academia.edu based?
Academia.edu is headquartered in SAN FRANCISCO, United States.