Highlighter is a platform for saving students money on textbooks and increasing student success.
We accomplish both of these things by allowing professors to publish any type of course material, including digital textbooks and supplemental course material, to our HTML5 reader and that allows students to access the content and interact with it, on any device. That means we can truly beg the question, "what is a textbook."
Then, we take all of the student data, for example, how they are interacting with the content, how many comments and highlights they've made, when was the last time they accessed the content, what questions they have, how many pages they read, etc., etc., and pass that info back to the professor in the form of powerful, dead simple to use, analytics.
We accomplish both of these things by allowing professors to publish any type of course material, including digital textbooks and supplemental course material, to our HTML5 reader and that allows students to access the content and interact with it, on any device. That means we can truly beg the question, "what is a textbook."
Then, we take all of the student data, for example, how they are interacting with the content, how many comments and highlights they've made, when was the last time they accessed the content, what questions they have, how many pages they read, etc., etc., and pass that info back to the professor in the form of powerful, dead simple to use, analytics.
Location: United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $300K
Founded date: 2010
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | eonCapital | eoncapital... |
| - | Techstars | techstars.... |
| - | Thomas McI... | tgm.com |
| - | KBJ Capita... | kbjcapital... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 15.03.2011 | - | $300K | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.05.2024 | Bluesky Is Building The Decentralized Social Media Jack Dorsey Wants, Even If He Doesn’t Realize It | There was a bit of news in the world of decentralized social media over the past few weeks. It kicked off with the announcement that Jack Dorsey had left the board of Bluesky. This was followed by an interview Jack gave to Mike Solana where... |
| 10.11.2016 | The Top 10 Seattle Startups You Need to Know About | It's here: Seattle Startup Week runs from November 14 to 18, 2016, and features a host of the who's who among those in the hottest tech hub in America (yes, I'm a biased Seattlite). Speakers and fireside chatters include Tracy Aiken, Genera... |
| 10.11.2016 | The Top 10 Seattle Startups You Need to Know About | It's here: Seattle Startup Week runs from November 14 to 18, 2016, and features a host of the who's who among those in the hottest tech hub in America (yes, I'm a biased Seattlite). Speakers and fireside chatters include Tracy Aiken, Genera... |
| 02.04.2012 | Tech Moves: Robert Wise joins MTN; RealNetworks taps CFO; REI’s promotions; and more | Bob Wise Robert Wise has been named chief innovation officer at MTN Satellite Communications, charged with building up the company’s product and technical team in Seattle. Wise most recently served as an engineering vice president in HP’s p... |
| 01.11.2011 | Where are they now? Update on the TechStars Class of 2010 | Inside TechStars Seattle Some have gone out of business. Several have changed course. And most are still hanging their shingle in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, looking to transform everything from the way we watch TV to how we ma... |
| 27.09.2011 | No more slacking in class: Highlighter unveils Groups to boost student engagement | The new Highlighter Groups service allows students to share in participate in conversations online before class. As students head back to college campuses this fall, here’s a new technology from a Seattle startup which might change the rule... |
| 15.03.2011 | Much more than a blog commenting system, Highlighter raises $300,000 | On most online news sites, including this one, readers must wait until the end of the post before they can share their opinions. But Highlighter, which just scored $300,000 in angel financing, is taking a different approach. The Seattle com... |
| 15.11.2010 | TechStars Demo Day Yields 10 New Seattle Startups—and a Lot of Work Ahead | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints It’s pretty impressive what a few startup teams can accomplish in 90 days with a lot of hard work, mentorship, and late-night Maker’s Mark bourbon-fueled sessions. But their r... |
| 11.11.2010 | TechStars Launches Ten New Startups In Seattle | Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post written by David Cohen, founder and CEO of the TechStars startup incubator. TechStars, the well-known seed accelerator program with operations in Boulder, Boston, Seattle and New York City has un... |