Koofers (acquired)

http://www.koofers.com/

Last activity: 13.07.2020

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Koofers is a consumer internet platform that helps college students succeed by providing free access to practice exams, professor ratings, and flashcards.

Koofers Campus Recruiter is an enterprise solution that allows employers and recruiting firms to easily find and connect with over 1,000,000 college students looking for internships and full-time job opportunities.

Followers

2.05K

Mentions

Overview

Location

United States, Virginia, Blacksburg

Employees

1-10

Total raised

$5.5M

Founded date

2008

Funding Rounds 2

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Dec 5, 2008	Funding round	$500K

Mentions in press and media 17

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Aug 10, 2018	Meet David Hall, Partner at Revolution	Revolution VC has invested over $1 billion in firms outside Silicon Valley As entrepreneurship has become a global meme, with the title of "Founder" worn like a badge of accomplishment, there's no shortage of emerging investors on...
Jul 14, 2015	6 Startups to Watch Out of Virginia Tech's Incubator	General Assembly DC team at the 2017 50 on Fire photoshoot at WeWork White House. VT KnowledgeWorks is a kind of one-stop shop of entrepreneurship at Virginia Tech. As part of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, it offers an incuba...
Feb 1, 2015	20 Killer Apps and Websites to Make College Life Easier	Homework, study groups, classes, labs, family, friends, jobs: it's a wonder how college students get everything done, and still manage to get a couple hours of sleep every night! Productivity, studying, and time management are three areas i...
Aug 11, 2014	StudyBlue Founder Chris Klundt Steps Back Into CEO Role, Revamps Site Design, Preps For Pro	Just in time for students to head back to school, crowdsourced flash card study platform StudyBlue announced a new site design, search navigation capabilities, a lifelong learning feature, a new pro version of the platform and that co-found...
Nov 6, 2013	Why Blacksburg, VA is the Best Kept Startup Secret in America	When you think about startups, entrepreneurship, and technology, typically you think of Silicon Valley (“The Valley”), New York City, DC, Austin, and other major cities and towns. However, you are missing one town that is the best kept secr...
Mar 9, 2011	The best place to set up your startup	John Backus is a co-founder and managing partner at early-stage VC fund New Atlantic Ventures. He blogs at http://navfund.com/blog/. Now’s a good time for startups: VCs are investing more money now than they have since the recession hit. Bu...
Oct 15, 2010	StudyBlue raises $3.65M in Series A	But how does the site measure up in this crowded field? StudyBlue, an online study site, announced Friday that it has raised $3.65 million in a Series A round led by unnamed investors. Founded in 2006, the Madison, Wisconsin-based company h...
Sep 29, 2010	Koofers Raises $5M in Series A Equity Funding	Koofers, Inc., a Reston, VA-based social learning company that provides open and free access to course materials, class and professor ratings, and study aids, has raised $5m in Series A equity funding. This round includes Revolution LLC, QE...
Sep 29, 2010	Social Learning Company Koofers Raises $5 Million From Revolution, Others	Social learning startup Koofers today announced that it has scored $5 million in Series A equity funding. This round includes Revolution, created by AOL (yes, our new parent company) co-founder Steve Case, and Nigel Morris‘ QED Investors wi...
Sep 29, 2010	Koofers raises $5M for social-study network	But does the site deliver what it advertises? Correction: Grockit was founded in 2007, not 2006, as previously stated. Social learning company Koofers announced Wednesday morning that it has raised $5 million in series A equity funding, led...
Feb 19, 2010	MyEdu lands $5.5M more to help you graduate college while saving money	MyEdu, a developer of education web applications to help students graduate on time and still save money, today announced that it closed a $5.5 million second round of funding to expand its university partner network and launch new services....
Feb 1, 2009	LaunchBox Digital '09 Now Taking Applications	LaunchBox Digital a startup incubator similar to Y Combinator that offers founders small amounts of seed funding and a mentorship program in exchange for equity stakes of around 4-8%, is now accepting applications for its class of 2009. The...
Dec 7, 2008	Funding roundup - week ending in 12/6/08	GoFish, Angie's List, Lucid Media are among companies that raised some funds Here's a look at some of the funding announcements across the social network, community, video, digital media and advertising sectors. GoFish raised $22.5 million ...
Dec 5, 2008	Koofers raises $500K to pass along old exams, study guides	Every high school and college campus has unofficial channels for swapping old exams, opinions about teachers, study guides and grim grade distribution tales. Now online student community Koofers aims to centralize all of this on the web — a...
Sep 15, 2008	Wiggio makes collaboration easier for college students	A startup called Wiggio just launched a new collaboration tool for college students. I’m no longer a college student myself (thank God), so I haven’t given Wiggio a try, but it sounds useful. One would think, of course, that the college col...
Aug 5, 2008	LaunchBox Unleashes Its First Nine Startups	What does $25,000 and 12 weeks get you? If you are a startup funded by LaunchBoxDigital, it gets you a working alpha or beta site. Based in Washington, D.C., LaunchBox is the latest seed-fund incubator to take the “Build ’em cheap and build...

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FAQ about Koofers (acquired)

When was Koofers (acquired) founded?

Koofers (acquired) was founded in 2008.

How much funding has Koofers (acquired) raised?

Koofers (acquired) has raised $5.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has Koofers (acquired) raised?

Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Koofers (acquired), among them a funding round of $500K on Dec 5, 2008.

What has the press written about Koofers (acquired)?

Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning Koofers (acquired), among them “Meet David Hall, Partner at Revolution” (Aug 10, 2018) and “6 Startups to Watch Out of Virginia Tech's Incubator” (Jul 14, 2015).

Is Koofers (acquired) still active?

Yes, Koofers (acquired) is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 13, 2020.