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MissionU‘s one-year program provides students with a deep dive into disciplines in high demand by employers, such as data analytics and business intelligence, while also teaching work skills like collaboration and critical thinking.
Overview
Total raised
$8.5M
Investors 2
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| CSC UpShot Ventures | csc-upshot.vc |
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 18
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| May 17, 2018 | The Brief Life of a College Alternative: MissionU Will Cease Operations After Sale to WeWork | Traditional colleges don’t open, or close, very often. But in the world of experimental higher education, new entities can pop up quickly, and can shut down with little fanfare. That seems to be the story of MissionU, which was billed as a ... |
| May 17, 2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, May 17 | CLASH OF THE TITANS It’s not just venture capital firms raising record amounts of capital. Private equity tech giants are also facing off with a slate of new mega-funds. Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From Ext... |
| Feb 20, 2018 | College for the 21st century | Ryan Craig Contributor Ryan Craig is managing director of University Ventures. More posts by this contributor The new marketplaces connecting school and work Last-mile training and the future of work in an expanding gig economy When I was i... |
| Nov 22, 2017 | We Don’t Need More Alternatives to College | When MissionU emerged on the scene last year branding itself as an alternative to college, it ruffled feathers in higher education. The startup’s marketing pitch rightly pointed out that college debt was ballooning in the United States and ... |
| Nov 22, 2017 | We Don’t Need More Alternatives to College | When MissionU emerged on the scene last year branding itself as an alternative to college, it ruffled feathers in higher education. The startup’s marketing pitch rightly pointed out that college debt was ballooning in the United States and ... |
| Nov 15, 2017 | Can These New Colleges Help Solve Higher Education’s Equity Problem? | Young people from families in the top income quartile are eight times more likely than those from the bottom quartile to earn a bachelor's degree by the age of 24. And the problem is getting worse, not better. In its current form, our highe... |
| Sep 14, 2017 | MissionU raises $8.5M to build an alternative one-year education program | Adam Braun, a consultant-turned-educational non-profit founder, will say he’s had a lot of good fortune that’s helped him position himself in a way to see the education system from a birds-eye view — and hopes he can help address the proble... |
| Sep 14, 2017 | MissionU Welcomes Its First Class and an $8.5M Series A Round | Just a week after welcoming its first cohort of 30 students to class, startup university MissionU is opening its doors to a few other guests: education-minded investors. The company announced it has raised $8.5 million in a Series A round l... |
| Sep 14, 2017 | FirstMark Capital Leads $8.5M Series A for MissionU | MissionU, the college alternative that gives students the skills and experience needed to succeed in today’s competitive working world while allowing them to graduate debt-free with no upfront tuition, today announced an $8.5 million Series... |
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FAQ about MissionU
How much funding has MissionU raised?
MissionU has raised $8.5M in total across 1 funding round.
Who has invested in MissionU?
Parsers VC lists 2 investors of MissionU, among them CSC UpShot Ventures.
What has the press written about MissionU?
Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning MissionU, among them “The Brief Life of a College Alternative: MissionU Will Cease Operations After Sale to WeWork” (May 17, 2018) and “Term Sheet — Thursday, May 17” (May 17, 2018).
Is MissionU still active?
MissionU is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 30, 2018.