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Rafter is an established course materials management technology company whose mission is to promote student success by partnering with campuses to make education more accessible, affordable, and effective for all. Building on its course materials experience and long-term relationships with hundreds of colleges and suppliers, Rafter is redesigning and transforming how learning materials are discovered, managed, and distributed in higher education with its innovative textbooks-in-tuition solution, Rafter360®. Hundreds of campuses and over 2.7 million students have used Rafter’s technology to save nearly $700 million on textbooks.
Based in San Mateo, California, Rafter was founded in 2006. More information about Rafter360 can be found at www.rafter.com/our-solutions/rafter360/
Based in San Mateo, California, Rafter was founded in 2006. More information about Rafter360 can be found at www.rafter.com/our-solutions/rafter360/
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Mateo
Employees
51-200
Founded date
2006
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Dec 5, 2014 | Norwest’s Edtech Play: Aim Straight For Consumers Needing Skills | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Palo Alto, CA-based Norwest Venture Partners is one of the investment firms that are placing bets on educational technology, a fast-growing field that is transforming the way ... |
| Sep 2, 2013 | If You’re Buying Textbooks This Week, Get Educated, Not Schooled | When a semester’s worth of textbooks can add up to a couple (or three or four) hundred dollars, hitting the checkout line at the campus bookstore is a distressing experience for many students, to say the least. Analog solutions to this prob... |
| Jul 12, 2012 | What the next multibillion-dollar edtech company will look like | Education companies nationwide are raising funds, and eyebrows, as they receive more and more attention from the national media. In the past few months, more than $110 million has flooded startups like 2tor, Coursera, The Minerva Project an... |
| Jun 27, 2012 | Rafter buys HubEdu to save money for students, schools | Parent company to Bookrenter snaps up small San Diego startup to build cloud solutions for colleges Rafter, the parent company behind Bookrenter, announced Wednesday that it has acquired education technology company HubEdu, which provides a... |
| Jun 27, 2012 | Edtech startup Rafter acquires HubEdu to lower textbook costs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Education startup Rafter announced today that it ... |
| Jun 27, 2012 | Rafter Scoops Up HubEdu To Help It Challenge The Textbook Industry | Rafter, a new edtech company formed from the rebranding of popular textbook rental service (and Chegg competitor) BookRenter, announced its first-ever strategic acquisition this morning. The lucky acquiree? HubEdu: A young, San Diego-based ... |
| Feb 28, 2012 | BookRenter builds parent company for college inventory | Rafter helps university administrators stay organized while students save on course material The popular source for renting and organizing textbook systems for universities and its students has just built a parent company with an even broad... |
| Feb 28, 2012 | Textbook Rental Site BookRenter Spawns Rafter, A Course Materials Management Network For Colleges | College textbook rental startup BookRenter is announcing an interesting new venture today, pivoting slightly from the singular focus on rentals to a broader market. Rafter is launching as a network of software services which basically allow... |
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FAQ about Rafter, Inc.
When was Rafter, Inc. founded?
Rafter, Inc. was founded in 2006.
What has the press written about Rafter, Inc.?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning Rafter, Inc., among them “Norwest’s Edtech Play: Aim Straight For Consumers Needing Skills” (Dec 5, 2014) and “If You’re Buying Textbooks This Week, Get Educated, Not Schooled” (Sep 2, 2013).
Is Rafter, Inc. still active?
Yes, Rafter, Inc. is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 14, 2016.