Piazza
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Location: 541D Cowper St., Palo Alto, California 94301, United States United States
Founded in: 2009
Stage: 1.0 (formal launch)
Number of employees: 6-15
Funding history:
- Date: 01/2012, Series A: $6 M (post valuation: undisclosed amount).
Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Kapor Capital, Felicis Ventures
- Date: 07/2011, Seed: $1.5 M (post valuation: undisclosed amount).
Investors: Sequoia Capital, Felicis Ventures, Kapor Capital, SV Angel
Short URL: vator.co/piazza
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Piazza

Ask. Answer. Explore. Whenever.
Startup/business
California, United States United States United States
http://www.piazza.com

Piazza is an online Q&A for classes, enabling high quality interaction between students and instructors.

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Piazza was featured in a article: "Zynga.org and NewSchools launch ed tech accelerator "
Accelerator will focus on games and apps designed to improve education – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Thinkful raises $1M to make online ed less isolating"
Online education startup focuses on making classes more social with a cohort and mentor – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "California to create free textbook library for students"
Reduces cost while student loan rate skyrockets – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Resetting Education: Social networks for the classroom"
Learning doesn't happen in a vacuum; how social networks are adding a new dimension – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Resetting Education: The rebounding edtech ecosystem"
Edtech is finally seeing a revival after the burst of the Internet bubble – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Learn how to code with Stanford and Piazza"
Stanford's free iOS app-making course is back with help from Piazza – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Online education company Coursera raises $16 million"
Goal is to bring top-tier university classes to the Web for free; online degrees becoming mainstream – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Online educator StraighterLine raises $10 million"
Online classes more popular as tuition rises and student loan debt becomes major problem – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "First Round leads $1.75M round in Schoolfeed"
Founder of RockYou's new start-up, with 7M members, announces funding; readies for new round – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Piazza raises $6M for social-learning network"
Bessemer, Kapor Capital and Felicis Ventures back start-up to help college students get engaged – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Today's Entrepreneur: Pooja Sankar"
I want to transform the way people learn and teach – Read more
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Piazza was featured in a article: "Ed. network Piazza sees 100% growth in one month"
The educational social network sees explosive growth in one month over the last six months – Read more