Location: ResearchGATE Corporation 285 Third Street #727 Invalidenstr. 115, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States

Founded in: 2008
Stage: Revenue generating
Number of employees: 6-15
Profitable year: already profitable
Short URL: vator.co/researchgate

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ResearchGATE

Scientific Network
Startup/business
Massachusetts, United States United States

http://www.researchgate.net/

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ResearchGATE was featured in a VatorNews article: "ResearchGATE receives second round of funding"

'Facebook for scientists' nabs undisclosed amount of funding amid rapid growth – Read more

ResearchGATE was featured in a VatorNews article: "Today's entrepreneur: Matt Malden"

No.1 mistake: Not validating a business model by getting customers to pay before a product is built – Read more

ResearchGATE was featured in a VatorNews article: "Today's entrepreneur: Matt Malden"

No.1 mistake: Not validating a business model by getting customers to pay before a product is built – Read more

Company description

ResearchGATE is the leading professional social network for scientists and researchers to collaborate, share and network. The Boston and Berlin based startup has 300,000 registered users from more than 200 countries. ResearchGATE enables users to connect with colleagues, discover new research, share scientific methods and collaborate online.

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Ijad Madisch, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard University Ijad Madisch studied both medicine and computer science at the University of Hannover, Germany. The focus of his doctoral thesis was in the field of virology at the Department of Virology, Medical School of Hannover, Germany, the molecular typing, evolution and gene therapy vector design of adenoviruses. Besides adenoviral vector design, his research interests are ultra-high resolution volume CT. He spent close to two years as a researcher at the Massachusetts General Hospital, a division of Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA. In 2005, his research won the Young Investigator Prize by the RSNA, awarded to medical students in the USA. At the moment Ijad Madisch is conducting research in the field of Radiology at Harvard University (CIMIT), while he is trying to push ResearchGATE into the world of science.

Horst Fickenscher, Dipl.-Inf. (univ.)
ResearchGATE Horst Fickenscher studied computer science at University of Passau, Germany. His Dipl.-Inf. degree was in the field of computer simulation. His research interests are simulation of autonomous agents and optimization of affiliated nontrivial algorithms. Studying applied foreign languages, he has spent several years living and travelling abroad. Horst has worked as a CEO at a computer science company in Germany until the present time. He has long-lasting experience in conducting the development of largescale web platforms and database applications. Horst Fickenscher is currently working on pushing the implementation of new inventive features of ResearchGATE and overcoming all technical challenges.

Soeren Hofmayer
Medical School of Hannover Sören Hofmayer is studying Medicine at the Medical School of Hannover and attended a two-year economics program at the University of Hannover in Germany. He is preparing his doctoral thesis in Molecular Virology. His doctoral thesis is about genome characterization of the human adenovirus 31. Sören Hofmayer is currently completing his medical internship in Germany.

Business model

ResearchGATE monetizes the site with a jobs board where, as on Craigslist, employers pay to place help wanted ads. It also sells the ResearchGATE platform to universities and other research institutions that want to set it up for use within their own organizations.

Competitive advantage

ResearchGATE prohibits members from disclosing information shared on the site with third parties. It accepts no advertising, so you won't see any "Which Scientists are Searching for You?" ads cluttering the page.

ResearchGATE was featured in a VatorNews article: "ResearchGATE receives second round of funding"

'Facebook for scientists' nabs undisclosed amount of funding amid rapid growth – Read more

ResearchGATE was featured in a VatorNews article: "Today's entrepreneur: Matt Malden"

No.1 mistake: Not validating a business model by getting customers to pay before a product is built – Read more

ResearchGATE was featured in a VatorNews article: "Today's entrepreneur: Matt Malden"

No.1 mistake: Not validating a business model by getting customers to pay before a product is built – Read more