About

Founded

2006

Headquarters

Redwood City, California

Industry

Edtech

Company Description

Course Hero, a Learneo business, is an online learning platform with over 60 million course-specific study resources contributed by our community of students and educators, and produced by our team of educational content specialists in collaboration with subject experts.

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Funding

Total Raised

$477.4 million

Valuation

$3.6 billion

Significant Investors

GSV Ventures, Wellington Management, Sequoia Capital Global Equities, OMERS Growth Equity, D1 Capital Partners

Company Traction

As of June 2023, Course Hero reported 100,000+ faculty and 150,000+ educators on the platform.

As of December 2022, Course Hero helps 20 million+ students study daily.

As of December 2021, Course Hero reported they were profitable and cash flow positive on an adjusted EBITA basis for over five years.

As of December 2021, Course Hero gained ~2 million subscribers annually.

Leadership Team

John Peacock: CEO at Course Hero. Former Director of Product at Kongregate.

Gregor Carrigan: Co-Founder & CTO of Course Hero. Co-Founder of Learneo.

Josh Tyler: EVP of Engineering at Course Hero. Former Director of Software Engineering at Suitable Technologies.

Harriet Seitler: EVP, Chief Brand Officer at Course Hero. Former EVP, CMO at Harpo Studios.

Genevieve Conaty: VP of Design at Course Hero. Former VP of Product & Design at Indiegogo.

Press

Yahoo Finance (June 20, 2023): Over 7,500 Faculty to Convene to Explore Teaching in an AI-enabled World

TechCrunch (March 16, 2023): Course Hero, once an edtech unicorn valued at $3.6B, conducts layoffs

TechCrunch (December 15, 2021): For Course Hero, venture capital was once an unobvious solution

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