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An educational technology platform for K-12 schools to share content, assignments, and manage communication with students, parents, and colleagues.
Edmodo has raised $78.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at Edmodo.
Edmodo has raised $78.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Edmodo was a Chicago-based educational technology platform that functioned as a secure social network for K-12 schools, allowing educators to distribute quizzes, share content, and manage communication with students and parents before ceasing operations in September 2022. Operating under a free business model supported by undisclosed funding, the software facilitated digital classroom collaboration and centralized homework access. At its peak in July 2019, the platform achieved significant global scale by reaching over 100 million users worldwide. This marked substantial expansion from its earlier adoption metrics around 2012, when the system actively supported approximately 6 million users across 70,000 educational institutions. The service garnered notable industry recognition during its operational tenure, including being named among the top applications for teachers by PC Magazine. Edmodo was founded in 2008 by Nic Borg and Jeff O'Hara.
Edmodo has raised $78.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Edmodo's investors include Index Ventures, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Atomic, BEENEXT, Benchmark, Bling Capital, Craig Shapiro, Todd Papaioannou, Felicis Ventures, Flash Ventures, Founder Collective.
Edmodo was an educational technology company that built an online social learning platform resembling "Facebook for the classroom," enabling K-12 teachers, students, and parents to connect, collaborate, share resources, distribute assignments, quizzes, and track progress in a safe, private environment.[1][2][4][5] It served educators, students, and parents worldwide, solving the problem of inefficient communication and resource sharing in traditional classrooms by fostering efficient, creative, and transparent learning through tools like real-time feedback, professional development courses, and third-party app integrations.[1][3][4] At its peak around 2019, Edmodo claimed over 100 million users across 400,000+ schools in 194 countries, with strong adoption in the U.S. (93 of top 100 districts) and growth in Southeast Asia, Australia, and the U.K., though the platform shut down in September 2022 after its 2018 acquisition by NetDragon.[4][5][6][8]
Edmodo was founded in 2008 by Nic Borg and Jeff O'Hara, school district employees from the Midwest near Chicago, alongside software engineer Crystal Hutter (some sources also mention Ed O'Neil).[1][2][4] Frustrated by teachers' underutilization of technology for student interaction and administrative workflows, Borg and O'Hara aimed to create a simple, safe platform for seamless connections between teachers, students, peers, and parents.[1][2][9] Early traction came quickly: by 2011-2012, user base doubled from 3 million to over 7 million globally; it merged with The Fusion Project in 2010, raised $15 million from Greylock and Benchmark in 2012, and hit 17 million users by around 2013.[1][4][6][7] Pivotal moments included launching an API and app store in 2012 (acquiring Root-1 in 2013), Snapshot assessments in 2014, professional development courses in 2017, and Ask Mo video search that year, backed by investors like Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures.[1][4][6]
Edmodo rode the early 2010s edtech wave, capitalizing on rising demand for digital tools to augment in-class learning amid smartphone proliferation and calls for personalized education in K-12 systems.[4][6][7] Its timing aligned with post-2008 recession pressures on schools to adopt cost-free tech (Edmodo was always free for core users), bridging gaps in global education access—especially in underserved regions like Southeast Asia—while influencing the ecosystem by pioneering social learning networks and app marketplaces for education.[1][3][6][8] Market forces favoring it included parental involvement trends, standards-based assessments, and VC interest in edtech (e.g., $137.5M acquisition by NetDragon in 2018), though it faced competition from newer platforms, contributing to its 2022 shutdown.[4][5]
Edmodo's legacy as a trailblazer in safe, collaborative edtech endures, having connected over 100 million users and proving social platforms could transform classrooms, but its 2022 closure highlights edtech's volatility amid post-pandemic shifts to tools like Google Classroom or AI-driven alternatives.[4][8] Looking ahead, successor platforms or NetDragon integrations may carry its DNA, shaped by trends like AI personalization, VR classrooms, and global remote learning demands; its influence could evolve through open-source echoes or alumni-founded ventures, reminding investors of edtech's high-impact potential despite execution risks.[3][4] This once-dominant player underscores how timing and adaptation define endurance in education's tech frontier.
Key people at Edmodo.
Edmodo has raised $78.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $30.0M Series D in August 2014.
