About Academia.edu
Academia.edu is the largest and fastest-growing platform in the world for sharing academic research. Its mission is to accelerate and democratize academic research.
Over 150 million academics have signed up to Academia.edu, adding 25 million papers. Over 100,000 people join Academia.edu each day. Academia.edu attracts over 52 million unique visitors a month. Forty percent of the world's faculty log in to Academia.edu every month.
The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$63M
Last stage
Growth
Investors
Founders
Richard Price
Richard Price completed his PhD in Philosophy at Oxford University (Prize Fellow of All Souls, 2004–2011) and founded Academia.edu in 2008. He is the sole publicly confirmed founder and continues to serve as CEO.
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