Piazza
$14Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
$8Mlatest round · Venture round · Feb 2014 · 12 yr ago
3backers · Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis
35stories in the press
Overview
Piazza is a free online gathering place where students can ask, answer, and explore 24/7, under the guidance of their instructors. Students as well as instructors can answer questions, fueling a healthy, collaborative discussion.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$14M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$8M
Venture round · Feb 2014 · 12 yr ago
Backers
3
Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis
The money's age
Long since its last round
152 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
2 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 18, 2022
New executive Piazza Appoints EdTech Leader Ethan O'Rafferty as its New CEO · businesswire.com
Feb 25, 2014
Raised a round Venture round $8M · TechCrunch
Jan 6, 2012
Raised a round Series A $6M
Oct 26, 2011
Released an app Piazza · App Store
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.02%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
2.1 ★
279 ratings
Hacker News stories
11
best: 25 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Feb 2014 | $8M | — | TechCrunch |
| Series A | Jan 2012 | $6M | — | portal.gigaom.com |
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News
Piazza Consulting Group and Carahsoft Partner to Deliver Secure Enterprise AI Solutions to the Public Sector
PARAMUS, N.J. and RESTON, Va., Aug. 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Piazza Consulting Group (PCG), an artificial intelligence product and technolog...
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Catching up with Mike Piazza: Mets legend on Pete Alonso, Subway Series and life abroad
Alonso is like Piazza in 1998: A 29-year-old slugger, former Rookie of the Year and perennial All-Star facing a big payday in free agency.
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U. moves away from Piazza
Piazza, an online discussion platform that allows students to ask questions about class material, was a popular service at Brown used in numerous classes, particularly in STEM courses, up until recently. But in April, the Digital Learning and Design offic
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Piazza Q&A Launches New Insights and Analytics Tool to Gauge College and High School Student Participation and Engagement in an Entirely Virtual Environment
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She Built Her Startup With No Money or Team. How the CEO of Piazza Did It.
Pooja Sankar gave new meaning to the word 'scrappy' as she built her online question-and-answer forum.
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