Koofers

Koofers, which refers to itself as a “social learning company,” has developed a platform that creates a virtual study hall for college students. More...

Three entrepreneurs on the same mission to facilitate college note-sharing join forces -- and 360,000 students follow. More...

LivingSocial, the District-based purveyor of group coupons, began offering deals to a new niche last week, this one made up of college kids. As part of an arrangement with Reston-based Koofers, a Web site that provides students with old tests, professor reviews and other course aides, LivingSocial will provide deals centered around campuses and their surrounding towns. More...

Reston-based Koofers Inc., an online social-learning hub for college students that offers course materials, professor reviews and other tools, pulled in a $5 million series A from New Atlantic Ventures and Altos Ventures in Menlo Park, Calif. — the firm which had provided the company with seed funding — and new investors QED Investors and AOL-cofounder Steve Case’s Revolution LLC. By the time it closed that funding round, the Virginia Tech-born startup had already amassed content from 400 schools, and garnered national press coverage. More...

Social learning startup Koofers today announced that it has scored $5 million in Series A equity funding. This round includes Revolution, created by AOL (yes, our new parent company) co-founder Steve Case, and Nigel Morris‘ QED Investors with participation of the company’s existing investors, New Atlantic Venturesand Altos Ventures. More...

Reston-based Koofers Inc. has raised $5 million in venture capital, the social learning company announced Wednesday. Koofers provides college students with an array of course materials, professor reviews, historical grading data, textbook price comparison and other study tools. More...

In its pursuit to help college students study smarter, Koofers, Inc. today announced that it has raised $5 million in Series A equity funding. This round includes Revolution LLC, created by AOL co-founder Steve Case, and QED Investors, started by Nigel Morris, and its existing investors, New Atlantic Ventures and Altos Ventures, which previously provided seed funding in 2008. The new capital will be used to scale the company’s presence by expanding product development and customer adoption while adding even more content to enhance the user experience. More...

In the old days, college students might turn to classmates for help during all-night cram sessions before final exams. Now their study buddies are just as likely to be commercial Web sites with step-by-step solutions to textbook problems, copies of previous exams, reams of lecture notes, summaries of literary classics, and real-time help with physics, math and computer science problems. More...