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Course Hero: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

Course Hero is an online learning platform with study resources that help students feel confident and prepared, from day one to graduation. The company provides a free and subscription online learning platform that empowers students and educators to succeed through unlocked study tools, documents, and resources. It also offers free and subscription membership that includes access to practice problems, study guides, videos, class notes, and step-by-step explanations for every subject that students study, from economics to literature, biology to history, and accounting to psychology. In 2016, Andrew Grauer, Gregor Carrigan, and Jared Grauer established Course Hero in Redwood City, California.

www.coursehero.com LinkedIn Redwood City, United States 1001-5000 employees
Crowdsourcing E-Learning EdTech Education Internet Subscription Service
Total raised
$450M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series C
Dec 2021

Course Hero has raised $450M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series C of $380M announced in Dec 2021.

That round is above the $1.5M median round size for Education companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Course Hero Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$450M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series C
$380M in Dec 2021
Employees
1001-5000
reported band
Headquarters
Redwood City, United States

Latest funding round on record: Dec 2021.

Course Hero Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series C
$380M
Undisclosed round
$70.0M

Course Hero raised $70.0M in an undisclosed round announced in Aug 2020.

1.3 years later, a Series C of $380M was announced in Dec 2021.

Course Hero Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Andrew Grauer
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Course Hero team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Course Hero Funding Compared to Other Education Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
1,474
$1.5M
29,722
$7.5M
1,814
$58M

Course Hero's latest round of $380M is above the median round in Education. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Course Hero Funding FAQs

What does Course Hero do?

Course Hero is an online learning platform with study resources that help students feel confident and prepared, from day one to graduation. The company provides a free and subscription online learning platform that empowers students and educators to succeed through unlocked study tools, documents, and resources. It also offers free and subscription membership that includes access to practice problems, study guides, videos, class notes, and step-by-step explanations for every subject that students study, from economics to literature, biology to history, and accounting to psychology. In 2016, Andrew Grauer, Gregor Carrigan, and Jared Grauer established Course Hero in Redwood City, California.

How much funding has Course Hero raised?

Course Hero has raised $450M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series C of $380M announced in Dec 2021.

When did Course Hero last raise funding?

Course Hero's most recent funding round on record is a Series C of $380M, announced in Dec 2021.

Who is the CEO of Course Hero?

Andrew Grauer is listed as CEO at Course Hero.

Where is Course Hero headquartered?

Course Hero is based in Redwood City, California, United States.

How many employees does Course Hero have?

Course Hero is in the 1001-5000 employee band.

How does Course Hero's funding compare to other Education startups?

Course Hero's latest round of $380M is above the $1.5M median round size for Education companies on FundedIQ across 1,474 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Course Hero Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Course Hero is left off this page rather than filled in.

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