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| Category | Consumer Web |
| Phone | (914) 740-8072 |
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| Employees | |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Description | Open College Textbooks |
| TOTAL | $26.2M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $26.2M |
| Venture Round, 10/08 | $700k |
| Series A, 3/09 Valhalla Partners Greenhill SAVP High Peaks Venture Partners | $8M |
| Venture Round, 12/09 | $2.5M |
| Series B, 1/11 Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments Bessemer Venture Partners Valhalla Partners GSA Venture Partners High Peaks Venture Partners Random House | $15M |
| Venture Round, 4/11 Random House |
Founded in 2007, Flat World Knowledge is the largest publisher of open college textbooks for students worldwide. Committed to making higher education more affordable and accessible, our course content is available in a range of low-cost formats, including a free online reader. To date, Flat World textbooks are used at more than 2,000 colleges in 44 countries. Backed by top venture capital firms, Flat World Knowledge was named the “Best Discount Textbook Provider” by the Education Resources People’s Choice Awards, and one of the information industry’s “30 to Watch” in 2011, along with Apple, Facebook and Google, by research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc.
Jeff Shelstad, CEO of Flat World Knowledge, answers questions and discusses the importance of being an open and digital first college textbook publisher at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business - August 2011
Added: 11/22/11Customers Talk About College Textbook Costs and Flat World Knowledge
Added: 11/22/11
