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Websitekno.com
Blogblog.kno.com
CategorySoftware
Employees
Founded5/09
DescriptionDigital Education Platform

Offices

Santa Clara, USA
5155 Old Ironsides Dr.
Santa Clara, CA, 95054
USA

People

Co-Founder/CTO/Board of Directors
Co-Founder/CEO/Board of Directors
Investor
Investor
Investor/Board of Directors

Former People

Director, Strategic Initiatives
CFO

Funding

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Kno

Kno has developed a digital learning environment for students to read textbooks, take notes, and share materials with friends and teachers. Students can access through multiple platforms and purpose-built textbook tablets. The company works with multiple textbook publishers to make tens of thousands of textbooks and supplementary materials available to their users. Kno is also developing a services platform to connect students globally through tutoring, collaboration, and education assessment tools.

Milestones

  • Check
    Kno added Stuart West as CFO.
    Posted 11/8/10 at 12:00pm
  • Check
    Kno added Babur Habib as Co-Founder/CTO/Board of Directors.
    Posted 9/7/10 at 10:00pm
  • Check
    Kno added Mike Maples as Investor.
    Posted 3/24/10 at 7:23am
  • Check
    Kno added Marc Andreessen as Investor/Board of Directors.
    Posted 1/21/10 at 6:30pm
  • Check
    Kno added Osman Rashid as Co-Founder/CEO/Board of Directors. (5/1/09)
    Posted 12/23/09 at 4:51pm
  • Dollar
    Kno received $2.5M in Series C funding. (6/6/11)
    Posted 6/6/11 at 8:12pm via dowjones.com
  • Dollar
    Kno received $20.3M in Debt funding. (9/8/10)
    Posted 4/22/11 at 1:37pm via sec.gov
  • Dollar
    Kno received $30M in Series C funding. (4/6/11)
    Posted 4/8/11 at 7:40am via sec.gov
  • Dollar
    Kno received $26.8M in Series B funding. (8/19/10)
    Posted 9/7/10 at 11:38pm via sec.gov
  • Dollar
    Kno received $7.5M in Series A funding. (12/23/09)
    Posted 12/23/09 at 5:30pm via techcrunch.com
  • Dollar
    Kno received $1.85M in Angel funding. (5/1/09)
    Posted 12/23/09 at 5:29pm
  • Check
    Kno — Kakai announces new product under the brand Kno. (6/2/10)
    Posted 6/2/10 at 4:01pm via kno.com

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Above: Kno Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 7/26/11

Sources

  1. Citation Needed [add]
  2. Chegg Founder Raises Another $7.5 Million For Stealth Startup Kakai, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. SEC Form D (edgar.sec.gov) [edit]
  4. SEC Form D (edgar.sec.gov) [edit]
  5. SEC Form D (edgar.sec.gov) [edit]
  6. GSV Joins Goldman Sachs In Kno Syndicate With $2.5M Investment (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
  7. How Kno Got Started (kno.com) [edit]
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