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Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. The company's mission is to accelerate the world's research.

Academics use Academia.edu to share their research, monitor deep analytics around the impact of their research, and track the research of academics they follow. Over 56 million academics have signed up to Academia.edu, adding 19 million papers. Academia.edu attracts over 36 million unique visitors a month.

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Our Team
Richard Price
RICHARD PRICE
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Lund
BEN LUND
Chief Technology Officer
Nate Sullivan
NATE SULLIVAN
Director of Product Engineering
Yuri Niyazov
YURI NIYAZOV
Director of Infrastructure Engineering
Pat Brinich-Langlois
PAT BRINICH-LANGLOIS
Senior Software Engineer
Stuart Liroff
STUART LIROFF
VP of Talent
Alexey Chernikov
ALEXEY CHERNIKOV
Senior Software Engineer
Brynn Gitt
BRYNN GITT
Senior Software Engineer
Michael Mortonson
MICHAEL MORTONSON
Data Scientist
Hannah Ehrlich
HANNAH EHRLICH
User Operations
Zach Foster
ZACH FOSTER
Product Manager
Max Schwartz
MAX SCHWARTZ
Director of Design
Clara Nees
CLARA NEES
Software Engineer
Kai Daniels
KAI DANIELS
Product Designer
Sergei Uversky
SERGEI UVERSKY
Software Engineer
Ying Hao Chan
YING HAO CHAN
Senior Front-End Engineer
Kari Hill
KARI HILL
People Operations Lead
Ahmad Sanad
AHMAD SANAD
Software Engineer
Mitchell Fox
MITCHELL FOX
GM of Premium
Davis Vu
DAVIS VU
Software Engineer
Nick Rutherford
NICK RUTHERFORD
Software Engineer
Jack Maris
JACK MARIS
Software Engineer
Helen Qu
HELEN QU
Software Engineer
Dania Durnas
DANIA DURNAS
Software Engineer

We've raised $17.7 million from a range of investors
Khosla Ventures
True Ventures
Spark Ventures
Spark Capital
Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Shuttleworth
Founder of Thawte and Ubuntu
Rupert Pennant-Rea
Rupert Pennant-Rea
Chairman of The Economist
Thomas Lehrman
Thomas Lehrman
Co-founder of Gerson Lehrman Group