ThinkCERCA Overview
- Year Founded
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2012
- Status
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Private
- Employees
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74
- Latest Deal Type
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Grant
- Latest Deal Amount
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$250K
- Investors
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33
ThinkCERCA General Information
Description
Operator of a personalized literacy platform designed to nurture students' reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. The company's platform facilitates thinking through argumentative writing and tracks real-time reading and writing progress through collaborative discussions and debates in classrooms, enabling teachers to design, share, deliver, and assess lessons' argumentation framework and students to use the process of argumentation to learn about any subject.
Contact Information
Website
www.thinkcerca.comCorporate Office
- 980 North Michigan Avenue
- Suite 1400, PMB 228
- Chicago, IL 60611
- United States
Corporate Office
- 980 North Michigan Avenue
- Suite 1400, PMB 228
- Chicago, IL 60611
- United States
ThinkCERCA Valuation & Funding
Deal Type | Date | Amount | Raised to Date | Post-Val | Status | Stage |
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9. Grant | 29-Jul-2022 | $250K | Completed | Generating Revenue | ||
8. Debt - General | Completed | Generating Revenue | ||||
7. Later Stage VC | 01-Jan-2019 | Completed | Generating Revenue | |||
6. Later Stage VC (Series B) | 28-Aug-2017 | Completed | Generating Revenue | |||
5. Accelerator/Incubator | 16-Nov-2016 | Completed | Generating Revenue | |||
4. Early Stage VC (Series A) | 14-Mar-2015 | Completed | Generating Revenue | |||
3. Seed Round | 03-Jun-2014 | Completed | Generating Revenue | |||
2. Grant | 01-Aug-2013 | $500K | $25K | Completed | Generating Revenue | |
1. Accelerator/Incubator | 07-Aug-2012 | $25K | $25K | Completed | Startup |
ThinkCERCA Cap Table
Stock | # of Shares Authorized |
Par Value | Dividend Rate ($) | Original Issue Price |
Liquidation | Liquidation Pref. Multiple |
Conversion Price | % Owned |
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Series B | ||||||||
Series B1 | ||||||||
Series A | 4,858,301 | $0.000100 | $0.09 | $1.08 | $1.08 | 1x | $1.08 | 26.8% |
ThinkCERCA Comparisons
Industry
Financing
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ThinkCERCA Competitors (24)
One of ThinkCERCA’s 24 competitors is Writable, a Private Equity-Backed company based in Palo Alto, CA.
Company Name | Financing Status | Location | Employees | Total Raised | Last Financing Date/Type | Last Financing Amount |
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Writable | Private Equity-Backed | Palo Alto, CA | ||||
Lumen Learning | Venture Capital-Backed | Portland, OR | ||||
Istation | Corporate Backed or Acquired | Dallas, TX | ||||
Achieve3000 | Private Equity-Backed | Red Bank, NJ | ||||
ScootPad | Formerly VC-backed | San Jose, CA |
ThinkCERCA Patents
ThinkCERCA Recent Patent Activity
Publication ID | Patent Title | Status | First Filing Date | Technology (CPC) | Citations |
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US-11164474-B2 | Methods and systems for user-interface-assisted composition construction | Active | 05-Feb-2016 | ||
US-10741091-B2 | Methods and systems for mitigating the effects of intermittent network connectivity in educational settings | Active | 05-Feb-2016 | ||
US-20170230479-A1 | Methods and systems for mitigating the effects of intermittent network connectivity in educational settings | Active | 05-Feb-2016 | ||
US-20170229032-A1 | Methods and systems for user-interface-assisted composition construction | Active | 05-Feb-2016 | ||
US-20220122480-A1 | Methods and systems for user-interface-assisted composition construction | Inactive | 05-Feb-2016 | G09B7/02 |
ThinkCERCA Signals
ThinkCERCA Investors (33)
Investor Name | Investor Type | Holding | Investor Since | Participating Rounds |
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ToolsCompetition | Corporation | |||
G2T3V | Venture Capital | Minority | ||
GingerBread Capital | Family Office | Minority | ||
Matt LoPresti | Angel (individual) | Minority | ||
MIGMIR | Not-For-Profit Venture Capital | Minority |
ThinkCERCA FAQs
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When was ThinkCERCA founded?
ThinkCERCA was founded in 2012.
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Where is ThinkCERCA headquartered?
ThinkCERCA is headquartered in Chicago, IL.
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What is the size of ThinkCERCA?
ThinkCERCA has 74 total employees.
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What industry is ThinkCERCA in?
ThinkCERCA’s primary industry is Educational and Training Services (B2C).
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Is ThinkCERCA a private or public company?
ThinkCERCA is a Private company.
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What is ThinkCERCA’s current revenue?
The current revenue for ThinkCERCA is
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How much funding has ThinkCERCA raised over time?
ThinkCERCA has raised $17.4M.
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Who are ThinkCERCA’s investors?
ToolsCompetition, G2T3V, GingerBread Capital, Matt LoPresti, and MIGMIR are 5 of 33 investors who have invested in ThinkCERCA.
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Who are ThinkCERCA’s competitors?
Writable, Lumen Learning, Istation, Achieve3000, and ScootPad are some of the 24 competitors of ThinkCERCA.
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