ThinkCERCA Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2012

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 55

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • 2ndary - Private

  • Investors
  • 11

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.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 875 North Michigan Avenue
  • Suite 3100, PMB1416
  • Chicago, IL 60611
  • United States
+1 (224)
Primary Industry
Educational and Training Services (B2C)
Other Industries
Educational Software
Vertical(s)
EdTech
Corporate Office
  • 875 North Michigan Avenue
  • Suite 3100, PMB1416
  • Chicago, IL 60611
  • United States
+1 (224)

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ThinkCERCA Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
10. Secondary Transaction - Private Completed Generating Revenue
9. Grant 29-Jul-2022 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
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ThinkCERCA Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series B
Series B1
Series A 4,858,301 $0.000100 $0.09 $1.08 $1.08 1x $1.08 26.8%
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ThinkCERCA Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Operator of a personalized literacy platform designed to nurture students' reading, writing, and critical thinking skill
Educational and Training Services (B2C)
Chicago, IL
55 As of 2026

Pittsburgh, PA
 

Dallas, TX
 
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ThinkCERCA Competitors (22)

One of ThinkCERCA’s 22 competitors is Carnegie Learning, a Private Equity-Backed company based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Carnegie Learning Private Equity-Backed Pittsburgh, PA
Cambium Learning Group Private Equity-Backed Dallas, TX
Lalilo Private Equity-Backed Paris, France
ALEKS Private Equity-Backed Irvine, CA
Magoosh Formerly VC-backed San Francisco, CA
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ThinkCERCA Patents

  • 6

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 4

    Granted

  • 1

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

ThinkCERCA Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20250225888-A1 System and method providing automated feedback for writers Pending 09-Jan-2024
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-11164474-B2 Methods and systems for user-interface-assisted composition construction Active 05-Feb-2016
US-20170229032-A1 Methods and systems for user-interface-assisted composition construction Active 05-Feb-2016 G09B7/02
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ThinkCERCA Investors (11)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Tools Competition Other
GingerBread Capital Family Office Minority
Angel (individual) Minority
MIGMIR Not-For-Profit Venture Capital Minority
Angel (individual) Minority
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ThinkCERCA FAQs

  • When was ThinkCERCA founded?

    ThinkCERCA was founded in 2012.

  • Where is ThinkCERCA headquartered?

    ThinkCERCA is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

  • What is the size of ThinkCERCA?

    ThinkCERCA has 55 total employees.

  • What industry is ThinkCERCA in?

    ThinkCERCA’s primary industry is Educational and Training Services (B2C).

  • Is ThinkCERCA a private or public company?

    ThinkCERCA is a Private company.

  • What is ThinkCERCA’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for ThinkCERCA is .

  • How much funding has ThinkCERCA raised over time?

    ThinkCERCA has raised $17.4M.

  • Who are ThinkCERCA’s investors?

    Tools Competition, GingerBread Capital, , MIGMIR, and are 5 of 11 investors who have invested in ThinkCERCA.

  • Who are ThinkCERCA’s competitors?

    Carnegie Learning, Cambium Learning Group, Lalilo, ALEKS, and Magoosh are some of the 22 competitors of ThinkCERCA.

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