What Campuswire San Francisco does

Campuswire (legally CampusTech, Inc., headquartered at 32 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1701, New York, NY 10013) is a cloud-based higher-education communication and learning platform that consolidates fragmented course tools (LMS forums, Piazza, email, Slack, Zoom, iClicker/TopHat/Poll Everywhere) into a single product. The platform is architected around five integrated modules: Class Feed (Q&A forum with reputation and anonymity controls), Chatrooms (topic-based real-time messaging), Live Sessions (live video for lectures and office hours supporting 10 to 2,000+ students with smart queuing and breakout rooms), Lectures (active learning polls with one-click attendance and anti-fake technology), and GradeBook/Insights (engagement analytics syncing with LMS gradebooks). Native iOS and Android apps extend access beyond web, with desktop apps in development.

The company operates a primarily product-led growth (PLG) motion: individual professors and students can sign up for free forever with self-serve account creation, while a separate sub-brand, Campuswire Courses, enables paid live online instruction from domain experts. Revenue generation occurs through undisclosed enterprise licensing to academic institutions and the paid Courses marketplace, while the core platform positions 'free' as its headline offer to drive bottom-up adoption. Backed by Bloomberg Beta, Precursor VC, betaworks, Rethink Education, and City Light VC, with a single disclosed $3.6M seed round closed in October 2019, the company has scaled to a reported 150,000+ active users across 300+ universities and 1,500+ active courses per term with a headcount reported in the 1-10 range. The product is FERPA-compliant (operating as a designated 'School Official') and COPPA-compliant, and integrates third-party AI services (ChatGPT, Google Gemini) for prompt-and-output features. Notable named customers include the UCLA Math Department, Cornell Statistics, Northwestern University, Brown University CS, and Grand Valley State University Math—each cited as case studies rather than large enterprise anchors.

Name

Campuswire San Francisco

Legal name

CampusTech, Inc.

Website

https://campuswire.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Campuswire (CampusTech, Inc.) is a free cloud-based communication and learning platform for higher education that unifies Q&A forums, chatrooms, live video lectures, in-class polling, and attendance tracking into a single tool for professors, TAs, and students across 300+ universities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Learning Management Software

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Support Services (611710), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Classroom Platforms (Synchronous Teaching Environments) (EDAFABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online Learning Content & Course Publishing Platforms (BPAMAJAL), Core Digital Curriculum & Courseware (Full Programs & Units) (EDAFACAA)

Keywords

• Learning management software
• Course communication platform
• Online classroom tools
• Higher education technology
• Virtual learning platform

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Services - Freemium Model: Campuswire Platform offers free access for individual professors and students, with the core Q&A forum, chatrooms, and basic features available at no cost. The company generates revenue through premium offerings, enterprise licensing to universities, and potentially through Campuswire Courses (a separate paid educational program offering live online courses from domain experts)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Campuswire is a cloud-based educational technology platform that serves as a unified home base for college teaching and learning, combining a Q&A class feed forum, real-time topic-based chatrooms, live video sessions for lectures and office hours, in-class polling, one-click attendance with anti-fake verification, and engagement analytics. The platform is offered free forever to individual professors, teaching assistants, and students, with premium/enterprise licensing available to universities. A related offering, Campuswire Courses, enables live online courses taught by domain experts.

Product overview

Campuswire offers a unified platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its core Campuswire Platform, which serves as the complete home base for teaching and learning in college classes. The platform includes integrated modules: Class Feed (Q&A forum), Chatrooms (real-time messaging), Live Sessions (live video for lectures/office hours), Lectures (active learning with polling and attendance), and GradeBook/Insights (analytics and engagement tracking). Additionally, Campuswire Courses provides a separate sub-brand enabling live online courses taught by domain experts. The platform also incorporates third-party AI services (ChatGPT, Google Gemini) for prompt/output functionality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campuswire Platform A complete home base for teaching and learning in college classes, combining a Q&A class feed forum, topic-based chatrooms, live video sessions for lectures and office hours, in-class polling, one-click attendance, and engagement analytics into a unified online platform for higher education. It is offered free forever to individual professors, teaching assistants, and students, with enterprise licensing available to universities.
• Campuswire Courses A sub-brand of Campuswire that enables teaching professors to offer live, online courses to students anywhere in the world, providing access to world-class domain experts at a reduced cost while enabling top teachers to derive more value from their expertise.

Quantifiable outcome

• Professors spend less time answering student questions because students answer each other's questions on the platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Slack (Salesforce): Workplace messaging platform explicitly listed by Campuswire as a tool its Chatrooms "replaces." Broader workplace focus but widely adopted inside academic courses, creating a direct comparison point for prospective higher-ed buyers.
• Instructure (Canvas): Dominant higher-ed learning management system with embedded discussion, video, and analytics. Competes for the same professor-driven course workflows as a broader-portfolio incumbent rather than a niche tool.
• Microsoft Teams for Education: Virtual classroom + chat + video bundle for higher ed, often included at no incremental cost with Microsoft 365 institutional licenses. Major incumbent for the chatrooms and live-session workflows Campuswire targets.

Direct peers

• Packback: AI-powered asynchronous discussion platform for higher-ed courses that incentivizes student participation. Overlaps Campuswire on course Q&A/discussion and on AI-driven engagement, serving the same instructor segment.
• iClicker (Macmillan Learning): Long-standing student response system ("clicker") for in-class polling and attendance in higher ed. Explicitly listed by Campuswire as a tool its Lectures feature "replaces."
• Yellowdig: Community-based discussion platform built specifically for higher-ed courses; directly comparable in addressing the same fragmented-communication pain point and competing for the same professor and institutional buyer.
• Piazza: Q&A discussion forum purpose-built for college courses; explicitly listed by Campuswire as a tool its Class Feed "replaces." Closest head-to-head competitor in higher-ed course discussion.
• Top Hat: Higher-education active-learning platform with in-class polling, attendance, and course content; listed by Campuswire as a polling tool its Lectures feature "replaces." Directly comparable in target customer and workflows.
• Poll Everywhere: Live audience-polling platform used widely in higher-ed lectures. Explicitly listed by Campuswire as a tool its Lectures feature "replaces," with nearly identical in-class polling workflows.
• Perusall: Social learning and annotation platform for university courses that enables peer-to-peer engagement on assigned readings. Overlaps Campuswire on peer engagement and course-level workflow for the same faculty buyer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/campuswire
• Facebookfacebook.com/campuswirehq
• Instagraminstagram.com/campuswirehq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/campus-org

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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