HippoCampus

Name

HippoCampus

Legal name

The NROC Project

Website

https://hippocampus.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HippoCampus.org is a free, nonprofit multimedia educational platform delivering videos, animations, and simulations across core academic subjects for students, teachers, homeschoolers, and NROC member institutions, operated by The NROC Project.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Education

NAICS

Information (51)

akta.pro primary industry

Interactive Multimedia Learning Content (Video, Audio, Interactive Lessons) (EDAFACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Curriculum Repositories (EDAFACAJ), Advanced Placement & College Credit Exams (CLEP/DSST) Prep (EDANABAF)

Keywords

• Open educational resources
• Multimedia study content
• Academic subject tutorials
• Free homework help
• Online learning platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Monterey

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Free Individual Access: HippoCampus is completely free for individual users. No fees are charged for personal enrichment or individual instructor use.
2. Institutional Membership: The NROC Project offers membership for schools, districts, and states. Membership fees sustain the non-profit operation and make the same content available for institutional use. NROC member schools offer credit for courses containing HippoCampus content.
3. EdReady Adaptive Learning Platform: NROC's adaptive learning platform available through institutional contact for schools interested in courseware or EdReady integration

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

HippoCampus.org is a free, web-based academic platform that delivers rich multimedia content—videos, animations, and simulations—across general education subjects such as algebra, biology, environmental science, American government, US history, physics, and religion, aimed at middle school, high school, and college students. It is powered by The NROC Project, a nonprofit that maintains the platform and offers the same content via paid institutional memberships to schools, districts, and states for credit-bearing and AP-aligned course integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HippoCampus.org A free, core academic website that delivers rich, multimedia content—videos, animations, and simulations—on general education subjects including algebra, biology, environmental science, American government, US history, physics, and religion. Targeted at individual students, teachers, and homeschoolers for self-improvement, homework help, and AP exam preparation.
• NROC Library A collection of educational content available for institutional use through paid membership in The NROC Project. Contains the same content as HippoCampus.org but offered to schools, districts, and states for formal curriculum integration and credit-bearing courses.
• EdReady NROC's adaptive learning platform available to academic institutions through NROC membership contact, designed for courseware integration and adaptive learning deployment at schools.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than half of HippoCampus use occurs during classroom hours
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The NROC ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe NROC Project is the nonprofit organization that powers HippoCampus. NROC makes editorial and engineering investments to maintain HippoCampus.org and collaborates with secondary, postsecondary, and adult education leaders to improve student readiness, persistence, and success. NROC members include educational institutions that offer credit for courses containing HippoCampus content.
• Khan AcademycoreTechnology or IntegrationKhan Academy content is integrated into HippoCampus. Users can access Khan Academy videos directly through HippoCampus with full-screen capability.
• Educational Content ContributorscoreTechnology or IntegrationAll content at HippoCampus is created by other educational institutions and companies and contributed for distribution as part of the nonprofit mission. Contributors include Arizona community colleges, course developers, and other educational organizations.
• AP College BoardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHippoCampus courses were designed to address AP College Board criteria. NROC member schools that teach the courses have been approved through the AP College Board audit process. HippoCampus itself does not have instructors to submit syllabi for authorization.

Scale indicators2 records

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/oerhippo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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