See other companies on Welcome to the Jungle

Fiveable

Virtual studying platform

Fiveable logo
1-20 employees
  • B2C
  • Education
  • Tutoring
  • Learning
  • Social
  • Community
Northpoint, Milwaukee, WI

Jump to section

Company mission

Fiveable's mission is to create spaces that give students more access and confidence to explore their futures together.

Our take

Covid-19 has impacted students both in and out of the classroom, effecting their education and the socialising that happens within a school environment. Fiveable began as an online revision resource, but during Covid school closures it quickly developed into more of a social platform for students looking to replicate library study sessions. Pivotal to this was their acquisition of virtual study room company Hours back in 2021, which works like the Discord chats some students use for group study. Now, they’ve merged the Hours platform with the Fiveable brand to focus on the Hours product full-time.

Hours’ has over 20,000 students and Fiveable’s has upwards of 65,000 that together make for an impressive user base. With most teaching online now, it is perhaps a smart pivot to assume students won’t be looking for more hours of passive learning, and instead will seek out proactive, social options.

Despite schools returning to normal schedules across the U.S., the market for a viable virtual alternative to study halls remains strong. It will be interesting to see the direction in which Fiveable take their newly merged product.

Kirsty headshot

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Stock options
  • Health, dental and vision coverage for individuals and families
  • 401k
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Remote working
  • Life insurance
  • Mental health support through Talkspace

Company values

  • Be relentless
  • Stay curious
  • Keep it simple
  • Take care

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Sep 2021

$10m

SERIES A

Oct 2020

$2.3m

SEED

Total funding: $14.3m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Amanda DoAmaral

(Head of Fiveable)

Previously worked as a Corps Member at Teach for America, and as a teacher in the Oakland Unified School District.

Tán Ho

(Head of Operations)

Previously worked as Director of Marketing at asap, and has over a decade of freelance digital marketing experience.