Founded in 2007,
CollegeWikis is the
leading group messaging and information platform for
students by students. The CollegeWikis web site and
messaging platform provides access to immediate and trusted
community information. CollegeWikis is backed by HighBAR
Ventures, Richmond Management, eCoast Angel Network and
Boston Harbor Angels.
The company has recently announced that
it has closed a $2 million funding round led by HighBAR
Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm founded by
Bill Joy, Andreas Bechtolsheim and Roy Thiele-Sardiņa.
Richmond Management, eCoast Angel Network and Boston Harbor
Angels also participated. Thiele-Sardiņa will join
CollegeWikis’ Board of Directors as part of this financing.
Since its launch last year, CollegeWikis has become the
group messaging platform of choice for over 50,000 students
in more than 200 colleges, with over 600,000 topics. On
CollegeWikis, students can join groups for their school,
courses, dorms, and more; then send and follow group
messages to peers. Those messages then become wiki-editable
pages on the site, providing information that is always
accurate and searchable by others.
Like Wikipedia, CollegeWikis is an information resource,
not a social network. CollegeWikis leverages groups to
provide “information for your community” – including
relevant topics for students ranging from local info to
admissions, jobs, courses, events, where to buy books, and
more. Topics include how to survive freshman year, the best
restaurants in Palo Alto and even the hottest iPhone apps.
For more information visit:
www.collegewikis.com.
