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There are 33 companies tagged `students`; raised $2.5B from 99 investors

Facebook raised $2.3B from Goldman Sachs, Digital Sky Technologies, Elevation Partners, Digital Sky Technologies, TriplePoint Capital, Li Ka-shing, Horizons Ventures, European Founders Fund, Li Ka-shing, Horizons Ventures, Microsoft, Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Founders Fund, SV Angel, Accel Partners, Mark Pincus, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman in 11 rounds.

Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion    prnewswire.com Elevation Invests Another $120 Million in Facebook as that IPO Looks More Distant    techcrunch.com Facebook Takes That $200 Million Investment From The Russians At A $10 Billion Valuation.    techcrunch.com http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008059_855064.htm    businessweek.com Updated: Facebook Investor Li Ka-Shing Upping Stake To $120 Million: Report    paidcontent.org http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/15/breaking-samwer-brothers-invest-in-facebook/    techcrunch.com Facebook gets $60M from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing    venturebeat.com Liveblogging Press Conference    techcrunch.com Facebook Funding    facebook.com Jim Breyer: Extra $500 Million Round For Facebook A "Total Fiction"    techcrunch.com

Social Finance raised $118.2M from Baseline Ventures, Renren, and DCM in 2 rounds.

Sofi secured a $41 million lending facility from The Bancorp    finsmes.com Social Finance Lands $77M From Baseline, Renren To Help Solve The Student Debt Crisis    techcrunch.com

Edmodo raised $40M from New Enterprise Associates, Greylock Partners, Benchmark, Union Square Ventures, Glynn Capital Management, Learn Capital Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, and Benchmark in 2 rounds.

NEA Leads Educational Network Edmodo’s $25 Million Series C    techcrunch.com Edmodo, LinkedIn for schools, raises $15 million for its network    blogs.reuters.com

Apreso Classroom raised $15M from SCP Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Court Square Ventures .

Koofers raised $7M from Revolution, QED Investors, Altos Ventures, New Atlantic Ventures, Altos Ventures, and New Atlantic Ventures in 2 rounds.

Social Learning Company Koofers Raises $5 Million From Revolution, Others    techcrunch.com SEC Form D    sec.gov

TeachStreet raised $3.5M from Madrona Venture Group, Bezos Expeditions, Jeff Blackburn, Michael George, Madrona Venture Group, Bezos Expeditions, Jeff Blackburn, Michael George, Jason Kilar, Kim Rachmeler, Joel Spiegel, Erik Blachford, John Musser, and Dave Richards in 2 rounds.

TeachStreet Takes In $1.2M    seattlepi.com TeachStreet Emerges To Help You Find The Best Yoga and Cooking Classes    techcrunch.com

Grantoo raised $2.5M from Angyal Capital, Olivier Douce, Olivier Legrain, Daniel Hechter, Jacques Berrebi, Pierre Lavail, and Maya Bassil in 2 rounds.

Grantoo Nabs $1.7M, Steals EA Canada CTO To Help Students Pay Tuition By Playing Social Games    techcrunch.com

CollegeWikis raised $2M from HighBar Partners, Richmond Global, The eCoast Angel Network, and Boston Harbor Angels .

CollegeWikis Raises $2M    thealarmclock.com

Triptrotting raised $1.8M from Golden Seeds, WI Harper Group, Google Ventures, 500 Startups, Bill Gross, Safa Rashtchy, Eric Chen, Golden Seeds, Idealab, and Launchpad LA in 3 rounds.

Triptrotting Fonders Raise $1.8M For “eHarmony For Like-Minded Travelers And Locals”    women2.com Triptrotting Raises $1M To Combat Clueless Tourism    techcrunch.com Triptrotting Scores Funding    socaltech.com

Betterfly raised $1.5M from Lightbank .

Self-Improvement Marketplace Betterfly Raises $1.5M, Gets A New CEO    techcrunch.com

StartX raised $1.2M from Cisco, Founders Fund, AT&T, Groupon, and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 2 rounds.

Stanford Student Startup Accelerator StartX Raises Another $400,000, Bringing Total Funding To About $1.5 Million    techcrunch.com StartX, The Accelerator For Stanford Students, Wins $800K Grant From The Kauffman Foundation    techcrunch.com

MindSumo raised $1M from Plug & Play Ventures, Google Ventures, Voyager Capital, Data Collective, and Start Fund .

Corporate America’s next creative consultants? College kids on MindSumo    gigaom.com

Interfolio raised $926.3K .

SEC    sec.gov

Notesolution raised $650.3K in 2 rounds.

FirstJob raised $600K .

Find Invest Grow (FIG) raised $515.6K in 2 rounds.

FIG launches    findinvestgrow.com

Brainly.com raised $500K from Point Nine Capital and Mariusz Gralewski .

Social Learning Network Brainly Raises $500K From Point Nine Capital, Angels    techcrunch.com

UniversityLyfe raised $500K from Confidential information .

OneCubicle raised $450K .

Teamie raised $387K .

CLASEMOVIL raised $350K from Mexican Federal Government and Jaime Valdez in 2 rounds.

COGEON raised $297K .

inDegree raised $250K .

Gullivearth raised $162K from ESSEC Ventures .

UCampus raised $100K .

Biz Journals    bizjournals.com

Ingenic raised $100K from Peter Thiel .

PETER THIEL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL CLASS OF 20 UNDER 20 THIEL FELLOWS    thielfoundation.org

RedMica raised $100K .

CoursePeer raised $60K from MaRS Innovation and Uni of Toronto .

University of Toronto Early-Stage Technology (UTEST)    marsinnovation.com

Campus Shift raised $55K from Partners Innovation Fund in 2 rounds.

YBI Inspire Fund    ybi.org Campus Shift Receives $25K from Innovation Fund    finsmes.com

Hibernater raised $50K from Azione Capital Pte Ltd .

MyClasses raised $40.5K .

Clouli raised $25K .

OrangeSlyce raised $12K from Arizona State University and Arizona State University in 2 rounds.

http://web.archive.org/web/20110705122416/http://studentventures.asu.edu/ventures/2010    web.archive.org