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Hypothesis

Hypothesis

Private
San Francisco, CaliforniaEnterprise Softwarehttps://web.hypothes.is/

Last Round

Seed

Aug 18, 2022

Total Funding Raised

$24.08M

Company Overview

Hypothesis is an education technology company that provides a social annotation platform for web-accessible content, enabling collaborative learning and engagement within higher education and research environments.

Sector

Enterprise Software

Verticals

Digital Publishing, Document Management, Vertical SaaS

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Freemium

AI Layer

Non-AI

Keywords

web annotationcollaborative annotationsocial readingLMS integrationlearning management systemdigital document annotationacademic publishing toolsopen-source softwarePDF annotationscholarly communicationbrowser extensionedtechannotation layerSaaS platform

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Hypothesis Funding Rounds

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RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
SeedAug 18, 2022
GrantMay 21, 2020
GrantJun 1, 2018
GrantJun 1, 2017
GrantAug 5, 2016
Grant
Nov 24, 2014

Key People

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Joe Ferraro

Chief Executive Officer

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  • Nov 8, 2025

    Monthly visitors increased 119% MoM, reaching 667.8K.

  • Oct 29, 2024

    Monthly visitors grew 73% MoM to 677.6K.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Employee Range19
Year Founded2011
Last FundingAug 18, 2022

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