# Yup Technologies

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/yup-technologies

- Industry: Education/Training
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Website: www.yup.com
- Total disclosed funding: $7.5M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 14, 2016)
- Investors on record: 9

## About

Yup Technologies Inc. is a digital tutoring platform focused on enhancing student learning through innovative educational support services, particularly in mathematics and related subjects.Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, US, Yup Technologies Inc. is primarily a digital tutoring service designed to assist K-12 students with their academic needs. The company has undertaken 3 funding deals, with the most recent being a Seed round in April 2016 that raised USD 4.000 mn from Stanford-StartX Fund and other investors including Collaborative Fund, Floodgate, HOF Capital, and Index Ventures. CEO Aaron Price, one of the founders, has a background in educational technology.Yup offers a suite of innovative educational support services centered around an on-demand tutoring platform that connects K-12 students with qualified tutors via a mobile application. This service addresses the needs of students, parents, and educators, focusing on overcoming challenges in understanding complex concepts and completing assignments to improve academic performance.Yup generates revenue through a subscription-based model, allowing clients to access its tutoring services for a set fee. Customers, including students and parents, subscribe to various pricing tiers that offer different levels of access to tutoring sessions. Payments for subscription plans are processed directly through the platform, ensuring a close relationship with its user base.Yup Technologies Inc. plans to leverage its recent Seed funding of USD 4.000 mn, raised in April 2016, to expand its product offerings and enhance its platform features. The company is also targeting growth in additional international markets, aiming to increase its presence beyond the United States. Specific details regarding upcoming product launches or timelines for geographic expansion are not currently available, but the focus remains on improving educational resources for students.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 14, 2016, $4M — Index Ventures, Floodgate, Collaborative Fund, Soma Capital Management, Stanford-StartX Fund, HOF Capital
- Seed, May 12, 2015, $3.5M — Floodgate, Formation8, Slow, ACME Capital

## Investors

- Floodgate (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/floodgate) — Seed
- Formation8 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/formation8) — Seed
- Slow (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/slow) — Seed
- ACME Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/acme-capital) — Seed
- Index Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/index-ventures) — Seed
- Collaborative Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/collaborative-fund) — Seed
- Soma Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/soma-capital-management) — Seed
- Stanford-StartX Fund — Seed
- HOF Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hof-capital) — Seed