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2U
Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service platform that provides schools with the comprehensive operating infrastructure
At a glance
- Founded
- 2008
- Headquarters
- Crystal City, United States
- Listing
- IPO 2014
- Sector
- Edtech
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning 2U.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A3 investors entered at this stage
- NPNovak Biddle Venture Partners
- CCCity Light Capital
Redpoint
Series B and later4 investors entered at this stage
QED Investors
Bessemer Venture Partners
Highland Capital Partners- RPRethink Capital Partners
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former 2U employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
PCPro Athlete CommunityEst. 2022
Chip PaucekUnited States
PEPodium EducationEst. 2018
Christopher ParrishUnited States
JAJaskEst. 2015
Greg MartinUnited States
Scott WernerUnited StatesGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
1 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where 2U was the backer or acquirer, 2017–2021. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
4 deals across 2U's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Where 2U deploys vs peers
Each axis is a Dealroom topic tag — picked from the cluster's most-tagged themes. Values are normalized per axis: the peer with the highest tag-coverage on that axis sits at the edge, others scale relative to them. Toggle between M&A, venture, or both.
2U's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about 2U on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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