We got to know Jeff and Nic since we starting hosting Tech Cocktail events in 2006. I think Jeff may have attended every one for the first 3 years. We first covered Edmodo as they rolled into beta back in 2008. Two months later Edmodo came out of beta with its public offering at one of our Tech Cocktail Chicago mixer events in May of 2008. We’ve been following along with Edmodo ever since they embarked on their entrepreneurial journey. Over the past two years, Jeff, Nic and team have been splitting time between Chicago and Silicon Valley as they continued to improve the product and grow the user-base. Check out Edmodo’s growth according to Quantcast.
This past week Jeff reached out with some exciting news. Not only was Edomodo turning 2 but it also had just reached one million users which is not a small feat by any means. But to add to it, he also shared that Edomodo had been funded by Union Square Ventures, another significant achievement. On a post by Union Square Ventures they had this to say about Edmodo: We are happy to see Edmodo doing so well and to have a front row seat to watch as they’ve grown from just an idea that was being kicked around at one of our Tech Cocktail Chicago mixer events to a 1 million-strong user platform that is changing the educational landscape.
