Ocelot, An Engagement Platform Aimed At College Students, Raises $117M In Its First Outside Funding
Amount Raised
$117 Million
Round Type
Funding Round
Description
Higher education, at its best, aims to be less elitist and more accessible to people from all walks of life. Today, a startup called Ocelot is announcing a big round of funding to build more tools to help in that effort. The company, which provides an AI-based platform to facilitate easier communications between universities and their students around applications for financial aid and other services, has raised $117 million, money that it will be investing in expanding its products, which today are already being used by some 8 million students and close to 500 colleges and universities, which in the last year alone have seen some 12 million questions get asked and answered through their Ocelot-based services.
Quick answer
Ocelot raised $117 Million in a Funding Round round, dated September 28, 2022. Ocelot is based in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
- How much did Ocelot raise?
- Ocelot raised $117 Million in a Funding Round round on September 28, 2022.
- What does Ocelot do?
- Founded in 2003, Ocelot is higher education’s #1 SaaS provider of multilingual AI chatbots, serving over 6.5 million students at over 400 institutions.
- Where is Ocelot based and how big is it?
- Ocelot is based in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
- Who are the decision-makers at Ocelot?
- Fundz holds 1 contact at Ocelot. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.
Source: Fundz verified event record.
Who else raised in Software and Artificial Intelligence around the same time
Companies in the same sectors as Ocelot that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.
- Purlin raised an undisclosed amount (Seed) on November 11, 2022.
- Agent IQ raised $10M (Series A) on November 9, 2022.
- Ibex Medical Analytics raised $10M (Funding Round) on November 9, 2022.
- SKYX Platforms raised $653K on November 9, 2022.
- Glow raised $23M (Funding Round) on November 8, 2022.
- Matillion raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on November 8, 2022.
Who to call at Ocelot, and when
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- An alert the day Ocelot raises, hires an executive or expands, scored against what you sell
- The decision-makers there, with verified emails
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