Quora

company

About

Quora is a Q&A platform with a mission to share and grow the world's knowledge.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series D
Last Funding Money Raised
$85M
Industries
Information Services,Internet,Product Design,Q&A,Social Media
Founded date
Jun 1, 2009
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Quora, Inc.
Also Known As
Alma Networks,Quora, Inc.

Quora is a question-and-answer website created, edited, and organized by its owners. Quora enables people from all over the world to come together to share and learn across millions of common interests.

The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Mountain View, California, United States.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$226M
Quora has raised a total of $226M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 21, 2017 from a Series D round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Apr 21, 2017 Series D $85M 5 Collaborative Fund
Y Combinator
Detail
Apr 9, 2014 Series C $80M 6 Tiger Global Management Detail
May 14, 2012 Series B $50M 6 Adam D’Angelo
Peter Thiel
Detail
Mar 28, 2010 Series A $11M 4 Benchmark Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
6
0
Quora has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 8, 2022, when Metagood raised $5M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Dec 8, 2022 Metagood
Pre-seed $5M Cryptocurrency
Jun 21, 2022 QD-SOL
Angel $3M
Nov 22, 2021 MoonPay
Series A $555M Financial Services
May 27, 2021 Infinite Objects
Seed $6M Blockchain
May 11, 2020 Lolli
Seed $3M Apps

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
6
15
Quora is funded by 15 investors. Collaborative Fund and Y Combinator are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Collaborative Fund Yes Series D
Y Combinator Yes Series D
Adam D’Angelo Yes Series B
Peter Thiel Yes Series B
Dustin Moskovitz Series D
Matrix Partners Series D
Tiger Global Management Series D
Benchmark Series C
Founders Fund Series C
North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity Series C

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
16
Quora has 16 current employee profiles, including Board member Josh Hannah
Board member
Executive
Board member
Employee
Employee

Acquisition

Quora has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Parlio on Mar 30, 2016. They acquired Parlio for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Mar 30, 2016 Parlio
Blogging Platforms acquisition Detail