# ResearchGate: Information technology & services, Berlin, Germany

> ResearchGate: ResearchGate is a global professional networking platform and digital repository for scientists, researchers, and academics.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/researchgate (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Germany · [Information technology & services startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# ResearchGate

ResearchGate is a global professional networking platform and digital repository for scientists, researchers, and academics.

Funding reported Last round: Series D

Information technology & services Berlin, Germany

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2008 18 years old
- **Team:** 360 201 to 1,000 people
- **Funding reported:** 87.6M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Series D Feb 2017

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for ResearchGate has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About ResearchGate

ResearchGate is a global professional networking platform and digital repository for scientists, researchers, and academics.

Founded in 2008 and based in Berlin, Germany, it connects over 25 million members worldwide, facilitating collaboration and access to research across various disciplines. The platform serves as an alternative to traditional academic databases, enabling users to share their work and discover new findings. ResearchGate offers a range of services tailored to the scientific community. Researchers can create profiles to showcase their expertise and connect with peers. The platform features an open access repository for sharing publications, a powerful search engine for discovering research, and collaboration tools such as a Q&A forum and project management features. Additionally, it provides analytics to track the impact of research and partners with academic journals to enhance content visibility. ResearchGate is free for individual researchers, with advanced features available for institutions and publishers.

## What company datasets say ResearchGate raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **87.6M** in the source's currency

Rounds **4**

Last round **Series D**

Last round size **52.7M**

Last round date **Feb 2017**

Investors listed **22**

## On 12 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Cipio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cipio-partners)
- [Nucleus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nucleus-capital)
- [Nineteen Twenty-One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nineteen-twenty-one)
- [mx GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mx-gmbh)
- [RightHill Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/righthill-ventures)
- [IVENTURE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iventure)
- [Quarter Circle 3 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quarter-circle-3-ventures)
- [Ian Hogarth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ian-hogarth)
- [Diogo Mónica](https://millionrounds.com/fund/diogo-monica)
- [Brent Jones](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brent-jones)
- [G.Tec Medical Engineering](https://millionrounds.com/fund/g-tec-medical-engineering)
- [Klee Irwin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/klee-irwin)

Each firm lists ResearchGate on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

libraries researcher networking consumers research impact controversy research impact scoring research publications research impact metrics research impact metric research sharing research networking tools research questions and answers research impact score information technology & services research questions researcher engagement research networking

Built with from their website

Atlassian MailChimp Google Workspace CloudFlare Apple Business Manager Google Meet CloudFlare CDN Salesforce Cloudflare DNS Zendesk for Service

+6 more

Zendesk Zendesk Support Suite Salesforce Sales Cloud Google Search Console Apple School Manager Gmail

- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Industry code:** NAICS 516210, 519290, SIC 7375
- **Region:** Berlin
- **Revenue:** 35M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/researchgate)

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