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StudyStream

Online group study sessions

1-20 employees
  • B2C
  • Education
  • SaaS
  • Social Media
Loughton, UK

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Company mission

To create a global community of students who can motivate each other to succeed.

Otta's take

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Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

Everyone has a different take on how remote working impacts productivity, but many people swear that having other people around makes them work harder. Studystream aims to give the benefits of group working to those at home.

Aimed largely at students, and in response to the growth in online learning and working in recent years, Studystream offers group study ‘rooms’ - a zoom call in which tens, hundreds or sometimes even thousands of people can work with a vague feeling of scrutiny that they say motivates them to keep going.

It’s a unique model, and aimed squarely at Gen Z - wanting them to have Studystream in the background as a helpful alternative to Netflix or Twitch. It seems to have a large audience too, with over 4 million users in their first few months alone.

Benefits

  • Healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision) and 401(k)
  • Completely remote with flexible work hours

Company values

  • Promise to Students: We're committed to the future of social learning. We want to provide the best experience for students with our product and so we aim to exceed user expectations on a consistent basis
  • Passion for Progress: As a company, we care deeply about growth and innovation through learning, reflecting and taking action
  • Ownership: We have a culture of operating with responsibility and ownership. We encourage team members to take psychological ownership of tough challenges and to take action to solve it

Funding (1 round)

Oct 2021

$2.1m

SEED

$2.1m

Total funding

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Founders

Ti Xu

(Co-founder)

Previously co-founded Cibus Health, Venture Builder, and Knowledge Collective. They are also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

Erfan Soliman

(Co-founder)

Previously co-founded Cibus Health, Oxford Global and Knowledge Collective, as well as working as Project Consultant at Tamweelcom, Product Engineer and Design Strategist at US Green Data Inc, and an Electrical Engineering Analyst at Qatar Chemical Company. They were also a teaching assistant at Harvard.

Sarujan Ranjan

(Co-founder)

A former NHS Doctor, they were Health Technology Advisor at UCLPartners, as well as co-founding Knowledge Collective.