Top Hat

534 employees

Top Hat’s interactive software helps college professors quickly activate classrooms by engaging students over their own devices.

Basic info

Industry

software development

Sectors

classroom response system

educational technology

Mobile

mobile classroom engagement

real-time feedback

active learning platform

EdTech

active learning

e-learning

affordable textbooks

Education

interactive content

Software

classroom polling

Date founded

2009

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$130M

from 29 investors over 29 rounds

Top Hat raised $130M on February 4, 2021

Investors: Georgian Partners

Top Hat raised $55M on February 4, 2020

Investors: Emergence Capital, Leaders Fund, Union Square Ventures, Georgian Partners and Inovia Capital

Top Hat raised $7.5M on June 14, 2017

Investors: Leaders Fund

Top Hat raised $23M on February 15, 2017

Investors: Version One Ventures, Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC), Emergence Capital, Inovia Capital, Georgian Partners, Union Square Ventures and Golden Ventures

Top Hat raised $10M on May 6, 2014

Investors: Felicis Ventures, Georgian Partners, Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC), Inovia Capital, Emergence Capital, Version One Ventures, Golden Ventures and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

Top Hat raised $1.1M on January 18, 2013

Investors: Felicis Ventures

Top Hat raised $8M on May 1, 2012

Investors: Inovia Capital, Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC), Emergence Capital and Version One Ventures

Top Hat raised $300K on May 1, 2010

Investors: Golden Triangle Angelnet and Ontario Centres of Excellence