Gradescope Inc
Software platform for automated grading and assessment of student assignments
- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- BERKELEY, CA
- Founded
- 2014
- Latest Form D
- $2.2M, May 2018
- Total capital
- $3.8M
- Federal grants
- $225K
- 1 award · 2017
- Rank in peer group#64 of 86
- Private capital raised
- $3.6M
- 2 Form D · last May 2018
- 101 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.2M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Grading 10x Faster with AI Assistance$225K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.4M
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Standing among 86 peers
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- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Sergey KarayevResearcherDirectorLinked by $225K in grants as PI
- Arjun SinghExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dave SamuelDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Manu KumarDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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