Studocu

StuDocu, founded in 2013 by four students in Amsterdam, is an online platform that enables students to share and access study materials. The platform hosts a vast repository of educational resources, including lecture notes, summaries, past exams, and practice questions. StuDocu's mission is to empower students to excel in their studies by providing tools for knowledge sharing and exam preparation. The platform uses a freemium model, with 80% of documents freely accessible and the top 20% of high-quality content behind a paywall. As of May 2021, StuDocu served nearly 20 million students from 2,200 universities across 60 countries. The company expanded its services to high school students in the Netherlands in June 2020, making the platform available to HAVO and VWO students. StuDocu offers interactive features such as discussion forums, flashcards, and quizzes to facilitate collaborative learning and exam preparation. In April 2022, StuDocu acquired Studybees, a German edtech startup, to accelerate its growth in the German market.

Key customers and partnerships

StuDocu's primary users are college and university students worldwide. As of December 2015, over 400,000 of approximately 650,000 Dutch students had accounts on the platform. By June 2021, the platform had grown to serve 60 million students in more than 15 countries. In Germany, StuDocu attracted 750,000 users monthly as of April 2022. The acquisition of Studybees added another 100,000 monthly users in Germany.