Acquisition
Jan 2022PitchBook lists ClassDojo's most recent acquisition as Check (USA), completed on 2022-01-01.
SourceCommunication app for K-8 teachers, kids, and families
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
ClassDojo is a remote-first San Francisco edtech company that helps teachers, families, students, school leaders, and district leaders communicate, share classroom updates, and support student growth. Its core model is free for educators, with monetization coming from optional family subscriptions (ClassDojo Plus) and newer districtwide products.
Primary product
Free K-12 classroom and school communication platform (messages, Stories, Portfolios, classroom behavior/SEL tools)
Founded
2011
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States (publicly listed office: 2261 Market Street STE 10437, San Francisco, CA 94114)
Team size
300-400
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
EdTech / K-12 school communication software
Offices
2261 Market Street STE 10437, San Francisco, CA 94114
735 Tehama Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
freemium
optional consumer subscription
free-to-educators
district platform
Funding
Stage
Series D / late-stage VC
Total raised
$221M
Latest round
Venture round · Mar 2024
Apr 2024 · Five Sigma
Mar 2024 · Five Sigma
Jul 2022 · Tencent
Jan 2021 · Josh Buckley
Jan 2021 · Josh Buckley
Feb 2019 · GSV and SignalFire
Dec 2015 · General Catalyst
Mar 2014 · Shasta Ventures
Jan 2012
Jun 2011
People & investors
Leadership
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & President
Chief Technology Officer
Head of Product Marketing
Director of Engineering
Director of Engineering
Director, Total Rewards
Director of Product Design
Director of Engineering
Investors
Destiny
Five Sigma
Fortius Ventures
General Catalyst
GSV
GSV Ventures
Imagine K12
Jason Citron
Jeff Clavier
Joe Greenstein
Josh Buckley
Kapor Capital
Learn Capital
Lenny Rachitsky
Lerer Hippeau
Morado Ventures
NewSchools Venture Fund
Noam Lovinsky
Paul Graham
RAA Ventures
Rahul Vohra
Reach Capital
Right Side Capital Management
Ron Conway
Scenic Management
Shasta Ventures
Shishir Mehrotra
SignalFire
SoftTech VC
Sutter Rock Capital
Work & culture
Mission-driven, high-trust, low-control, remote-first culture with strong emphasis on collaboration, candor, learning, autonomy, results, finishing, shared ownership, continuous improvement, and employee downtime/humanity.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
No public salary bands were found on the reviewed company pages; public hiring materials emphasize mission, autonomy, and remote-first work rather than compensation disclosure.
Product & market
Pricing
Free for teachers, schools, and districts; optional paid subscription for families (ClassDojo Plus).
Differentiators
- —Automatic translation in 190+ languages
- —Very large K-8 adoption footprint
- —Free for educators
- —Private classroom Stories feed
- —Student Portfolios
- —Social-emotional learning features
- —Districtwide communication tools
- —Privacy-first positioning
- —Optional family subscription monetizes without charging teachers/schools
Technology
TypeScript
Node.js
React
AWS
Terraform
Nomad
Consul
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Swift
Flutter
Kotlin
HAProxy
Docker
Redshift
Airflow
Metabase
dbt
Customers
K-8 teachers
families
parents and guardians
students
school leaders
district leaders
schools
districts
Competitors
Google Classroom
Remind
ParentSquare
Bloomz
Seesaw
ClassTag
SchoolStatus
Blackboard
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$50M-$75M
Estimated monthly visits
18.9M
Signals & risks
Latest news
PR Newswire · Jul 2026
ClassDojo won the first CODiE Award in the new Best Parent Engagement Platform category, highlighting its family-engagement tools and reach across U.S. schools.
PR Newswire · Jul 2026
ClassDojo added multichannel schoolwide communication, Canva newsletter creation, dashboards, and secondary-school messaging tools, continuing its move from classroom app to schoolwide platform.
PR Newswire · Jun 2026
ClassDojo for Districts launched ClassDojo Websites, a K-12 site platform connected to the ClassDojo communication stack and built on CatapultCMS and WP Cloud.
PR Newswire · May 2026
ClassDojo expanded Dojo Tutor, saying it works with more than 2,500 certified and vetted teachers for one-on-one tutoring.
PR Newswire · Jul 2025
ClassDojo announced districtwide messaging, AI Sidekick, and deeper SIS/SSO integration to help districts unify communication and reduce administrative work.
Jobs and careers at ClassDojo
9 jobs at ClassDojo
District Sales Lead, Tutor
Remote
Product
Remote; San Francisco, California, United States
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience
Remote
Engineering
Remote
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Engineering Leader, Platform Engineering
Remote
Engineering
Remote
2mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Growth Product Lead, Kids
Remote
Product
Remote
3mo ago
Remote
Full-time
School Partnerships Specialist (Contractor — Field-Based)
Remote
Customer Experience
Remote
4mo ago
Remote
Contract
Monetization Growth Product Manager
Remote
Product
San Francisco
11mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Revenue Product Lead
Remote
Product
San Francisco
1y ago
Remote
Full-time
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Remote
Engineering
Remote
1y ago
Remote
Full-time
0→1 Product Leader
Remote
Product
Remote
2y ago
Remote
Full-time