Polish start-up Brainly gets $9 million financing

Polish-based Brainly, a social networking site for students, has received $9 million in financing in a round led by General Catalyst Partners, with the participation of Point Nine Capital and Runa Capital. The company will spend the funds on development, including the expanding of an office it recently opened in New York. “Thanks to support from investors we may carry out our vision of the portal, enrich it with the experience of new people whom we plan to hire, to create a new generation Brainly,” said CEO Michał Borkowski. Brainly is exclusively focused on homework questions. The service has some 30 million unique users each month.