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Type of business
  
Privately Held

Industry
  
Software

Founded
  
2005

Founder(s)
  
Sameer Bhatia

Website
  
www.proprofs.com

Number of employees
  
250

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Headquarters
  
Los Angeles, California

Products
  
Quiz Maker Knowledge Base Survey Maker Training Maker Live Chat

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ProProfs, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, is a cloud based and SAAS ("software as a service”) company. Its services are offered both on a freemium and subscription basis. The company’s software products include a quiz, survey, online course creation tool as well as a knowledge base software. ProProfs also provides an LMS Software that supports reporting features. The company’s tools are used for business, education, e-learning and other industries.

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In 2015, The Next Web reported that ProProfs had registered more than 1 million users. The website hosts more than 100,000 quizzes and other eLearning content on its website.

Proprofs knowledgebase software


History

ProProfs acquired its first customer in 2010. The company’s first product was its free quiz making tool, which was initially targeted at students. It gradually expanded its market and products to include teachers, professionals and organizations and switched to the freemium business model, providing its basic tools for free with upgrades available to users.

ProProfs was founded by Sameer Bhatia, an ed-tech veteran and a serial internet entrepreneur. His academic background is in technology with a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Southern California (USC).

The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA with other locations in Santa Monica, CA and Delhi / NCR (Regional Offices).

In Feb 2015, ProProfs acquired HelpIQ, a knowledge base software company that allows users to create online documents and user guides. It also acquired a Live Chat software called Live2Support in January 2016.

Awards

  • Awarded a Gold in the 'Best Advance in Technology for Testing or Evaluation' category by the Brandon Hall Group
  • ProProfs Quiz Maker - Winner of Bronze Stevie Award in Professional Education or Training
  • Ranked in 100 Most Promising Tech Companies by Silicon India
  • References

    ProProfs Wikipedia