# Acadeum

> Acadeum is an Austin-based education technology company that helps colleges share approved online courses, build programs using partner curricula and offer workforce credentials. Its institutional software coordinates course discovery, credit equivalencies, enrollment, grades and payments; the company reports a network of more than 500 institutions.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** Joshua Pierce (Co-founder; chairman identified in January 2025 announcement), Nathan Green (Co-founder; former business development and growth leader), Luis Felipe Rincon (Co-founder; former COO and Chief Product Officer), Robert Manzer (Co-founder; former Chief Academic Officer), Osei Bonsu (Co-founder; historically listed Chief Technology Officer)
- **Products:** Acadeum Course Share, Acadeum Program Share, Acadeum Skills Marketplace, Acadeum Degrees Marketplace, Course Equivalencies Management and Quick Enroll
- **Notable:** First student enrollment in December 2016, according to Acadeum., About page reports more than 500 institutions and more than 28,000 students completing courses., USD 23.92 million across the three publicly reported 2020, 2021 and 2023 rounds.

## Products & services

- **Acadeum Course Share** — Institutional marketplace and administration platform for approved online courses, equivalencies, enrollment, grades and inter-college payments.
- **Acadeum Program Share** — Helps institutions assemble or expand majors, minors, concentrations and graduate programs with partner courses and credentials.
- **Acadeum Skills Marketplace** — Institutional storefront and marketplace for workforce-oriented certificates and skills training from external providers and institutional content.
- **Acadeum Degrees Marketplace** — Named on the current homepage as a way to reach high-school, workforce and international learners with degree pathways.
- **Course Equivalencies Management and Quick Enroll** — Tools presented in January 2026 for suggested equivalencies, reviewer approvals and AI-enabled course search; academic approval remains institutional.
- **Partner Success and Academic Consultation** — Implementation, consortial support and academic program planning from educators and former academic leaders.

## Achievements

- First student enrollment in December 2016, according to Acadeum.
- About page reports more than 500 institutions and more than 28,000 students completing courses.
- USD 23.92 million across the three publicly reported 2020, 2021 and 2023 rounds.
- A company white paper covered in March 2025 reports Mount Union tripled summer enrollment and quadrupled summer revenue after joining in 2019; 2024 summer revenue was about USD 1.1 million.
- Current platform page makes a SOC 2 Type 2 compliance-report disclosure.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Richard Keaveny was announced as CEO on January 28, following his Chief Product Officer role.
- **2025-03** — Inside Higher Ed covered an Acadeum white paper with Mount Union and Angelo State retention and revenue examples.
- **2026-01** — CIC Presidents Institute presentation demonstrated suggested course equivalencies and AI-enabled Quick Enroll search.
- **2026-04** — Course Share catalog-search documentation updated April 21 describes filters, internal credit mapping checks and AI-generated equivalency matches.

## Links

- Website: https://acadeum.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acadeum-network/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/acadeum
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AcadeumNetwork/

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Last updated: 2026-10-04