Paper
Paper is an edtech company providing small-group tutoring aligned with school curricula, serving K-12 districts. It has raised $389M, including a 2022 Series D, and employs 51-200 people.
About
Paper offers live tutoring services that integrate directly with classroom instruction, using consistent tutors matched to students' current coursework. Districts use it to supplement teaching without requiring separate curriculum development.
The company reached Series D funding in 2022 with backing from Canadian investors like BDC Capital. Its tutoring model claims to triple academic growth rates while maintaining scalability, though specific customer counts are undisclosed.
Founders and leadership
Sales is the largest department with 13 tracked hires. Leadership appears concentrated in Montreal, with multiple team members from local institutions like McGill and Concordia.
The Paper org chart
Martina (Wang) Tam (Chief Executive Officer) leads 45 mapped leaders with 8 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Talent flow
Paper recruits heavily from McGill University and education specialists like VIPKid and Mathnasium. Alumni frequently move to edtech peers (MagicSchool AI, Edmentum) or financial services (RBC).
Most common previous employers of Paper staff: McGill University (6), VIPKid (6), Starbucks (4), Mathnasium - The Math Learning Center (4), Eventbrite (3), Instructure (3). Former Paper employees most often moved to RBC (8), MagicSchool AI (6), Edmentum (6), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (5), 95 Percent (5), Renaissance Learning (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Paper mafia
23 alumni founded companies, including Title (24 employees) and Ave Maria Learning. Several ventures focus on education technology like Papr.ai and Orayah.
23Sahil Dawka, was Software Development Manager until 2024Pilar Licheri, was Math and Science Tutor until 2024Amir Kabbara, was Advisor to Chief Executive Officer until 2024Pete Fellows, was Partnerships Manager - Midwest until 2023Jason Fields, was VP, User Experience until 2024
Bryce Moravec, was Tutor II until 2023
Aliyah Jenkins, was STEM Tutor until 2023
David Gutierrez, was Senior Manager, Digital Marketing until 2022
Mudit Dahiya, was Tutor until 2024
Emily Ferolito, was Recruiter until 2023
Alexis Stackhouse, MA, MBA, was Essay Review Tutor (Remote) until 2022
Kristina Rivero, was Product Operations and GTM Enablement until 2023
Kevin Stout, was Head of Marketing & Ops until 2021
Adam Stirtan, was Senior Software Development Manager until 2023
Amandeep Singh, was STEM Tutor until 2024
Alex M., was Manager/Business Development until 2023
Steven An, was Director, Engineering until 2023
David Ernsberger, was Tutor until 2024
Aaditya Joshi, was Marketing Operations Associate until 2022
Amanda Pandey, was Customer Success Manager until 2020
Shaun F., was Tutor Success Manager until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 52% direct, 22% search, 18% social, 0% paid.
Where the team actually sits
Paper people are concentrated in California, United States (36), Ontario, Canada (34), United States (20), Florida, United States (17).
Search footprint
Paper attracts about 18,900 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $25K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,103 ranking keywords and lost 660 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 2.80 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Paper has raised $389M in total, most recently a Series D round in February 2022.
Paper was founded in 2014 by Philip Cutler, Roberto Cipriani.
Martina (Wang) Tam (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Paper's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Paper staff are McGill University (6 people), VIPKid (6 people), Starbucks (4 people).
Former Paper employees most often move to RBC (8), MagicSchool AI (6), Edmentum (6).
At least 23 companies have a founder who previously worked at Paper, including Title, Ave Maria Learning, Papr.ai.
Paper attracts about 18,900 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $25K a month in equivalent ad spend.
Paper staff are concentrated in California, United States (36), Ontario, Canada (34), United States (20).
Computed from 285 current and 974 former Paper profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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