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Promotable – Expert-led courses on in-demand digital skills
Data Analytics
Oct 23, 2019

Promotable – Expert-led courses on in-demand digital skills

Company Name: Promotable Legal: Promotable Space, Inc. Location: Chicago, IL  Founded: June 2018 Founder(s): Aaron Filous Website: www.promotable.io  Social Media Following: 177 Followers on Twitter, 149 Followers on LinkedIn  Industry – Education Technology Size: $159.5B in 2017 (Source: Research and Markets) Projection: $286.62B by 2023 (Source: Research and Markets) Introduction Promotable is a professional education […]

BY SANGEETA RANE
BestFit: Connecting students with the right colleges
AI
Aug 21, 2019

BestFit: Connecting students with the right colleges

COMPANY Name: BestFit Legal Name: BestFit Location: New York City, New York Founded: 2017 Founders: Asha Owens and Rebecca Kwee Website: https://best-fit.app/ Social Media Following: 8 likes on Facebook,  47 followers on Twitter, 49 followers on Instagram Industry – US Education Market Size: $1350B in 2017 (Source: Zion Market Research) Projections: $2040B by 2026 (CAGR […]

BY NIRANJAN BALKI
ClassBug helps manage the classes you offer
Edtech
Apr 15, 2019

ClassBug helps manage the classes you offer

Company Name: ClassBug Legal Name: ClassBug.com LLC Location: Chicago, IL Founded: 2012 Founder(s): Matthew Conway Website: https://classbug.com/ Social Media: 2,090 followers on Twitter, 283 followers on Instagram, 15 followers on LinkedIn, and 652 likes on Facebook as on 7th April 2019 Industry ClassBug is operating in a very niche segment of the education software market. […]

BY TAUSEEF WARSI
Upskilling Employees With Guild Education
Edtech
Jan 10, 2019

Upskilling Employees With Guild Education

American employers like Walmart, Disney, Chipotle, among others, are turning into educators. At a time when Americans spend $30,000 per student per year on college, these companies are enabling and paying for their employees’ higher education. This desirable trend is the business pitch of a Denver-based startup, Guild Education, which mediates deals between companies and […]

BY APEKSHITA VARSHNEY
Imbellus Raises $23M to Checkmate Existing Education System
Edtech
Dec 20, 2018

Imbellus Raises $23M to Checkmate Existing Education System

Today, the future of humanity, especially in the face of inequality, distrust of government, democratic divide, climate change and dwindling natural resources, hangs in the balance. According to Imbellus CEO and Founder Rebecca Kantar’s introductory note at the Upfront Summit 2017, to save humanity we need a complete reboot of the world’s operating systems – […]

BY POOJA PILLAI
RedShelf Champions Inclusive Education for All
Edtech
Nov 19, 2018

RedShelf Champions Inclusive Education for All

In October 2018, e-textbook startup RedShelf raised $25M in a Series C funding round, bringing the total capital raised to $33M+. The startup plans to use this money to improve its digital product and software, customer service, and relationship with the existing network of publishers. Also, RedShelf announced that it has been experiencing significant user […]

BY POOJA PILLAI
Largest English Encyclopedia? It’s Everipedia not Wikipedia
Edtech
Jul 26, 2018

Largest English Encyclopedia? It’s Everipedia not Wikipedia

“Wikipedia represents an enormous missed opportunity,” writes founder Dr Larry Sanger. “It is sloppy, incomplete, and—yes—small.” Sanger has been a vocal critic of Wikipedia for a long time. He tried to improve on Wikipedia with Citizendium where, unlike Wikipedia, authors used their real, verified names. Citizendium’s FAQ described Wikipedia’s process “as part anarchy, part mob […]

BY APEKSHITA VARSHNEY
How Teachable Changed The Market For Online Courses
East Coast
Jul 05, 2018

How Teachable Changed The Market For Online Courses

New York-based Teachable has announced a $4 million Seed A financing led by Accomplice Ventures and AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant. Teachable is where 7 million students gather to learn from 22,000 instructors subjects as disparate as creating VR games, minutephysics to baking, or blacksmithing. Founded in 2014, the startup is comparable to that rare university […]

BY APEKSHITA VARSHNEY
Edovo’s Quest to Improve Incarcerated Lives
Edtech
Apr 25, 2018

Edovo’s Quest to Improve Incarcerated Lives

The United States has the largest incarcerated population in the world with over 2.17 million (2015) people. Recidivism, or the tendency of a convict to relapse into criminal behaviour, is a major challenge for the justice system. A 2016 report by the United States Sentencing Commission found a 49% rearrest rate with a median time […]

BY BHARGAV DHAKAPPA
How RaiseMe Makes Colleges Affordable Through Your Achievements
Edtech
Mar 17, 2018

How RaiseMe Makes Colleges Affordable Through Your Achievements

As the second oldest child in seven children, Charline Laurore’s biggest obstacle on her path to college was money. Her parents had already taken a loan to support her older brother’s college education but Charline did not want to increase their financial burden. Then, as a student at North Miami Senior High, her friend told […]

BY APEKSHITA VARSHNEY