Sentences with phrase «education startup eduace»

Introduction italki is a growing language education startup, that is focused on the human side of language learning.

Before Betterteam he spent 6 years building an education startup, where he was was involved with many aspects of the business, including hiring and marketing.

Edovo, a tablet - based education startup for incarcerated people, has raised $ 9 million from Impact Engine, Lumina Foundation, Kapor Capital and others.

Microsoft is extending initiatives towards efficient classroom learning, as it announces a partnership with education startup Chalkup.

The product development effort is being led by Amy Lin, the former CEO of online education startup Blendspace and a former Microsoft employee.

In a move that doesn't bode well for massive and open online courses known as MOOCs, San Jose State University on Thursday said that it was pausing its highly - touted partnership with online education startup Udacity.

That's the problem that education startup Koru aims to solve, and it has closed a $ 4.35 million in a round of funding led by Maveron to make it happen.

Online education startup Coursera has announced that it will charge students $ 30 to $ 100 for «verified certificates» that authenticate students» identity and provide a more valuable credential.

Online education startup Coursera raises another $ 43 million with plans to build out mobile apps, open up its platform and deepen its international presence.

Today, less than a year after San Francisco - based education startup Udemy brought its online marketplace to the iPhone (s aapl), the company has expanded to Android (s goog).

Junyo, an education startup led by Zynga co-founder Steve Schoettler, is launching a new product strategy for using data to improve education publishing, and perhaps education itself.

Online education startup Udacity says it's partnering with a group of leading technology companies to better prepare students for work in the 21st century.

Over the weekend, online education startup Coursera suspended a class on how to run an online class after complaints from students.

An education startup called Galvanize, which focuses on tech workers and entrepreneurs, has acquired a San Francisco company called Zipfian Academy that...

Twenty minutes into my interview with CEO Rob Nail, and I still couldn't cut through the buzzwords about his online and in - person education startup.

Thinkful, a Peter Thiel - backed education startup, is bringing skills grouping into its online learning program in an effort to boost engagement and course completion rates.

Online education startup Coursera has added 17 more university partners — including schools in Australia, Hong Kong, Canada and Israel — bringing its total number of academic partners to 33.

Education startup Curious released its first app today for iOS, focusing on its small, skill - focused courses.

Education startup Instructure has raised $ 30 million in a Series D round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and including Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures, EPIC Ventures and OpenView Partners.

Thinkful, an online education startup co-founded by a Thiel Fellow, has raised $ 1 million from a group of investors including Peter Thiel's FF Angel, RRE Ventures and Quotidian Ventures.

Education startup Codecademy — which promises to help anyone learn to program with its game - like online courses — is stepping up to the international market with a $ 10 million round of funding from new backers including Index Ventures and Kleiner Perkins.

This week, online education startup Coursera said that it would no longer be able to offer courses to residents of Minnesota because of a decades - old policy.

Aceable is an education startup that wants to revolutionize all those mind - numbingly boring online courses.

For example, if you had an education startup that took, as payment, a contract from each student that they would pay an amount equal to 1 % of their income tax to the education company each year.

PracticePro is a San Francisco - based legal education startup.

Coleman had previously sold an education startup to textbook company McGraw - Hill.

That's the premise behind the U.S. Department of Education's National Education Startup Challenge, which invites 6th grade through postsecondary students as well as out - of - school youth to develop innovative, real - world solutions to help students graduate prepared for college and careers.

He is the founder and CEO of The Noodle Companies, an education startup whose search engine helps students and parents find educational resources and schools.

Michele Mason, executive director of the Newark Charter School Fund, which supports charter schools in the city and works extensively with its single - site charters, made a similar point, noting that many mom - and - pops lack the human capital used by CMOs to manage the problems that confront any education startup.

Standing at the lectern of Arizona State University's SkySong conference center in April, investment banker Michael Moe exuded confidence as he kicked off his second annual confab of education startup companies and venture capitalists.

Ben Leddy Human Development and Psychology Hometown: Charleston, Illinois Then: Middle school social studies teacher Now: Director of curriculum at Poly, a new education startup

The article profiled the moves that one education startup, Nearpod, is making to launch virtual - reality lessons that allow students and schools to use their existing devices.

The legendary director - whose movies include «Goodfellas,» «Raging Bull,» «Taxi Driver,» «Casino,» «Cape Fear,» «The Aviator» and «The Wolf of Wall Street - has joined forces with online - education startup MasterClass for the new class, which will begin in 2018.

As well as winning the the BETT Innovator Award, TechCrunch Europe Award, Busuu has also been named Best Education Startup in Europe by EdTech Europe.

In this case, it was one the the alums who has gone onto start a successful education startup.

During his undergraduate years, he worked as an EMT, was a founding member of an education startup, and assisted with clinical research in endocrinology at BMC.

Education startup EduAce Services has raised $ 1 million (around Rs 6.6 crore) in seed funding from mobile Internet firm MoMagic.

The same month, financial services and analytics education startup Imarticus Learning secured $ 1 million from a bunch of investors including VC fund Blinc Advisors.

Entrepreneur Jen Medberry parlayed her experiences from Teach for America as well as her computer science background from Columbia University into an education startup dubbed Kickboard.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has partnered with an online education startup to help the restaurant chain expand a tuition reimbursement program that could result in some employees paying as little as $ 250 per year to take college courses.

Online education startup Coursera may have finally found a way to give students an education more akin to a college degree — and in the process, put itself on sounder financial footing.

At LinkedIn, Choi oversaw more than 40 acquisitions in her role as VP of corporate development, including its $ 1.5 billion purchase of Lynda, an online education startup, in 2015.

• Edmit, a Boston - based education startup with a college price comparison and bidding platform, raised $ 855,000 in pre-seed funding.

Having co-founded education startup Coursera and built artificial intelligence units for Google (googl) and then Baidu, Ng now has his sights on factories.

While a background at a consumer tech company might seem like an odd fit for an education startup, it actually makes a lot of sense, said Modi.

Having co-founded education startup Coursera and built artificial intelligence units for Google and then Baidu, Ng now has his sights on factories.

After finishing three degrees at the University of Toronto, she co-founded Insight Data Science, a Silicon Valley education startup that helped PhDs transition from academic research to careers in industry.

This deal could make it the world's largest online education startup.

Ed - tech sector is booming By Erica Alini, MacLean's October 29, 2012 Canadian education startups grew by 65 % in five years as the technology of learning changes our schools and universities.

Canadian education startups grew by 65 % in five years as the technology of learning changes our schools and universities.