Sentences with phrase «based education ventures»

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For years, B Corp certification was rumored to hurt a startup's ability to attract investors, but recent deals have debunked this theory: San Francisco - based education company Altschool has raised $ 170 million from venture capitalists, and Data.world, an Austin - based tech startup, recently closed $ 19 million in Series B funding.

«There's lots of positive momentum,» he says, pointing as well to the recent $ 80 - million venture capital investment by OMERS Ventures and the American venture fund New Enterprise Associates in Desire2Learn, a global provider of online education platforms, based in Kitchener, Ont.

She also serves on the board or advisory board of a slew of other start - ups and sits on the board of the Palo Alto - based Center for Venture Education and the University of Hawaii, Maui College.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

The Baltimore - based education company is taking a chunk of the huge sum it got from the recent sale of its computerized - testing business and investing it in a unit that will «incubate» Internet ventures.

The institute, which provides executive training for principals, has been a program of the Washington - based National Center on Education and the Economy, but is set to become a separate, for - profit venture next month.

Project applications were reviewed and judged by a committee of HGSE faculty and administrators based on demonstrated leadership and effectiveness, interest in education entrepreneurship, viability of the entrepreneurial venture, and potential impact of venture.

Her latest venture, Ezlearn Educacional, is an education technology company based in Rio de Janeiro that helps people who have a high need for English language training but who have not previously had access.

As they sift through their first round of education grant proposals this month, members of the Seattle - based foundation Social Venture Partners won't be looking simply for causes that are worthy of their money.

In 2012 with support from New Schools Venture Fund and the DC Office of the State Superintendent for Education, AppleTree began supporting community based organizations and charter schools to implement all or parts of

In 2012 with support from New Schools Venture Fund and the DC Office of the State Superintendent for Education, AppleTree began supporting community based organizations and charter schools to implement all or parts of ECR in their preschool classrooms.

Additionally, in conjunction with an Aspen - based philanthropist, he developed edXchange, a Denver - based education shared space which fosters strategic collaboration, ideation, and joint ventures among the leading education policy organizations in Colorado.

Based in Los Angeles, California, and named for renowned business leader Eli Broad, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is a national venture philanthropy established by entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science, and the arts.

In 2 years time I may quit my job and start my own business venture (home based education, in the house that I'm planning to purchase).

These and other ventures are facilitated by new exhibition spaces for student art, an art activity room for hands - on education projects, and an art technology lab for developing interactive resources based on the museum's educational programs.

In partnership with Matt Rubins, a successful venture capitalist, angel investor and education entrepreneur, I developed a one - of - a-kind business education program based on the belief that the best way to become a true «trusted advisor» is to understand the client's business.

In 2015, Betsy partnered with Matt Rubins, a successful venture capitalist, angel investor and education entrepreneur, to develop a one - of - a-kind business education program based on their belief that the best way to become a true «trusted advisor» is to understand the client's business.

Other U.S. - based online learning ventures, like Coursera, Udacity and edX, are also more closely eyeing Asia, but while those providers of massive open online courses (MOOCs) focus on higher education and lifelong learners, Shmoop targets K - 12 students.

Most interesting is the agreement with Rethink Education; according to a release, the New York - based venture firm with $ 50 million under management will provide a «significant portion of the fund's carried interest» to New Schools.