Education.com scores $9.75 million in second round of funding
Online education portal Education.com will announce a total of $9.75 million in its second round of financing today, VentureBeat has learned. The site seeks to become a one-stop destination for parents looking for online answers about their children’s education.
The site’s main appeal lies in its School Finder application, allowing parents to see information such as teacher-to-student ratio, test scores, and other parent’s reviews about local schools. The site also hosts about 7,000 articles, drawn from… Continue Reading
EduFire brings tutoring into the Web 2.0 age
Education is a field that missed out on the start-up boom. But now the sector is making up for lost time.
One of the latest companies to jump on this trend is eduFire, a company that makes it a lot easier to find tutors and learn with them. The site launched about 90 days ago and it has more than 500 tutors who have trained students in more than 900 hours of one-to-one tutoring sessions.
“We’ve got… Continue Reading
EduFire.com raises $400,000 for video learning
EduFire is a language learning site, based on video tutoring and conversations. The site acts as a platform for tutors who charge on an hourly basis, from which EduFire takes 15 percent; there are currently a few hundred tutors signed up.
The $400,000 funding was a seed round provided to the company by angel investors, according to socalTECH. EduFire is based in Los Angeles.
SellaBand makes money for musicians, raises $5 million from Prime Technology Ventures
Musicians, not just record labels, are facing major issues: Small-time acts may find audiences through MySpace and other music sites, but they still need to make money to survive — and it’s not clear how to make money unless you’re a top star with the ability to draw in large concert crowds (and sell lots of t-shirts).
To try to help out as-yet-unknown stars, a few sites are creating ways for users to fund the work… Continue Reading