Koofers raises $500K to pass along old exams, study guides
Every high school and college campus has unofficial channels for swapping old exams, opinions about teachers, study guides and grim grade distribution tales. Now online student community Koofers aims to centralize all of this on the web — and it just racked up a $500,000 tranche of an anticipated $2 million first round to expand to new campuses.
The site targets professors as well as students, and all members can upload documents relevant to courses and… Continue Reading
Take a closer look at my favorite LaunchBox Digital startups (plus, invites)
Looks like LaunchBox Digital is off to a good start — I just got home from the impressive Palo Alto, Calif. demo day for the first “class” of companies that LaunchBox incubated. The lineup was announced earlier this week, but this was my chance to talk to the founders and try out the products.
The Washington, D.C. firm selected nine startups to advise and fund for between $25,000 and $40,000. After three months of work the… Continue Reading