Koofers raises $500K to pass along old exams, study guides

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… Continue Reading

EduFire brings tutoring into the Web 2.0 age

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… Continue Reading

Intel Capital’s new investments: 51.com, Aternity, Ceedo, Phoenix, Tutor.com

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of of the giant chip company Intel, announced six investments into new companies at its CEO Summit.

We already mentioned Jajah (see our story). Here are the others:

51.com — Intel Capital leads a Series B investment in 51.com, which Intel calls… Continue Reading