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GoSchoolBox is an educational management software platform that offers tools to streamline and automate tutoring operations for K-12 schools. By connecting students with academic experts and assisting teachers in providing essential after-school support, the platform enhances educational outcomes. It centralizes and manages support programs, synthesizes program data, and provides comprehensive engagement, tracking, reporting, and analytics. This enables school districts and tutoring providers to identify effective programs and make informed decisions for continuous improvement. GoSchoolBox aims to facilitate better learning experiences and achievement tracking for students, teachers, and administrators alike.

Foundry College Inc. is an online educational institution based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. It offers degree programs and courses focused on foundational skills and business management, specifically designed for working adults. The college emphasizes practical training and competency-based learning, providing students with relevant education that aligns with current job market demands. Through live instructor-led lectures and small group sessions, Foundry College equips students with in-demand skills that are unlikely to be automated in the near future. Its mission is to prepare students for success in today's and tomorrow's workforce by fostering a skilled and informed society that can adapt to changing job requirements.

Swing Education, Inc. operates an online platform that connects K-12 schools with substitute teachers to address staffing shortages. Established in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company aims to facilitate the hiring process for substitute teachers, which is essential as U.S. students spend a significant portion of their educational experience with substitutes. The platform alleviates the logistical challenges faced by school administrators, such as recruiting, screening, scheduling, and compensating substitute teachers. By providing an on-demand marketplace, Swing Education helps schools efficiently fill hard-to-fill absences, ensuring that educational continuity is maintained and that teachers can focus on their primary responsibilities.

Coding Dojo, Inc. is an education technology company founded in 2012, specializing in programming training services. Headquartered in San Jose, California, it operates additional campuses in various U.S. cities, including Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas. Coding Dojo offers both online and onsite coding bootcamps that cover a range of programming languages and technologies, including Python, C#/.NET, MEAN Stack, Ruby, iOS/Swift, and Java. It is recognized as a leading coding bootcamp, uniquely providing a comprehensive 14-week program that teaches students three full technology stacks. The curriculum is designed to equip individuals from diverse backgrounds with the skills necessary to become professional developers, preparing them for positions at major companies. Coding Dojo also offers scholarship opportunities to support qualified students in their training journey, focusing on practical, job-relevant skills through intensive, mentored learning experiences.

Guild Education, Inc. is an educational technology company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company provides a lifelong learning platform designed for working adults, offering a range of online courses, workshops, and educational programs. These include bachelor’s and master’s degrees, high school diplomas, certificate programs, and language learning opportunities. Guild Education supports its users throughout their educational journey by utilizing a technology platform that facilitates discovery and learning, as well as a tech-enabled student advising model to enhance the overall experience. The company aims to empower adults to advance their education and career paths effectively.

Swing Education, Inc. operates an online platform that connects K-12 schools with substitute teachers to address staffing shortages. Established in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company aims to facilitate the hiring process for substitute teachers, which is essential as U.S. students spend a significant portion of their educational experience with substitutes. The platform alleviates the logistical challenges faced by school administrators, such as recruiting, screening, scheduling, and compensating substitute teachers. By providing an on-demand marketplace, Swing Education helps schools efficiently fill hard-to-fill absences, ensuring that educational continuity is maintained and that teachers can focus on their primary responsibilities.

Guild Education, Inc. is an educational technology company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company provides a lifelong learning platform designed for working adults, offering a range of online courses, workshops, and educational programs. These include bachelor’s and master’s degrees, high school diplomas, certificate programs, and language learning opportunities. Guild Education supports its users throughout their educational journey by utilizing a technology platform that facilitates discovery and learning, as well as a tech-enabled student advising model to enhance the overall experience. The company aims to empower adults to advance their education and career paths effectively.

Rockit is an online education platform based in Vietnam that focuses on teaching courses in Math, Science, English, and test preparation. Initially targeting students and young professionals, Rockit provides an effective English language learning experience through live instruction by bilingual teachers combined with multimedia content. This approach allows learners to master the English language conveniently and at a lower cost, preparing them for opportunities in a globalized job market. The platform also shares and publishes information on various topics, including beauty, skincare, fashion, healthcare, and technology, enabling individuals to enhance their knowledge and skills through expert insights.

Viridis Learning, Inc. is an education technology company focused on enhancing workforce education for the middle-skill workforce. The company operates a platform that trains, certifies, and connects middle-skill employees with employers. Through its human capital technology solution, Viridis offers individuals training programs that lead to industry-recognized credentials and job placement opportunities. The platform addresses skill deficiencies by aligning local employer needs with the capabilities of the workforce. Courses offered include Residential Concrete Specialization, Energy Management and Controls, and Advanced Residential Construction Supervisor, among others. By utilizing data analytics, Viridis Learning enables educational institutions to better track student performance and outcomes, thereby improving employment placement rates for graduates. The company is located in New York, New York.

If You Can Company, founded in 2012 and based in San Mateo, California, specializes in developing educational games aimed at enhancing children's intelligence and social-emotional skills. Among its notable products is IF, an adventure game designed to improve cognitive abilities, and SEL, a tool focused on social and emotional learning for educational settings. The company also offers a dashboard for parents and educators that allows them to monitor children's progress through age-appropriate lessons, emphasizing skills such as emotional regulation and empathy.

NovoEd, Inc. is a software company that operates a collaborative online learning platform designed to enhance the learning experience for diverse groups of learners. Founded in 2012 at Stanford’s social algorithm laboratory and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a software-as-a-service platform that fosters collaboration through project-based learning, mentorship, and feedback. NovoEd's solutions encompass a range of professional development areas, including leadership development, digital transformation, employee onboarding, and diversity and inclusion. The platform is utilized by various sectors, including consulting, retail, technology, healthcare, and education, both in the United States and internationally. NovoEd's unique approach combines experiential learning with analytical tools, enabling organizations to unlock collective knowledge and achieve measurable outcomes through purposeful practice and group collaboration. The company also provides consulting services such as instructional design and learning analytics to support its clients in maximizing their training initiatives.

LearnZillion, Inc. is an educational technology company based in Washington, D.C., that provides open and cloud-based curriculum resources to schools, particularly focusing on mathematics and English literacy. Founded in 2011, the company offers a platform that includes video lessons, practice problems, and instructional materials tailored to new educational standards. Its solutions are designed to support teachers in their instruction, allowing them to track student performance and address individual learning needs. Additionally, LearnZillion provides task-implementation guides that facilitate interactive learning between students and educators. The company also offers a mobile application to enhance accessibility and engagement. As of January 2020, LearnZillion operates as a subsidiary of Weld North Education, LLC.

Fidelis Education, Inc. develops software solutions for coordinating out-of-class student success support services. It offers learning relationship management, a software solution that provides support services for staff to coordinate the services they already offer; and students to discover and take advantage of them. The company also provides mentoring and coaching software for peer mentoring, professional mentoring, faculty mentoring, enrollment advising, success coaching, academic advising, and career advising; and academic support software for tutoring, supplemental education, remedial education, and micro credentialing. In addition, it offers social/emotional learning software for self-awareness, decision making, relationship skills, and just-in-time content; and community engagement software for cohort management, club management, department management, employer relations, and alumni engagement. Further, the company provides services in the areas of implementation, integration, technology, coaching, and content. Fidelis Education, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Motion Math Inc. is a San Francisco-based developer of movement-based mobile math games designed to engage children in learning and enhance their understanding of challenging K-6 math concepts. Founded in 2010, the company creates interactive games that utilize an innovative learning model, enabling students to develop math fluency and conceptual understanding through playful and adaptive gameplay. The games help learners grasp various representations of fractions, including numerators, denominators, percents, and decimals, by connecting these concepts to their positions on a number line. With access to over 900 levels of content, Motion Math's products aim to foster a growth mindset and instill a love of intellectual challenge in students. As of November 2017, the company operates as a subsidiary of Curriculum Associates LLC.

PresenceLearning, Inc. offers online special education services, including speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral interventions, and mental health support, to K-12 students and school districts across the United States and Canada. Utilizing a web-based videoconferencing platform, the company connects schools and parents with a network of licensed speech-language pathologists and other specialists through a variety of online tools and evidence-based therapeutic activities. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, PresenceLearning has established itself as a leader in delivering clinical services via the internet, successfully providing over 2.5 million teletherapy sessions since its inception. The company, formerly known as Presence Telecare, Inc., rebranded to its current name in August 2011.