| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.12.2020 | What Will The Working World Of 2021 Look Like? | A worker cleans the rooms of capsule hotel Anshin Oyado Shinjuku, Tokyo, which has been turned into ... [+] a coworking space during the coronavirus pandemic, offering office necessities like high speed internet.AFP via Getty Images |
| 22.05.2020 | Top 3 rising vendors in learning and development | Must-read CXO coverage
Power BI vs. Tableau
ATS: The best applicant tracking systems
Apple, Microsoft top list of most ethical tech companies
How to hire an IoT Architect (TechRepublic Premium)
With people forced to work from home due to th... |
| 17.03.2019 | 12 Chicago VCs You Should Know About | Chicago is quietly becoming a hotbed of venture capital that fuels technology startups — not just in Chicago but across the country and in a wide range of industries. For example, did you know that Calm, SpaceX, and Coinbase all received fu... |
| 31.01.2019 | VC Funding for Chicago Tech Tops $200M in January | This is our round up of Chicago tech and startup companies that received venture capital investments during the month of January. If we missed one, let us know at [email protected].
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| 20.01.2019 | Chicago-Based Online Learning Platform BenchPrep Raises $20 Million | BenchPrep, a Chicago-based provider of an advanced white-label online learning platform for education and training organizations, announced that it has raised $20 million in Series C funding. Jump Capital and Owl Ventures co-led this round ... |
| 17.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 17th, 2019 | Acorn Biolabs raised $3.3M; Alluxio raised $8.5M; BenchPrep raised $20M; Foretellix raised $14M
Immersive Games Lab: Immersive Games Lab is developing the next generation of immersive group gaming. Immersive Games has raised roughly £2.5 mi... |
| 16.01.2019 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, January 16 | A DISAPPEARING ACT
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Note that Stone came in to replace outgoing CFO Drew Vollero, who was there for less than three years. It’s not exact... |
| 15.01.2019 | BenchPrep Closes $20M Series C Funding | BenchPrep, a Chicago, IL-based provider of an advanced white-label online learning platform for education and training organizations, raised $20m in Series C funding.
The round was co-led by Jump Capital and Owl Ventures, with participation... |
| 15.01.2019 | BenchPrep Scores $20M Series C Funding |
CHICAGO, IL, BenchPrep, the leading provider of an advanced white-label online learning platform for education and training organizations, announced today a $20 million Series C round of funding.
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| 15.01.2019 | Chicago EdTech Startup BenchPrep Snags $20M | BenchPrep, a Chicago startup that helps education companies create online test prep tools for students, has landed $20 million in fresh funding.
The round was led by Chicago-based Jump Capital and Silicon Valley-based Owl Ventures. Other ba... |
| 15.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 15th, 2019 | BenchPrep raised $20M; ScoutRF raised $3K M; Knock has raised $400M
Fortify: Fortify Software offers security assurance solutions that address the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software apps. Fortify has raised $2.5 m... |
| 10.08.2018 | Meet David Hall, Partner at Revolution | Revolution VC has invested over $1 billion in firms outside Silicon Valley
As entrepreneurship has become a global meme, with the title of "Founder" worn like a badge of accomplishment, there's no shortage of emerging investors on... |
| 08.07.2014 | 12 Things You Should Do Before Entering a Business Partnership | Guest author Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.
Some of the best ideas and products come from strong business partnerships. Partnering with a company your size (or bigger) can also supercharge your growth efforts... |
| 03.06.2013 | 100 AngelList Startups To Watch In 2013: How Many Are New To You? | AngelList. It’s the place for startups to connect with funding and talent. Just this month, the site has helped raise $12 million in venture funding for a wide collection of startups. It may be the one site that best represents all players ... |
| 18.09.2012 | BenchPrep, ‘Spotify for education’, offers classes and test prep for $30 a month | First music, and now online education. Inspired by the success of Spotify, education technology startup, BenchPrep, has transformed into a subscription-based service.
Now, for $30 a month, you can access test prep (GRE, LSAT, SAT, and more)... |
| 18.09.2012 | BenchPrep, ‘Spotify for education’, offers classes and test prep for $30 a month | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
First music, and now online education. Inspired b... |
| 18.09.2012 | BenchPrep Switches To Subscription Model As It Moves Toward Education-as-a-Service | The growing prevalence of massively open learning platforms and open education resources is bringing a sea change to the educational landscape. High-profile institutions have begun to adopt and launch open courseware initiatives (like EdX a... |
| 16.08.2012 | BenchPrep expands mobile test prep offerings | The company adds over 100 new courses with partnerships from Pearson, Microsoft, and others
If you’ve ever taken the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, or any of those other abbreviations, you were probably shocked to realize the extent to which you ha... |
| 08.07.2012 | How Colleges Are Becoming Entrepreneurial | Editor’s note: Dan Schawbel is the managing partner of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and management consulting firm. He is also the #1 international bestselling author of Me 2.0 and was named to the Inc. Magazine 30 Under 30 list in... |
| 04.07.2012 | BenchPrep Raises $6M |
CHICAGO, IL, Interactive marketplace and learning platform that works across desktop, iPhone, iPad and Android devices, announced that the company closed a successful $6 million venture capital round led by New Enterprise Associates.
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| 03.07.2012 | BenchPrep Grabs $6M From NEA, Revolution For Cross-Platform, Interactive Courses | When it comes to learning, BenchPrep believes that the most effective educational content doesn’t come in the form of books — or even eBooks. Instead, it’s interactive and cross platform. That’s why the Chicago-based startup is on a mission... |
| 03.07.2012 | BenchPrep promises to offer 500 digital courses by year’s end | BenchPrep, the company that creates entire digital courses for high school and college students, is aiming to up its 100-course portfolio to 500 by year’s end.
The company hopes to accomplish this goal with a $6 million round of funding it ... |
| 03.07.2012 | BenchPrep Closes $6M Venture Capital Funding | BenchPrep, a Chicago, IL-based interactive marketplace and learning platform that works across desktop, iPhone, iPad and Android devices, closed a $6m venture capital funding.
The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with partic... |
| 14.05.2012 | BenchPrep Teams Up With The Princeton Review To Gamify Test Prep | For awhile now “gamification” has largely existed as a buzz word. It’s felt just as ridiculous to write the word as it is to read it. However, as Tim Chang pointed out this weekend, although it’s important to avoid thinking of “gamification... |
| 05.01.2012 | BenchPrep Is Codecademy For Any Subject, High School To Med School | Books are not the best way to learn. To retain knowledge you have to interact with it, and that’s where BenchPrep comes in. The startup licenses textbooks from big publishers like McGraw Hill and converts them into interactive web and mobil... |
| 12.10.2011 | Wikipedia and YouTube content become teachers in BenchPrep’s latest feature (exclusive) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Digital education company BenchPrep is taking advantage of free informational content with its newest feature OpenPrep.
If you stepped ... |
| 02.09.2011 | Back to school: Our top 5 digital education tools | Textbooks are making the leap from paper to the Web and mobile apps. So, with school just around the corner, let’s take a look at some of the latest tools to help you get the most out of your education.
The companies in this round-up are us... |
| 02.09.2011 | Back to school: Our top 5 digital education tools | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Textbooks are making the leap from paper to the Web and mobile apps. So, with school just around the corner, let’s take a look at some ... |
| 16.08.2011 | BenchPrep releases iPad app with sync features inspired by Evernote | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Today, digital course creator BenchPrep announced its new iPad app, which launches with sync functions.
The new feature allows students... |
| 16.08.2011 | BenchPrep Test-Prep App Adds Syncing Across Devices | BenchPrep has just released an update to the iOS version of its social learning app to enable seamless syncing across devices. BenchPrep, formerly known as Watermelon Express, sells prep courses from educational publishers for undergraduate... |
| 31.05.2011 | Watermelon Express Rebrands As BenchPrep; Launches App Store For Test Prep Content | Lightbank-backed test prep app developer Watermelon Express is announcing a rebranding today, relaunching as BenchPrep. BenchPrep develops cross-platform apps to help students prepare for a number of standardized tests including the GRE, SA... |
| 31.05.2011 | BenchPrep bets on textbooks (and more) beyond the iPad | Chicago startup Watermelon Express has been building educational apps since 2009, but now it’s pursuing a new strategy and giving itself a new name to match — BenchPrep.
Under its previous model, Watermelon Express worked with educational p... |
