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Overview
Location
United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees
51-200
Phone
+1 650-644-3400
Total raised
$42.5M
Founded date
2000
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 10
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| Sep 8, 2021 | Westchester Publishing Services Receives Benetech Accreditation | “Obtaining Benetech accreditation is a significant achievement that demonstrates Westchester Publishing Services' ongoing commitment to our clients,” stated Tyler M. Carey, Chief Revenue Officer. DANBURY, Conn. (PRWEB) September 08, 2021 We... |
| Aug 19, 2021 | G-W and Benetech Announce Publishing Partnership | Past News ReleasesRSS Goodheart-Willcox Publisher Now... TINLEY PARK, Ill. (PRWEB) August 19, 2021 To ensure that people with disabilities such as blindness, dyslexia, low vision, or mobility impairment have access to high-quality education... |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Jones & Bartlett Learning Earns Esteemed Global Certified Accessible™ Designation from Benetech | "The Global Certified Accessible™ designation from Benetech allows us to continue to work towards supporting all students and educators and elevate our level of service to those with reading barriers," said Tim McClinton, Presiden... |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Fable Partners with Benetech To Bring Accessible Ebooks To International Community of People with Disabilities | TORONTO (PRWEB) January 22, 2021 Today Fable announces a partnership with Benetech’s Bookshare initiative to provide Fable’s community of people with disabilities access to the world’s largest library of accessible ebooks. Through the partn... |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Accessibility’s nextgen breakthroughs will be literally in your head | Jim Fruchterman Contributor Share on Twitter Jim Fruchterman is the founder of Tech Matters and Benetech, nonprofit developers of technology for social good. More posts by this contributor A $6 trillion wake up call for the tech industry Pr... |
| May 11, 2018 | ConsenSys, Enigma, Monaco, EximChain and Benetech join TechCrunch’s blockchain event | Let’s talk events… TechCrunch events: we’re confirming five more names for our upcoming blockchain show on July 6. Joe Lubin, a co-founder of Ethereum and the founder of ConsenSys, Enigma founder and CEO Guy Zyskind, Monaco CEO and co-found... |
| Mar 25, 2018 | A $6 trillion wake up call for the tech industry | Jim Fruchterman Contributor Jim Fruchterman is the founder of Tech Matters and Benetech, nonprofit developers of technology for social good. More posts by this contributor A $6 trillion wake up call for the tech industry Earlier this year, ... |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Palo Alto nonprofit Benetech wins a $42.5M Dept. of Education grant, a nod to founder Jim Fruchterman’s quest to help the blind | Jim Fruchterman, founder of Palo Alto-based nonprofit Benetech, was very relieved when, at the end of September, he received an email from the U.S. Department of Education. With one day left to go in the federal fiscal year, the department ... |
| Dec 6, 2011 | More Collateral Damage From SOPA: People With Print Disabilities And Human Rights Groups | As people wake up to the full horror of what SOPA would do to the Internet and its users, an increasing number of organizations with very different backgrounds are coming out against it. Here’s one more to add to that list, from the world o... |
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FAQ about Benetech
When was Benetech founded?
Benetech was founded in 2000.
How much funding has Benetech raised?
Benetech has raised $42.5M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Benetech?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Benetech, among them “Westchester Publishing Services Receives Benetech Accreditation” (Sep 8, 2021) and “G-W and Benetech Announce Publishing Partnership” (Aug 19, 2021).
Is Benetech still active?
Yes, Benetech is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 8, 2021.