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With more than 80,000 tutors qualified in 300+ subjects, we offer the best way to get the help you need, when you need it most.
Book your 1-to-1 lesson with an expert today and start moving forward.
Overview
Location
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees
51-200
Phone
+1 877-999-2681
Total raised
$22.5M
Founded date
2005
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 2
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| Dec 20, 2011 | Funding round | $1M |
Persons 1
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Mentions in press and media 26
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| Dec 17, 2013 | WyzAnt Raises $21.5M | WyzAnt, a Chicago, Illinois-based online marketplace for private tutoring, raised $21.5m. Accel Partners provided the funding. As part of this investment, Ryan Sweeney and John Locke of Accel joined WyzAnt’s board of directors. The company ... |
| Dec 16, 2013 | After Bootstrapping To $100M+ In Sales, Tutoring Marketplace WyzAnt Lands $21M From Accel To Go Global And Mobile | Building an online marketplace for local services is a tricky proposition, especially at scale. It takes time to recruit a stable of service providers, to offer deep coverage within local markets and maintain the quality of service (and the... |
| Sep 8, 2013 | 'Airbnb for tutoring' startup Tutorspree shuts down | 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! Tutorspree won’t be offering tutor matchups anymo... |
| Sep 8, 2013 | After Raising $1.8 Million, Y Combinator Startup Tutorspree Shuts Down | Daniel Goodman / Business Insider Aaron Harris, co-founder of TutorSpree The hardest decision a founder can make is knowing when to throw in the towel. Tutorspree, a company that was founded in 2011 and raised $1.8 million, just did that. A... |
| Sep 8, 2013 | After Raising $1.8 Million, Y Combinator Startup Tutorspree Shuts Down | Daniel Goodman / Business Insider Aaron Harris, co-founder of TutorSpree The hardest decision a founder can make is knowing when to throw in the towel. Tutorspree, a company that was founded in 2011 and raised $1.8 million, just did that. T... |
| Sep 8, 2013 | Tutorspree, The Tutor-Matching Startup Backed By Sequoia And YC, Shuts Down | Tutorspree, the New York-based tutor-matching startup that had been dubbed the “Airbnb for tutoring” when it launched out of Y Combinator’s Winter 2011 class, is shutting down. The company’s three co-founders Aaron Harris, Josh Abrams and R... |
| Sep 8, 2013 | 'Airbnb for tutoring' startup Tutorspree shuts down | Tutorspree won’t be offering tutor matchups anymore. The Y-Combinator backed startup announced today that it is shutting down . “When we started Tutorspree, close to three years ago, we had a vision for how private education should work,” t... |
| Sep 8, 2013 | After Raising $1.8 Million, Y Combinator Startup Tutorspree Shuts Down | Daniel Goodman / Business Insider Aaron Harris, co-founder of TutorSpree The hardest decision a founder can make is knowing when to throw in the towel. Tutorspree, a company that was founded in 2011 and raised $1.8 million, just did that. T... |
| Jul 26, 2013 | Are You As Satisfied With The Google Experience As You Used To Be? | Research out this week from Foresee finds that customer satisfaction with Google (and other search engines and social networks) is down significantly. The firm suggests that the proliferation of advertising (especially in search engines) is... |
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FAQ about Wyzant
When was Wyzant founded?
Wyzant was founded in 2005.
How much funding has Wyzant raised?
Wyzant has raised $22.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Wyzant raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Wyzant, among them a funding round of $1M on Dec 20, 2011.
What has the press written about Wyzant?
Parsers VC has collected 26 articles mentioning Wyzant, among them “WyzAnt Raises $21.5M” (Dec 17, 2013) and “After Bootstrapping To $100M+ In Sales, Tutoring Marketplace WyzAnt Lands $21M From Accel To Go Global And Mobile” (Dec 16, 2013).
Is Wyzant still active?
Yes, Wyzant is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 21, 2020.