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March 15, 2011 07:25 pm GMT
"One reason online education isn't that good is I don't think it is trying to be that good," says John Katzman, the CEO of 2tor, an online education startup that is trying to break that mold. The company, headquartered in New York City's Chelsea Piers, just raised a $32.5 million series C financing, led by Bessemer Venture Partners. All of its existing investors"Highland Capital, Redpoint, Novak Biddle, City Light"re-upped. Since it was founded in 2008, 2Tor has raised a total of $65 million.Instead of focussing on low-hanging fruit like test prep or actual tutoring, 2tor is going straight after the higher education market, partnering with graduate programs to provide the technology platform to extend their classes online. (Not that there is anything wrong with test prep"Katzman previously founded the Princeton Review). Its first partner school is USC, which uses 2tor for both its Masters in Teaching and Social Work programs. Next week, it launches a nursing program with Georgetown and in July an MBA program at UNC-Chapel Hill. The new capital will help 2tor expand to more programs faster.
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2tor Raises $32.5 Million Series C To Make Online Education Great
"One reason online education isn't that good is I don't think it is trying to be that good," says John Katzman, the CEO of 2tor, an online education startup that is trying to break that mold. The company, headquartered in New York City's Chelsea Piers, just raised a $32.5 million series C financing, led by Bessemer Venture Partners. All of its existing investors"Highland Capital, Redpoint, Novak Biddle, City Light"re-upped. Since it was founded in 2008, 2Tor has raised a total of $65 million.Instead of focussing on low-hanging fruit like test prep or actual tutoring, 2tor is going straight after the higher education market, partnering with graduate programs to provide the technology platform to extend their classes online. (Not that there is anything wrong with test prep"Katzman previously founded the Princeton Review). Its first partner school is USC, which uses 2tor for both its Masters in Teaching and Social Work programs. Next week, it launches a nursing program with Georgetown and in July an MBA program at UNC-Chapel Hill. The new capital will help 2tor expand to more programs faster.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/89Ye-J87ugo/
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