EdCast Closes $6M Series A Funding
Summary
EdCast, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of knowledge cloud platforms for institutions, educators, enterprises and governments to collaborate with each other, closed a $6m Series A funding.The round was led by SoftBank Capital with participation from other investors Menlo Ventures, Novel TMT Ventures, Cervin Ventures, Aarin Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund/CoLab and the Stanford StartX Fund.The company intends to use the funds to expand operations.Led by Karl Mehta, Founder & CEO, EdCast is a personal learning network to enhance human ability to collaborate and learn across educational materials, instructors, students and employers.FinSMEs 22/09/2014
Funding
Amount
$6.0M
Total raised
Date
September 22, 2014
Announcement date
Investors
The Perkins Fund, SoftBank Capital, co.lab, EdCast, Cervin Ventures, Aarin Capital, NewSchools
Lead investors
Company
http://www.edcast.com
Funded company
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applications
EduTech - learning
AskAI Classifications
Labels
Learning Experience Platform
Digital Adoption Platform
Employee Training Software
Linked Companies
EdCast
$1M to $5M