Yellowdig raises $1.5 million in funding to elevate remote learning collaboration platform | Education Dive
Summary
Yellowdig is a community building platform that enables an institution’s entire ecosystem—from students and faculty to administrators and alumni—to connect, learn and engage. The investment will be used to scale the company’s Engage platform in response to the uptick of inbound inquiries due to all schools moving online in light of COVID-19 this spring. As colleges and universities shutter their physical campuses and move their courses to online and hybrid formats, maintaining social and emotional connections with their learners is more important than ever” says Shaunak Roy, Founder & CEO of Yellowdig. “Shaunak and his team have anticipated the need for higher ed institutions to engage today’s “digital native” students with a platform that is instinctive and an effective learning tool in the COVID-19 world. Yellowdig is a carefully designed hybrid between a university social network and a course engagement tool.