Encore will provide professional certificate programs and career-counseling services tailored to baby boomers seeking new careers or to remain employable. The company has partnered with UCLA Extension, which will serve as the licensed provider of program content. Program development and technology work have commenced, with classes and services expected to begin in fall 2012. Programs will average about a year and are expected to cost between $5,000 and $10,000. Course areas cited include finance, healthcare, and environmental sustainability, and Encore plans to use social and mobile technology to create online learning models designed for baby boomers. Co-founding entities include The Sherry Lansing Foundation and Creative Artists Agency.

Total raised

$15M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jun 2011