Pear Deck provides a SaaS real-time classroom engagement platform that enables K-12 teachers, schools, and districts to engage students and collect real-time responses via text, drawings, and other interactive strategies. Teachers can see student responses immediately during lessons, improving engagement and the teacher experience. Founded in 2014 and based in Iowa City, Iowa, Pear Deck has customers in over 40 states, including some of the country’s largest school districts. The company raised $4M in equity financing to accelerate growth, invest in product development, and expand go-to-market efforts. Backers include Growth Street Partners, Village Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and AOL co-founder Steve Case, with new board appointments from Growth Street and Village Capital. Pear Deck has developed an interactive presentation application designed to eliminate boring classroom lectures by enabling teachers to plan and build interactive lessons directly from Google Drive. The platform promotes active learning by letting students interact with lessons while providing instructors with real-time data to adapt teaching. Pear Deck's tool is used in over 4,500 schools. The company intends to use new funding to hire people and grow the platform. Founded in January 2014, Pear Deck focuses on improving classroom engagement and instructor responsiveness through its software. The article reports a $500,000 seed financing to support these plans.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Mar 2017