Academic Partnerships
700 North Pearl Street, Suite 600, Dallas, Texas, 75201, United States
Overview
Dallas-based Academic Partnerships partners with universities to deliver students full degree programs online. The company was founded by social entrepreneur, RANDY BEST, an 18-year veteran of developing innovative learning experiences to improve education. Academic Partnerships helps universities increase public access to high-quality education by providing the technology, student recruitment and faculty support necessary to serve online students. Academic Partnerships is guided by the principle that the opportunities presented through distance learning make higher education more accessible and achievable for students in the U.S. and globally.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- A/B Testing
- Analytics
- EdTech
- Education
- Higher Education
- Training
- Universities
Investment portfolio
- TareasPlus
Led · Seed · Nov 2012
Tareasplus offers a library of Spanish-language video lessons covering K-12 and early college subjects including math, science and calculus. The company hosts more than 1,100 free videos, with roughly 300 devoted to calculus, and covers topics from multiplying fractions and scientific notation to differential equations and parabolic motion. It reaches audiences across Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Argentina and the rest of Latin America and maintains offices in Medellin, Colombia while being based in San Francisco, CA. Tareasplus plans to use new capital to expand its platform and increase R&D activities. The company was founded by Hernan Jaramillo and Roberto Cuartas.
Team
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