• Declara

  Led · Series A · Jun 2014

  Declara builds a personalized learning platform that combines semantic search, predictive analytics and machine learning to generate a "Cognitive Graph" and individualized learning maps for users. The platform analyzes users' internet activity, searches, social interactions and content consumption to recommend tailored course material. Declara's technology is used by schools, universities and organizations, including Educational Services Australia, the University of Pennsylvania, Genentech, and Mexico’s SNTE, which is using the platform to help train 1.6 million teachers and administrators. The company is based in Palo Alto and also maintains offices in Boise, Idaho and Mexico. Declara raised an additional $9M from Linden Venture Fund and Singapore-based EDBI and plans to open an office in Singapore to distribute its platform across Asia. Its current Series A funding totals $25M after the recent tranche. Declara is a Palo Alto–based provider of an intelligent social learning platform that combines a cognitive model with machine learning to observe how people collaborate and learn. Its platform automatically delivers the right content and connections at the right time to maximize learning capability for individuals and organizations. Features include social collaboration, semantic search, rapid content creation, intelligent chat, live mentoring, self- and peer-assessment, and progress tracking. The product connects users to large volumes of content and enables search, study, interaction, and measurement of progress collaboratively. Customers include Fortune 500 corporations, major universities, international foundations and governments. The company announced an undisclosed funding round backed by Peter Thiel, Founders Fund and Data Collective; the article does not specify the amount or financial instruments.

• Kapitall

  Led · Equity · Feb 2014

  Kapitall offers a visual, social, and educational investing platform for users to learn about markets, research stocks and funds, share investing ideas, and build virtual and real brokerage portfolios. The company reported more than 170,000 community members. Kapitall raised $13M in a new financing round to develop new products and grow the community. The round was led by Linden Venture Fund LLC with participation from Bendigo Partners. The company has now raised nearly $25M in total. Kapitall was founded in 2008 by Gaspard de Dreuzy and Serge Kreiker and is New York–based; Jarrett Lilien, former E*TRADE President and COO, joined as CEO in 2012. KAPITALL develops an investing application that facilitates stock research and trading using a video-game‑inspired interface. It enables both experienced and novice individual investors to learn the market and test new investment strategies. The company’s offerings include analytical tools, live trading and Facebook integration to make online investing more social. KAPITALL is based in New York City and was founded in 2008 by a team of designers, producers and developers from Apple, Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley, Pearson and Electronic Arts. The company recently raised $7.3M in new cash and converted more than $5.5M of previously issued promissory notes. It intends to use the funds to roll out new developments and make product enhancements.

No current team members are available.