Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Nearpod Nabs $9.2M For Teaching Tools

San Francisco-based Nearpod, a developer of cloud software for creating engaging presentations and interactive activities for students, has raised $9.2M in a Series A round. The funding came from Reach Capital, Rothenberg Ventures, Storm Ventures, Marc Benioff, Deborah Quazzo (GSV Advisors), AGP Miami, Arsenal Venture Partners, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Krillion Ventures, Scott Cook (Intuit) and his wife, Signe Ostby and Stanford's StartX fund. Nearpod was founded by Guido Kovalskys, Felipe Sommer and Emiliano Abramzon. More information »