Wyzant
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Type of site | Private |
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| Founded | Chicago, Illinois (2005) |
| Headquarters | Chicago , USA |
| Area served | United States |
| Founder(s) | Andrew Geant and Mike Weishuhn |
| Industry | Education service |
| Services | Tutoring |
| Employees | 80 full time employees (2014) |
| URL | www |
| Current status | Online |
Wyzant is an online services marketplace in educational technology for matching tutors with students. This organization is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois,[1] and is a division of IXL Learning.
Wyzant was co-founded in 2005 by Princeton graduates Andrew Geant and Mike Weishuhn, with $10,000 raised from family and friends.[2] In 2013, Accel Partners invested $21.5 million into Wyzant.[3]
In 2014, Wyzant had 80 employees and listed about 76,000 active tutors in its database.[2] It claims to have about 2 million registered users, from kindergarteners to PhD candidates.[4] In 2014, the company claims to have booked $100 million in tutoring sessions and claims to have logged almost 2.5 million hours of instruction.[4]
Wyzant claims to teach more than 300 subjects online and in person to its users.[5]
In 2018, Wyzant ranked #5 on Indeed's list of top rated workplaces in Chicago.[6]
- ACT
- Advanced Placement Exams (AP Exams)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA® Level I)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA® Level II)
- Dental Admission Test (DAT)
- GED
- Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
- ISEE
- Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)
- Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
- NCLEX-RN
- Optometry Admission Test (OAT)
- PSAT
- SAT
- SAT Subject Tests
- Secondary School Admission Test
- SHSAT
- TOEFL
- United States Medical Licensing Examination
References
[edit]- ^ Loizos, Connie. "Clark, an app that claims to aim to "turn every educator into an entrepreneur," launches with a reported $1 million in funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
- ^ a b Rogers, Bruce (2014-09-17). "Creating an Online Marketplace for Tutors and Students". Forbes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Accel Partners Put $21.5M into WyzAnt Tutoring Service". Edsurge. 17 December 2013.
- ^ a b Tilin, Andrew (September 13, 2014). "Meet the eHarmony of Tutoring". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Eisenberg, Richard. "Why People Over 50 Tutor And You Might Want To". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "Top-Rated Workplaces: Best in Chicago". Indeed.
Further reading
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- Chicago Tribune Archived 2017-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
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