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WyzAnt
Company typePrivate
IndustryEducation service
FoundedChicago, Illinois (2005 (2005))
FounderAndrew Geant and Mike Weishuhn
Headquarters
Chicago
,
USA
ServicesTutoring
Number of employees
80 full time employees (2014)
Websitewww.wyzant.com

WyzAnt is an online-based service that matches tutors with students that is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Wyzant was co-founded in 2005 by Princeton graduates Andrew Geant and Mike Weishuhn with $10,000 raised from family and friends.[1][2] In 2013 they raised $21.5 million in Series A funds from the venture capital firm Accel Partners.[2][3]

As of 2014 WyzAnt had 80 employees and listed about 76,000 active tutors in its database[2] and had about 2 million registered users, from kindergarteners to PhD candidates.[3] In 2013 WyzAnt’s highest-paid tutor earned $120,000.[3] By 2014 the company had booked $100 million in tutoring sessions and logged almost 2.5 million hours of instruction.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Chicago Hosted Andrew Geant (WyzAnt)". Startup Grind. July 29, 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Rogers, Bruce (2014-09-17). "Creating an Online Marketplace for Tutors and Students". Forbes. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d Tilin, Andrew (September 13, 2014). "Meet the eHarmony of Tutoring". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 29 September 2014.