| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.09.2020 | Cornerstone Convergence 2020 : une nouvelle édition virtuelle pour rassembler les leaders RH | Cornerstone réunira les professionnels du secteur RH à l’occasion de son événement annuel Convergence 2020, une nouvelle édition virtuelle inédite et libre d’accès qui se tiendra sur deux jours. Convergence 2020 sera l’occasion de retrouver... |
| 01.09.2020 | Cornerstone Brings Together World-Class Thinkers and the Brightest Minds in HR for a Virtual Global Event | HR professionals across the world will come together for Cornerstone Convergence 2020, a free, two-day virtual conversation with inspirational guest speakers and 50+ breakout sessions designed to connect and build a stronger HR community
Lo... |
| 01.09.2020 | Cornerstone bringt die besten Köpfe der HR zu einem virtuellen globalen Ereignis zusammen | HR-Experten weltweit werden zur Cornerstone Convergence 2020 zusammenkommen, unserer kostenlosen, zweitägigen und virtuellen Konferenz mit inspirierenden Gastrednern und mehr als 50 Breakout-Sessions und so die HR-Community stärken
London -... |
| 08.12.2017 | The Importance of Working For A Boss Who Supports You | Source: Pexels Pexels |
| 22.08.2017 | Social Starts Buzz Room: August 22, 2017 | What are our partners reading this week? Big news from our portfolio companies, innovation in our investment focus areas, and general strategies for personal/business improvement.
News About Our Portfolio Companies
· Newswhip on how Insta... |
| 06.06.2017 | Cornerstone OnDemand Reimagines the Workplace Learning Experience | Market-leader debuts solution with AI-powered personalisation, playlist creation, curation and collaboration features, as well as a new content subscription offering, to help employees develop the skills they need to stay ahead
SANTA MONICA... |
| 20.04.2017 | Social Starts Buzz Room: April 17, 2017 | A compendium of what our partners read each week, highlighting macro industry trends, our investment focus areas, and general personal and business strategies.
News About Our Portfolio Companies
• Adaptly partnered with Blue 449 to drive ... |
| 18.04.2017 | Top startup competitions: their most successful alumni
$300K Entrepreneurs Challenge | Companies like Pinterest, TubeMogul, and Thumbtack all got their start winning competitions
Startup competitions have been an exceptional way to find successful startups that go on to generate billions in revenue and thousands of jobs. In f... |
| 14.02.2017 | Gamed-learning app Smartup raises $5.5M from Notion Capital, Hong Leong | Back in 2015 we were intrigued by the launch of a brand new take on online learning. It was driven by mobile and also ‘gamed’ users into learning. That was the idea behind SmartUp.io, a mobile app which had a points-based game which would i... |
| 13.01.2017 | Leisha Boyle – Founder of Sticky Stories | website twitter facebook Linkedin
This is Leisha’s first foray into entrepreneurship – leveraging over 20 years’ experience working with businesses to help them transform, grow and succeed. Partnering with large corporate clients from priva... |
| 10.01.2017 | The Top 12 Highest Funded New York Edtech Startups in 2016 | While you might think a good idea can pay for itself, funding is an important thing to consider before starting a business. And while you might think a small ecosystem can provide you with the support you need, nothing can help you more tha... |
| 29.03.2016 | Lesson.ly raises $5M Series A to train your employees | Another learning management system steps up with big-name customers, including Lyft and Microsoft
Lesson.ly, provider of online training software for employees, announced today a $5 million round of Series A funding led by OpenView Venture ... |
| 28.03.2016 | The Changing Structure of How People Work | “I met with anyone who asked me for a meeting.” That’s how our founding partner, Bill Lohse, recalls his early time at Social Starts.
That was the start of our method, which involves identifying as many targets for investment as possible. ... |
| 26.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 26, 2016 | Grovo announced $40 funding; Vidyard nabbed $35M; Cedexis closed $22M Series B funding
Grovo, a SaaS-based learning management system (LMS) for companies, today announced that it has closed $40 million in a Series C funding round led by exi... |
| 26.01.2016 | Grovo Raises $40M To Deliver Employee Training With Quick, Digestible Content | Grovo, a company offering “micro-learning” content and related technology/services to help businesses train their employees, has raised $40 million in Series C funding.
The round was led by Accel (which has been involved since Grovo’s seed ... |
| 26.01.2016 | Grovo Raises $40M in Series C Funding | Grovo, a NYC-based SaaS learning platform for today’s workforce, raised $40M in Series C funding.
The round was led by existing investor Accel with participation from Costanoa Venture Capital, SoftTech VC, and Greg Waldorf, as well as new i... |
| 26.01.2016 | Grovo Boasts 400 Percent Growth and a $40M Fundraise to Streamline Corporate Training | Grovo is flying high and preaching grandly: “The pain of ineffective training software is felt universally,” CEO Jeff Fernandez told EdSurge in an email. “Organizations are ready to embrace a radically new approach to learning.”
It may soun... |
| 26.01.2016 | Grovo raises $40M Series C to grow its LMS | Since winning Vator Splash NY in 2010, the SaaS-based learning company has raised $65 million
Editor's Note: We are hosting our Vator Splash Health event on Feb. 23 at Kaiser Center in Oakland. Register today to get tickets half off. Additi... |
| 26.01.2016 | Grovo Grabs $40M Series C Round |
NEW YORK, NY, Grovo, the SaaS company reinventing learning for the modern workforce, today announced $40M in Series C funding led by existing investor Accel.
>> Click here for more funding data on Grovo
>> To export Grovo fu... |
| 04.11.2015 | The 25 Best Large-Company Cultures in 2015 | November 4, 2015 5 min read
From startups to growing businesses and established companies, having a high-performance company culture helps drive a mission, achieve goals, provides support and creates the foundation for employee growth. It p... |
| 07.10.2015 | The Success Secrets That Helped the 'Best Practicers' Land on the Entrepreneur360 | October 7, 2015 6 min read
Through surveys and available data, we've examined hundreds of small businesses and come away with six archetypal sets of practices and characteristics that we believe are representative of most growth companies o... |
| 01.09.2015 | Here Are This Year’s Tech.Co Startup of the Year Online Competition Semifinalists | Bringing people together to celebrate entrepreneurship is what we do at Tech.Co, whether that's through our online content or our local Tech Cocktail events. The culmination of this celebration is our annual conference in Downtown Las Vegas... |
| 09.03.2015 | What Will It Take to Close the Adult Digital Literacy Gap? | As new technology continues to emerge and evolve, the need for digital literacy in the American workforce becomes increasingly important. While employers’ expectations for technology proficiency were once reserved for professionals trained ... |
| 24.02.2015 | GuideSpark Raises $22.2M To Create Customized Videos That Make HR Less Tedious And Confusing | GuideSpark, a startup that helps human resources teams communicate with the rest of the company, announced today that it has raised $22.2 million in Series C funding.
CEO Keith Kitani told me that GuideSpark works with HR to create videos a... |
| 20.02.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 2/20/15 | K2, Grovo, NewCo, Coffee Meets Bagel, Onfido, WorldRemit, Apptimize, Tealium, Shopa, Notey, Carmudi
Seed stage
Event startup NewCo raised a $1.7 million seed round from Obvious Ventures, True Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Transmedia Capital, Fr... |
| 19.02.2015 | Grovo Raises $15M Series B Funding |
NEW YORK, NY, Training platform for digital and professional skills, today announced that it has closed $15 million in Series B financing.
>> Click here for more funding data on Grovo
>> To export Grovo funding data to PDF a... |
| 18.02.2015 | Grovo Closes $15M Series B Financing | Grovo, a New York City-based training platform for digital and professional skills, closed a $15m Series B financing.
Backers included existing investors Accel Partners, Costanoa Venture Capital, Greg Waldorf and SoftTech VC.
The company in... |
| 18.02.2015 | Grovo Raises $15M More To Help Businesses Train Their Employees With Bite-Sized Videos | Grovo, which offers a video-training platform used by customers like Arizona State University and Chevron, has raised $15 million in Series B funding.
When we wrote about the company back in 2011, it was trying to become “the field guide to... |
| 19.01.2015 | 9 Unique Ideas for Onboarding New Startup Hires | Guest author Scott Gerber is founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.
The last thing an employee wants to feel on their first day of work is lost and confused. Each company should have an organized, specific system in place to make the on... |
| 02.10.2014 | The Top Ten S'Cool Tools for Q3, 2014 | It’s been a busy summer and start to fall--not just because of the bevvy of edtech events across the country, but also as a result of the vast array of cool tools being used in classrooms.
Every week, EdSurge delivers its educator-specific ... |
| 11.11.2013 | How to Deal With the Psychological Toll of Starting Up | Entrepreneurs live lives that are devoid of sleep, high-stress and generally exhausting. Aside from the physical side effects this lifestyle can have, it can (and at some point will) take a psychological toll if you don’t face your bad habi... |
| 03.10.2013 | Grovo dives into enterprise web training with bite-sized videos | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Grovo has grown up from a tool to help individual... |
| 03.10.2013 | Grovo dives into enterprise web training with bite-sized videos | Grovo has grown up from a tool to help individuals learn more about the web to something that can train entire organizations.
The New York City-based company is today announcing Grovo for Teams, an online training dashboard that makes it ea... |
| 08.08.2013 | Grovo brings its bite-sized web training videos to the iPhone and iPad | If you’ve got a few free minutes, you can finally start learning how to use Basecamp, Asana, or plenty of other online services from just about anywhere thanks to Grovo’s new iOS app.
Today the New York City-based startup is officially brin... |
| 08.08.2013 | Grovo brings its bite-sized web training videos to the iPhone and iPad | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
If you’ve got a few free minutes, you can finally start learning how to use Basecamp, Asana, or plenty of other online services from ju... |
| 17.07.2013 | Grovo.com Secures $5.5M Series A Venture Capital Funding | Grovo.com, a New York City-based provider of a short form video learning platform, secured a $5.5m Series A venture capital funding.
The round was led by Greg Waldorf, the founding investor and former CEO of eHarmony, who also joined Grovo’... |
| 17.07.2013 |
eHarmony's Waldorf Backs Online Education Firm Grovo.com
| Greg Waldorf, who was the founding investor in Los Angeles-based eHarmony, and was previously its CEO, is the lead investment in an online education firm's Series A. According to Grovo.com, a New York-based provider of Internet-based traini... |
| 17.07.2013 | Grovo gets $5.5M for its nifty Internet training videos | Need to brush up on your digital skills? A New York-based startup called Grovo just raised $5.5 million to help you master the most popular social media sites, cloud tools, and other online services.
The website offers over 3,500 video tuto... |
| 17.07.2013 | Grovo Lands $5.5M in Series A |
NEW YORK, NY, Leading online platform that trains users on top Internet tools and cloud services with 60-second, personalized videos, announced today that it has secured a $5.5 million Series A round of venture capital funding.
>> ... |
| 12.06.2012 | Facebook Gives You More Options To Wade Through All Those Notifications | Facebook has offered users the chance to cut back on all of those pesky notification emails for some time now. All users have to do is to tell Facebook to only send “important updates and summary information” via email, instead of sending o... |
| 04.04.2012 | Founder Of Dubai’s First Startup Accelerator Looks To Educate, Inspire Global Entrepreneurs | With how much TechCrunch and other tech publications cover incubators and accelerators in Silicon Valley and in the U.S., it’s refreshing to occasionally get a glimpse of what’s happening outside North America, especially those places where... |
| 20.01.2012 | How-Tos: Entrepreneurs Talk Customer Acquisition, Social Media & More In New Video Series | Last year, New York City-based Grovo raised a round of funding with an honorable, if not lofty pursuit for all the web novices out there. Grovo was looking to become “the field guide to the Internet,” as much as there could be such a thing;... |
| 24.10.2011 | Grovo now lets you wrangle friends and family to learn about the web | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Web training site Grovo has quickly become one of... |
| 24.10.2011 | Grovo now lets you wrangle friends and family to learn about the web | Web training site Grovo has quickly become one of the best ways to learn about new services on the Internet. It offers video lessons on web apps and services, and today it’s adding a slew of new features, including collaborative learning, b... |
| 23.10.2011 | Grovo, a Better Way to Do Online Training | If you are looking for a way to do extensive online training on online topics, then consider what Grovo.com has to offer. There are dozens of topics ranging from email etiquette to setting up Facebook ads to using Yammer, Stumble Upon, Goog... |
| 03.05.2011 | Grovo: Video Training Platform Grabs Funding To Help Startups Educate Their Users | Considering that the Web is changing and evolving every single day, the learning curve for newcomers — and even old-hands alike — can be steep. For those who are starting businesses and looking to learn more about how to use certain sites, ... |
| 01.03.2011 | Web training site Grovo gets a facelift and revenue model | I was a big fan of Internet training site Grovo when we covered it in October, and now the site is relaunching with a cleaner interface that opens up more of its content to the public and a premium service.
The changes make Grovo an even mo... |
| 15.12.2010 | Grovo teaches people how to use the Internet | Winner of the very first Vator Splash in New York City, Grovo won over the audience
(photo: Jeff Fernandez and Bambi Francisco)
At Vator Splash, 10 great startups compete, but only one can take home the mid-grade bottle of champagne. I'm pr... |
| 15.12.2010 | The Vator Splash NY (December) finalists | Top 10 finalists have three minutes to pitch their startup on the Splash stage
It's under 30°F outside, the coldest conditions yet for a Vator Splash event, but that shouldn't stop the last Vator Splash finalists of 2010 from elatedly showi... |
| 03.12.2010 | In Bubblicious Times, Some NY Startups Like to Keep Things Lite | Ten entrepreneurs pitched their websites last night at a panel organized by Ultra Light Startups, a community dedicated, albeit loosely, to the idea of funding a startup using the founders’ savings and revenues from the service, without tak... |
| 20.10.2010 | Online training site Grovo launches to help you demystify the Web | Learning to use a new website or online service can be a daunting task to some users, and that problem is amplified as sites and services grow more advanced. The online training site Grovo, which is launching today, aims to bridge that gap ... |
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