Online services marketplace in educational technology
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Wyzant
Type of site
Private
Founded
Chicago, Illinois (2005 (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.wyzant.com
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]
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