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Job learning app Entri raises $1.7 million in pre-Series A funding round led by Good Capital

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NEW DELHI: Entri Software, which owns and operates local languages-focused job learning app Entri, has raised an additional $1.7 million in funding, led by early-stage venture capital form Good Capital, the Kochi-headquartered startup announced on Thursday.

The latest fund infusion follows the $1.4 million the three-year-old company raised in February earlier this year, and which was…

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS  - On February 10, 2015, Quill began the LearnLaunch Accelerator program. Quill and five other edtech startups will spend the next three months testing key assumptions about their business models, building a network of mentors, and meeting with leading edtech experts. In addition, LearnLaunch Accelerator has generously provided each startup with six months of free office space at their headquarters in Boston, free or discounted access to countless edtech events, and hosting from Amazon Web Services.

The other startups in the cohort are:

Authess – Assessment templates that enable scenario-, simulation- and problem-based assessment that evaluate knowledge and skill mastery, and deliver personalized data to the learner.

Education Modified –  A platform that empowers teachers who serve students with special needs using the latest research-based strategies and Learning Biographies for seamless collaboration.

Knowledge to Practice – Knowledge to Practice improves patient-centered care through personalized, mastery-based postgraduate medical education.

NI-O Toys – NI-O Toys is a maker of Hardware Development Kits that enable designers, engineers, kids, and practically anyone to create 3D printable smart educational toys.

Pip Learning Technologies – creator of the Trust Platform® identity service, which connects educators to innovators, protects student privacy, and includes parents.

This year’s cohort has been featured in Edsurge, BostonInno, and Xconomy.

Boston nonprofit to foster ed tech innovation:

LearnLaunch today announces its formation as a non-profit fostering the creation and growth of learning and education technology companies and the ed tech business cluster across New England. Founded by visionary investors and education technology leaders, LearnLaunch provides support to entrepreneurs at critical stages of their development to reach their next level of growth through access to peers, investors, mentors, and potential users.

LearnLaunch has already identified over 150 education technology and learning startups in New England. LearnLaunch also announces its first conference: “Across Boundaries: Innovation & The Future of Education.” The conference will examine the potential of technology to tangibly improve learning and education access, and explore market and investment opportunities; February 1-2, 2013, MIT Tang Center, Cambridge, MA (http://learnlaunchconference2013.eventbrite.com). The conference coincides with Digital Learning Day on February 6, 2013 and will involve teachers as both panelists and participants, as well as showcase successful instructional technology in classrooms nationwide.