Course Advisor Announces Funding, Adds New Directors
Education Search Site to add Staff, Develop www.courseadvisor.com
Wakefield, MA (PRWEB) April 13, 2005 -- Course Advisor Inc., an online
research directory for education and training resources, today announced that it
had received its first round of funding. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
According to the company, the funding will be used to add staff and build out
technical infrastructure to support the continued traffic growth of www.CourseAdvisor.com.
Along with the funding, the company will add two new members to its
board of directors - David Blundin and Guy Bradley. Mr. Blundin is CEO of
Vestmark Inc. (www.vestmark.com) and serves on the boards of several
high-tech start-ups. He is also a co-founding board member of a hedge fund that
employs data mining techniques and a limited partner in three Boston area
venture funds. Mr. Bradley is currently a private investor and a member of
Common Angels (www.commonangels.com). He is a former director of Common
Angels, and a former general partner at @Ventures, the Venture Capital arm of
CMGI (www.cmgi.com). While at
@Ventures, Mr. Bradley led a dozen investments and sat on the boards of 14
companies. He is currently on the boards of three high-tech startups, including
WebCT, the leading provider of learning management systems to colleges and
universities, and is a limited partner in several venture funds.
About
Course Advisor
Course Advisor is an online research directory for education
and training resources that features information about Colleges and
Universities, language courses, lifelong learning, technology and professional
training programs, continuing education classes, online Degree programs,
professional certifications, education financing, and test prep programs for the
SAT, GRE, GMAT, CLEP and TOEFL. Course Advisor Inc. is privately held and based
in Wakefield, MA. For more information, visit www.courseadvisor.com.
Contact:
Greg Titus
781.224-7870
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