InsideTrack
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InsideTrack is an education services company that provides coaching services to college students. The company employs hundreds of coaches whose function is to work with students in order to to encourage them to remain enrolled through graduation. The company works with colleges to increase enrollment and graduation rates.
The company is based in San Francisco, California
and was founded in 1999, by Alan Tripp
, who also founded SCORE! Educational Centers
. InsideTrack's coaching program was initially tested at Stanford University
and University of California, Berkeley
in 2000 and 2001.
Since its founding the company has worked with more than 250,000 students at more than 50 campuses throughout the United States. In 2007, the company was listed as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the U.S.
In 2008, the company raised over $6 million in venture capital
from Baird Venture Partners and El Dorado Ventures.
The company is based in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
and was founded in 1999, by Alan Tripp
Alan Tripp
Alan Harvey Tripp is an American entrepreneur who has successfully founded several private education companies, including SCORE! Educational Centers and InsideTrack, the college student coaching company he founded with...
, who also founded SCORE! Educational Centers
SCORE! Educational Centers
SCORE! Educational Centers , was owned by Kaplan, Inc., which is a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company, and was a United States provider of customized supplementary education and one-on-three tutoring services for children in kindergarten through ninth grade...
. InsideTrack's coaching program was initially tested at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 2000 and 2001.
Since its founding the company has worked with more than 250,000 students at more than 50 campuses throughout the United States. In 2007, the company was listed as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the U.S.
In 2008, the company raised over $6 million in venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
from Baird Venture Partners and El Dorado Ventures.