Grovo

Grovo
Technology
Industry Internet, Education
Founded 2010
Headquarters New York, New York, USA
Key people

Jeff Fernandez: CEO & Co-Founder
Surag Mungekar CTO & Co-Founder

Nick Narodny: Co-Founder
Slogan Start learning.
Website http://www.grovo.com

Grovo (pronounced grō-vō) is a learning technology company that trains organizations in digital and professional skills through 60- to 90-second videos.[1] It offers a flexible training[2] platform and 5,000 video lessons covering more than 170 subjects using a proprietary microlearning method.[3] The videos combine voiceover, screencasts, and animation, and are accompanied by quiz questions, glossary terms, and downloadable PDF takeaway notes.[4][5] All of Grovo’s content is written and produced by the company.[6] In November 2014 Grovo was named by Internet Week as the "Best Place to Work in New York City Tech."[7]

History

Grovo was co-founded by Jeff Fernandez, Nick Narodny and Surag Mungekar in October 2010.[8] In December 2010, Grovo won the Vator Splash startup competition in New York.[9] Grovo was also a finalist in Business Insider's Startup 2011 competition [10] and was named one of Mashable's top online learning resources for small businesses.[11] In May 2011 Grovo announced that it had closed its seed funding from Krishna “Kittu” Kolluri, general partner at New Enterprise Associates; Andy Dunn, CEO and Founder of Bonobos and Mareza Larizadeh of Larizadeh Capital Partners, and others.[12]

In August 2012, Grovo used its Facebook Timeline to display a history of the Internet, which was reviewed in the Huffington Post [13] and Mashable.[14] In January 2013, Grovo began releasing a series of live action YouTube videos called Grovo Presents, which discusses recent updates to popular websites in a humorous light.[15]

On July 17, 2013, Grovo announced a $5.5 million Series A round of venture capital funding.[16] Greg Waldorf, CEO-in-residence at Accel Partners and founding investor and former CEO of e-Harmony, led the financing, which also included Jeff Clavier of SoftTechVC, Greg Sands of CostanoaVC, and Andy Dunn of Red Swan Ventures.[17] Greg Waldorf joined the Board of Directors.[17] Additional and previous investors include David Tisch, Kal Vepuri, Thomas Lehrman, David Honig and Bil Lohse, the former President of Ziff Davis Publishing and Social Start.

On February 18, 2015, Grovo announced a $15 million Series B round from existing investors Accel Partners, Costanoa Venture Capital, Greg Waldorf and SoftTech VC.[18] The round closed on August 8, 2014. [19]Accel's Sameer Gandhi joined Grovo's Board of Directors.

Grovo is a member of the NY Tech Meet Up's Made in New York City and is located at 3 Park Avenue in New York City.[20]

Description

Grovo is a cloud-based training platform that features an intuitive interface to create, deliver and tracking training, as well as a library of 60- and 90-second videos that help Internet users master 160 tools such as Gmail, Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote[21] and YouTube. Grovo produces real-time videos covering updates to the most popular web services using its science-backed microlearning and holistic learning methodologies.[22] Each video is followed by a short quiz to increase retention.

References

  1. ↑ "5 Online Learning Resources to Help You Run a Better Business". Mashable. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  2. ↑ "Grovo: Video Training Platform Grabs Funding To Help Startups Educate Their Users". Tech Crunch. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  3. ↑ "Grovo Lands $5.5M Series A to Accelerate RealTime Internet Training". Reuters. 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  4. ↑ "Online Training Site Grovo Launches to Help You Demystify the Web". New York Times. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  5. ↑ "Grovo". PC Mag. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  6. ↑ "Grovo: Video Training Platform Grabs Funding To Help Startups Educate Their Users". TechCrunch. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  7. ↑ "Press Releases: Internet Week Names Grovo As Best Place To Work In New York City Tech Industry". Internet Week. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  8. ↑ "Grovo shows you how to use popular sites". CNet. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  9. ↑ "Grovo teaches people how to use the Internet: Winner of the very first Vator Splash in New York City, Grovo won over the audience". Vator. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  10. ↑ "The 8 Startup 2011 Finalists You Need To Meet". Business Insider. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  11. ↑ "5 Online Learning Resources to Help You Run a Better Business". Mashable. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  12. ↑ "Grovo: Video Training Platform Grabs Funding To Help Startups Educate Their User". TechCrunch. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  13. ↑ "If the Internet Had a Facebook, This is What it Would Look Like". Business Insider. 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  14. ↑ "Entire History of the Internet on One Facebook Timeline". Mashable. 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  15. ↑ "Daily Grovo". Grovo. 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  16. ↑ "Grovo, a “How-To” Video Company for Web Services and Apps, Raises $5.5 Million in Funding". CNet. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Grovo gets $5.5M for its nifty Internet training videos". All Things D. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  18. ↑ Ha, Anthony. "Grovo Raises $15M More To Help Businesses Train Their Employees With Bite-Sized Videos". TechCrunch. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Crunchbase".
  20. ↑ "Made in NYC". New York Tech Meetup. 2004-12-28. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  21. ↑ "Grovo Offers Video Tutorials and Tips for Some of the Web’s Most Popular Services". Lifehacker. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  22. ↑ "How the Digital Skills Gap is Killing Your Team’s Productivity - And What You Can Do About It". Training Magazine network. 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-12-11.

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