Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have provided startup funding for the new nonprofit, inBloom, which aims “to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness, variety and affordability of education technology.”

With some major names behind it as funders and advisors, the new nonprofit inBloom aims “to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness, variety and affordability of education technology.” The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York have provided startup funding. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that, following the appointment of education technology specialist and Atlanta resident Iwan Streichenberger as CEO in 2012, the group has decided to establish its headquarters in Atlanta...