AltSchool

AltSchool
Company typePrivate public benefit corporation
IndustryEducation
Founded2013 (1 school)
2014 (>1 school)
2016 (>6 schools)
Founders
  • Max Ventilla (CEO)
  • Bharat Mediratta (CTO)
Fate2019 Rebranded as Altitude Learning, Ceased School Operations.
Headquarters
San Francisco
,
United States
Area served
United States
Key people
  • Devin Vodicka[1]
    (Chief Impact Officer)
Websitewww.altschool.com

AltSchool is a San Francisco-based education and technology company founded with one school in 2013,[2] later expanded to additional schools in 2014.[3] As of June, 2019 AltSchool ceased operating schools directly and rebranded as Altitude Learning, a software company.[4]

  1. ^ Chang, Richard (April 10, 2017). "CA's Top Superintendent Leaves for Ed Tech Startup AltSchool". The Journal.
  2. ^ "With $100 Million From Silicon Valley Elite, AltSchool Takes New Approach To Classroom Learning". Forbes. May 4, 2016. AltSchool opened its own private schools and has stocked them with top educators and technologists, beginning with a 20-student one-room schoolhouse type location in 2013.
  3. ^ Leena Rao (March 18, 2014). "Former Googler's AltSchool Raises $33M From Founders Fund And A16Z To Reimagine Primary Education".
  4. ^ Harris, Ainsley (2019-06-28). "AltSchool rebrands itself Altitude Learning as cofounders step aside". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-07-21.