CELL-ED

One Million Adult Learners Nationwide to Receive Free Mobile Literacy and Work Readiness Courses

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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Reading, Articles, Academic disciplines, Family, Family literacy, Literacy, Learning, Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County, Literacy in the United States

"I am profoundly grateful to our literacy-leading partners for enabling Cell-Ed to launch this Challenge to reach, teach, and support one million always-striving adult learners."

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  • "I am profoundly grateful to our literacy-leading partners for enabling Cell-Ed to launch this Challenge to reach, teach, and support one million always-striving adult learners."
  • The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy has been the nation's leading advocate for family literacy for more than three decades.
  • The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education.
  • To learn more about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation or apply for a literacy grant, visit www.dgliteracy.org .

Cell-Ed raises $1.5 million seed round led by Lumina Impact Ventures

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Monday, July 9, 2018
Economy, Lumina, Social finance, Impact investing

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cell-Ed , a mobile learning solution for low-skilled workers, announced today that it has raised a $1.5 million seed round led by Lumina Impact Ventures , the impact investing arm of Lumina Foundation.

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  • PALO ALTO, Calif., July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cell-Ed , a mobile learning solution for low-skilled workers, announced today that it has raised a $1.5 million seed round led by Lumina Impact Ventures , the impact investing arm of Lumina Foundation.
  • Strada Education Innovation Fund , Partners Group Impact (Verein) , and Twilio.org Impact Fund also participated in the financing.
  • "I'm impressed by Lumina Impact Ventures' profound sense of urgency around helping millions of Americans earn credentials beyond a high school diploma," said Jessica Rothenberg-Aalami, CEO and founder of Cell-Ed.
  • Lumina Impact Ventures leverages investment capital to accelerate development of promising solutions that can help more people benefit from education and training beyond high school.