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Grockit

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Grockit is an online social learning game company. It currently offers GMAT and SAT test prep games. Grockit believes that people learn better through peer-to-peer situations instead of teacher-to-student, and they are building their companies’ products around this idea. Grockit is a play on the word ‘grok’ which means to understand something so well it becomes part of you. Their main competitors include online courses offered by The Princeton Review and Kaplan.

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  Grockit received $8M in Series B funding. (5/30/08)
  Posted 5/29/08 at 11:39pm
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  Grockit received $2.3M in Series A funding. (6/1/07)
  Posted 7/25/07 at 8:48pm
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  Grockit received $400k in Angel funding. (2007)
  Posted 2/23/08 at 5:02pm
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  Grockit added David Marino as Director of Operations.
  Posted 2/23/08 at 5:11pm
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  Grockit added Betty Kayton as CFO.
  Posted 2/23/08 at 5:11pm
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  Grockit added Babak Nivi as Advisor.
  Posted 2/23/08 at 5:11pm
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  Grockit added Mitch Lasky as Board Member.
  Posted 2/23/08 at 5:04pm
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  Grockit added Farbood Nivi as Founder & CEO.
  Posted 7/25/07 at 8:46pm
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  Grockit added Heather Gilchrist as Director of Academics.
  Posted 2/23/08 at 5:11pm
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  Grockit added Brian Buser as Director of Marketing.
  Posted 7/17/09 at 10:06am
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  Grockit added Ari Bader-Natal as Chief Scientist/Architect.
  Posted 9/1/09 at 12:25pm

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Grockit

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Website	grockit.com
Blog	grockit.com
Stage	Beta
Launch Date	December, 2007
Tags	learning

Grockit is in the beta stage of its online social learning game.

Above: Grockit Game Play
Uploaded: 9/11/08

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Sources

1. Grockit Raises Cash, Prepares “Massive Multiplayer Online Learning” Product. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Grockit raises $2.3M for online test preparation (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. Stealth educational startup Grockit raises $8M more (venturebeat.com) [edit]