High School

Online Tutoring Firm TutorVista Secures $10.75 Million in Second Round

Authored by dmw on January 3, 2007 - 10:36am.

San Francisco – TutorVista, a San Francisco-based provider of leading online tutoring and test preparation services, said on Wednesday that it has landed $10.75 million in its second round of funding, which included a $7 million investment from Lightspeed Venture Partners. Sequoia Capital India and Silicon Valley Bank also participated in the round, which will allow the company to expand its services and operations worldwide.

High School Sports Online Social Network Takkle Raises Funds

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 28, 2006 - 3:01pm.

New York - Takkle, an online social network for high school sports, announced on Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum in its first round of venture capital financing.

Tandberg, AT&T to Beam Texas H.S. Football Game to U.S. Troops

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2006 - 1:14pm.

Oslo, Norway - Norway-based video system developer Tandberg announced on Friday that it teamed with the Freedom Calls Foundation and AT&T to deliver the broadcast of a Texas high school football game live to U.S. soldiers stationed at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq.

MTV to Air Season Finale of "Two-A-Days" Exclusively on MTV.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 29, 2006 - 2:05pm.

New York - MTV on Friday announced plans to for the first time broadcast the season finale of a series exclusively on MTV.com. The second season finale of "Two-A-Days," a documentary series about high school football, will premiere on MTV.com immediately following the conclusion of the on-air broadcast of the next-to-last episode on MTV on Oct. 11. MTV said every episode of the series has been viewed more than 500,000 times on MTV.com.

MyStack Taps VitalStream to Power High School Athlete Video-Sharing Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2006 - 1:07pm.

Irvine, Calif. - VitalStream, a provider of audio and video streaming services, announced on Monday that it will provide its Flash video streaming service to MyStack, a video-sharing site and online social network for high school athletes. A companion to Stack magazine, the site will allow high school athletes to build video profiles to showcase their skills to recruiters worldwide.

High School Sports Publisher MaxPreps Raises $7 Million, Partners with ESPN

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 20, 2006 - 12:51pm.

Cameron Park, Calif. - MaxPreps, a publisher of high school sports information and media, announced that it has raised $7 million in its second round of venture capital financing.