{"id":15944,"date":"2019-12-12T17:52:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T22:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=15944"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:27:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:27:32","slug":"edcast-gets-35m-to-transform-the-future-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/fow\/edcast-gets-35m-to-transform-the-future-of-work.html","title":{"rendered":"EdCast Gets $35M to Transform the Future of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EdCast <\/a>is a leading AI-powered knowledge cloud solution for unified discovery, personalized learning, and knowledge management across the enterprise and they just closed <\/a>a $35 million Series D financing round led by\u00a0Avathon Capital, an investment platform headquartered in Chicago and a part of Sterling Partners. In backing the company, Avathon will support EdCast as it expands and accelerates its market and product development efforts to provide enhanced corporate learning and upskilling content for its two million paid users. Other Series D participants included new EdCast investor National Grid Partners and existing EdCast investors, including State Street Global Advisors, REV Venture Partners and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the responsibilities for training, educating and developing employees continues to shift to employers, EdCast’s products and solutions are bringing increasing levels of upskilling directly into the heart of the digital workplace. The company weaves training directly in to the flow of work. Applications such as search,\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0Office, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Slack, ServiceNow, VMware, and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EdCast’s platform is used internationally by Global 2000 companies and large government organizations, including companies like Hewlett Packard Enterprise, MSP Expo sponsor Dell<\/a> EMC, ANZ Bank,\u00a0IoT Evolution Expo keynoter Schneider Electric<\/a>, Jefferson Health, Mars Inc., NASSCOM, and the World Economic Forum, to help employees reach their full potential by providing the content, learning, and knowledge they need, when they need it, and in the flow of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karl Mehta, CEO and Founder of EdCast <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“With business changing faster than ever, organizations around the world are now facing an urgent need to empower their employees with knowledge, learning, and upskilling,” said Karl Mehta, CEO and Founder of EdCast. “EdCast’s Future of Work innovations and leadership in delivering employee experience solutions to enterprises are attracting rapidly-growing customer and partner interest. So we are thrilled to now be partnering and working with Avathon Capital, which brings three decades of expertise and connections to EdCast that will help us continue to expand.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shoshana Vernick, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Avathon <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“There is an urgent need to drive better alignment between learning outcomes and employment requirements. In the current environment, corporate leaders are taking the necessary steps to ensure that their talent strategies align with their business strategies,” said Shoshana Vernick, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Avathon. “I met Karl over two years ago and have watched EdCast evolve from a start-up pioneer to a market leader. Karl and his team have the vision, courage, and empathy required to bring the right solutions forward to this evolving market.”
EdCast will use this latest funding round to continue expanding its Knowledge Cloud, Content Marketplace, and MyGuide product offerings. The company will also continue hiring talented individuals who can serve its growing roster of customers and users across a number of positions, including sales, marketing, and product engineering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do organizations go to learn even more? The world\u2019s only Future of Work Expo<\/a> (collocated with the ITEXPO <\/a>#TechSuperShow) of course. Feb 12-14, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join others with $8.5B+ in IT buying power who plan 2020 budgets! Including 3,000+ resellers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A unique experience with a collocated\u00a0SD-WAN Expo<\/a>,\u00a0AIOps Expo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0MSP Expo<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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