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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | |
| Founded | 2014 in Iowa City, IA, United States |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Pear Deck |
Number of employees | 55 [1] (2020) |
| Website | peardeck |
Pear Deck is an educational technology company based in Los Angeles, California. [2]
Pear Deck was founded in 2014 in Iowa City, Iowa. [3] In December 2014, Pear Deck raised $500,000 in seed funding. [4] The company was awarded the "New Startup of the Year" award at the Silicon Prairie Awards. [5]
In 2015, Pear Deck was selected as the winner of the "Rise of Rest" competition by Steve Case. [6] It was also selected as a "Top Ten School Tool" by EdSurge, [7] and was a winner of the Village Capital: EdTech 2015 program. [8]
In 2016, Pear Deck expanded its sales team to Kansas City. [5]
In November 2020, Pear Deck was acquired by GoGuardian. [9] [10]
In June of 2021, GoGuardian announced that they are teaming up with Edulastic in order to transform digital learning. [11]
The company has presented several times at International Society for Technology in Education Conference (ISTEcon). [ citation needed ]
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