TeachTown
TeachTown is an American software company.
| Privately Held | |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founders | Chris Whalen, Lars Liden, Eric Dallaire, Sven Liden |
| Headquarters | Woburn, Massachusetts |
| Website | TeachTown |
Service
TeachTown provides educational software to schools, clinicians and parents for children with autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, or emotional and behavior disorders.[1][2]
Early history
TeachTown was founded in Seattle, Washington in 2003. TeachTown had financial backing from Washington Research Foundation following its second-prize win of the University of Washington's business plan competition.[3][4] This was soon followed up with support from Seattle-based angel investors, and Kevin MacDonald joining to lead technical operations. Some of the investors were parents of children with autism.[4]
Management
In 2006, TeachTown merged with Animated Speech Corporation. Feshbach became TeachTown's largest investor and CEO.[5]
Terry Thoren took on the role of president and CEO in 2009.[6]
In 2012 Dave Cappellucci assumed the CEO position. Dan Feshbach remained as chairman of the board. The company was re-capitalized and TeachTown became a subsidiary of Jigsaw Learning LLC.[7]
Bain Capital acquired TeachTown in 2021 through its Bain Capital Double Impact program.[8]
References
- ↑ "TeachTown a service for autistic children". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 16 October 2006.
- ↑ "TeachTown gives families hope". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ↑ "Water-chemistry monitoring company wins business plan competition". UW News. Retrieved 18 May 2004.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tech Digest". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ↑ "Christina Whalen Goes to TeachTown". Ed Tech Digest. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ↑ "New TeachTown®: Basics 2.0". PR Web. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "TEACHTOWN Trademark of Jigsaw Learning, LLC - Registration Number 4735316 - Serial Number 86417071 :: Justia Trademarks". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ↑ "Bain Capital Double Impact has made a growth investment in TeachTown". PitchBook. Retrieved 13 January 2021.