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Degreed is an
education technology Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning and teaching. When referred to with its abbreviation, "EdTech", ...
company. Degreed is based in
San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
, CA, with offices in
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
, UT, New York, London, Brisbane, Australia and Leiden, The Netherlands.


History

David Blake, David Wiley, and Eric Sharp founded Degreed in March 2012. In November 2012, Degreed launched an early Beta to 20,000 users who joined as 'Founding Scholars' to the platform. In January 2013, following a crowdfunded launch, Degreed launched to the public. In the fall of 2014, the company launched the Degreed for Enterprise platform. In March 2016, Degreed acquired European education technology startup, Gibbon. In June 2018, Degreed acquired New Yorkbased online learning provider, Pathgather. In December 2019, Degreed acquired London-based total talent platform, Adepto.


Reception

According to the director of
Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...
's Center on Education and the Workforce, Anthony Carnevale, services such as Degreed only take into account the time spent learning, rather than how much has actually been learnt.


References

{{reflist Education companies of the United States American companies established in 2012 Education companies established in 2012 Companies based in San Francisco Companies based in Salt Lake City E-learning