
Prollster
Ed Tech B2B SaaS company focused on Higher Education and Corporate Training.
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Total Funding | 000k |
Prollster, founded in October 2014 in Vancouver, Canada, operated as an educational technology company before its acquisition by Riipen in 2017. The firm was led by CEO and co-founder Karen Bakker. Prollster developed a gamified, social learning collaboration platform. This platform was designed to be used either as a standalone product or integrated with existing Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
The core of Prollster's business was a patent-pending online platform engineered to enhance user engagement and monetization for online learning providers. The system facilitated automated creation of customized student groups and provided detailed analytics on user participation. These insights allowed educators to understand user activity based on interests and other metrics. A key feature was its gamification element, which used rewards and badges for participation and peer assistance. These virtual incentives could then be converted into course grades and points, aiming to motivate students and improve learning outcomes. The company was structured as a C-corp and had a team of five employees prior to being acqui-hired.
Keywords: educational technology, social learning, gamified collaboration, Learning Management System integration, MOOC platform, student engagement analytics, online learning monetization, peer-to-peer learning, automated group creation, edtech, Karen Bakker, Riipen acquisition, Vancouver startup, gamification in education, user participation tracking, online course tools, collaborative learning, student rewards system, education analytics, higher education technology