PARIS, December 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Glose SAS, the company behind the
social and collaborative reading platform
"Glose", announces that it has completed a
€3 million round of financing from European investors. This new
funding will enable Glose to expand its R&D and launch
Glose Education, a new reading solution for students and
teachers.
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Launched in 2014, Glose is the first digital reading solution
that makes reading social and collaborative on all screens
(smartphones, tablets, computers). The company aims to shape the
future of reading for a new generation of digital natives. In order
to do this, the startup has put the best of digital to the service
of reading (social networks, customization, big data, machine
learning) and has developed a technology that turns text into an
interactive experience.
Glose's flagship app contains more than one million digital
books from 800 partnering editors and already counts 600 000 users.
Beyond the general public, the app has also been hailed by teachers
of all levels, from high schools to universities. "We received
enthusiastic emails from teachers who told us they used Glose in
class to make reading more engaging to students - thanks to its
mobile, social and collaborative features," founder Nicolas Princen explains. "They all asked us to
develop a new version of Glose entirely dedicated to education - so
that our technology could be used to enable growth in
learning."
In 2018, Glose worked hand in hand with teachers to apply its
advanced technology to in-school reading. In 2019, the startup will
launch Glose Education, an adaptive learning and reading platform
that brings the best of digital technology to education : easy
access to textual content, creation of reading groups,
collaborative reading, personalization, and individual monitoring.
Glose has been labelled as an Edtech solution by the French
Ministry of Education, and several middle schools, high schools,
and universities are already using a beta version of the app to
empower students to read, improve their literacy level, and
stimulate their interest in books.
The €3 million funding round boasts VC funds like OneRagTime,
Expon Capital, Kima Ventures, BPI France, and business angels
including Sébastien Breteau (The Breteau Foundation), Patrick Bertrand (Cegid/Holnest), ans Julien
Codorniou (Facebook).
"We launched Glose with the ambition of creating the reading
experience of tomorrow in tune with the practices of a new
generation. Our use of machine learning and natural language
processing makes this possible, with unique features that create
measurable improvements in reading. Our core belief is that
improving the way we read will have a positive impact on the way we
learn, think, and communicate. We are thrilled to be working
alongside teachers of all disciplines and levels, from small middle
schools to Harvard University. We want
to contribute to the future of education at a time where the needs
for educational content and infrastructure are booming, with a
projected 3 billion students in the world by 2025."
About :
Founded in 2014, Glose creates the reading experience of
tomorrow for the readers of today.
Glose is a digital platform that features a digital library, a
social network of readers and a 21st century reading
interface.
The app is available for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, Nook HD and on
the web.
Press contact:
Victoire MATHOT
victoire@katchreyners.com
+33-648-168145
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