Online Education Firm Encore Raises $15 Million; Steve Poizner To Serve As CEO

Encore Career Institute, a new online educational company, this morning announced that it has raised $15 million in Series A funding in a round co-led by VC firms InterWest Partners and Granite Ventures. Encore also said that its co-founder Steve Poizner, a well-known American entrepreneur and politician, will serve as CEO. Other co-founding entities of the Encore Career Institute are The Sherry Lansing Foundation and Creative Artists Agency, one of Hollywood's top talent agencies.

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