ents ▁can ▁receive ▁help ▁either ▁on - dem and ▁or ▁by ▁sched uling ▁a ▁less on . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Che gg ▁T utors ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁as ▁Inst a ED U ▁and ▁launched ▁into ▁public ▁beta ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁the ▁company ▁also ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁raised ▁$ 1 . 1 M ▁in ▁vent ure ▁capital ▁fund ing ▁from ▁The ▁Social + Cap ital ▁Part ners hip . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁company ' s ▁c of ound ers ▁had ▁previously ▁run ▁an ▁in - home ▁t utor ing ▁company ▁called ▁Card inal ▁Sch ol ars . ▁After ▁running ▁Card inal ▁Sch ol ars ▁they ▁got ▁the ▁idea ▁for ▁an ▁online ▁t utor ing ▁company — Inst a ED U . ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁they ▁sold ▁Card inal ▁Sch ol ars ▁to ▁Cour se ▁Hero . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁service ▁announced ▁it ▁had ▁raised ▁a ▁$ 4 ▁million ▁Series ▁A ▁round ▁of ▁fund ing ▁from ▁B atter y ▁Vent ures . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁the ▁Inst a ED U ▁service ▁also ▁came ▁out ▁of ▁beta . ▁ ▁On ▁June ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Che gg ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁purchased ▁Inst a ED U ▁for ▁$ 3 0 ▁million ▁in ▁c ash , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁plans ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁Inst a ED U ▁service ▁active ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁purchase . ▁ ▁In