By 2020, the company hopes it will have refined the tool enough to sell it across the country. “ Microschool ” provider AltSchool has raised up to $ 40 ##m in a Series A funding round , with the total potentially being $ 100 m when it closes in the summer . The San Francisco - based start - up has already raised more than $ 173 m for its personalised learning platform and its “ microschool ” formula , in which eight schools in San Francisco and New York City tutor between 35 and 120 students , grouped by age rather than grade .
“ Microschool ” provider AltSchool has raised up to $ 40 ##m in a Series A funding round , with the total potentially being $ 100 m when it closes in the summer . The San Francisco - based start - up has already raised more than $ 173 m for its personalised learning platform and its “ microschool ” formula , in which eight schools in San Francisco and New York City tutor between 35 and 120 students , grouped by age rather than grade .