| Wyzant | |
| Type: | Private |
| Founder: | Andrew Geant and Mike Weishuhn |
| Area Served: | United States |
| Industry: | Education service |
| Services: | Tutoring |
| Num Employees: | 80 full time employees (2014) |
| Foundation: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Location City: | Chicago |
| Location Country: | USA |
| Current Status: | Online |
Wyzant is an online services marketplace in educational technology for matching tutors with students. This organization is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois,[1] and is a division of IXL Learning.
Wyzant was co-founded in 2005 by Princeton graduates Andrew Geant and Mike Weishuhn, with $10,000 raised from family and friends.[2] In 2013, Accel Partners invested $21.5 million into Wyzant.[3]
In 2014, Wyzant had 80 employees and listed about 76,000 active tutors in its database. It claims to have about 2 million registered users, from kindergarteners to PhD candidates. In 2014, the company claims to have booked $100 million in tutoring sessions and claims to have logged almost 2.5 million hours of instruction.[4]
Wyzant claims to teach more than 300 subjects online and in person to its users.[5]
In 2018, Wyzant ranked #5 on Indeed's list of top rated workplaces in Chicago.[6]