EverFi, a D.C.-based tech start-up that sells online education courses, has set up a new headquarters in Washington, with a 13-year lease that effectively commits it to staying in the District for the foreseeable future. At $250 million in funding from venture capitalists, it is easily the District’s best-funded tech start-up. EverFi has become a leader in a burgeoning D.C.-area education technology industry. In Lanham, Md., online education firm 2U employs more than 1,500 people and recently pushed into international markets by acquiring a South Africa-based start-up. EverFi’s executives focus on online education modules targeting “intractable social issues” such as alcohol abuse, financial literacy and — more recently — workplace conduct courses designed to prevent sexual harassment in the office.

Source: Washington Post May 14, 2018 02:03 UTC