Akadémos Inc., which provides online bookstores and marketplaces for educational institutions nationwide, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnDC Top 100 Winners. Akadémos was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
Akadémos and the other OnDC Top 100 Companies were honored at AlwaysOn’s OnDC event yesterday in Washington, DC.
The OnDC 100 winners were selected through a rigorous three-month selection process from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders.
This award follows Akadémos’ recent announcements of its securing $2.5 million in venture funding from Kohlberg Ventures, its partnership with Alibris, and winning a “Company-to-Watch” Award for the second consecutive year from the Connecticut Technology Council.
A full list of all the OnDC Top 100 Winners can be found at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/33638
“We are thrilled and honored to have been chosen as one of the OnDC Top 100 Winners alongside such reputable and distinguished companies,” said Brian Jacobs, president and chief executive officer of Akadémos. “Our company strives to bring innovation and new ways of thinking to the critically important matter of access to educational materials. We greatly appreciate the recognition of these efforts.”
About Akadémos
Akadémos provides online bookstores and marketplaces to educational institutions of all kinds across the US. Its turnkey school-branded services eliminate the operational costs of running a bookstore, reduce the costs of books to students, and provide a platform for digital distribution of course materials. The company’s integrated peer-to-peer marketplace, TextbookX.com, allows students access to millions of other buyers and sellers and to use financial aid for such purchases.
About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series and quarterly print “blogozine” by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As their loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming.