Just a few months after its CEO Rachel Jacobs perished in the Amtrak train derailment, Philly edtech company ApprenNet announced that it had raised $1.8 million in funding, Technical.ly Philly ...
Edtech startup ApprenNet is merging with a San Francisco company called Handsfree Learning. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company will keep the ApprenNet name and its Philly office, ...
Rachel Jacobs has her eye on Philly. Jacob’s hire coincides with, as she puts it, the company finding the right product-market fit. ApprenNet had long focused on the legal education industry, where ...
Update (7:31 p.m. ET): Rachel Jacobs' family has confirmed that she died in Tuesday night's fatal Amtrak derailment, NBC News reports. She was 39 years old. Rachel Jacobs, the CEO of ...
Rachel Jacobs, the CEO of online learning startup ApprenNet based in Philadelphia, was on Amtrak train 188 that derailed in Port Richmond. © 2025 American City ...