A startup that I tracking for a while that called infiLearn has released its beta site. From what I learned abut the purpose, business concept, etc of infiLearn, it seems infiLearn is currently targeting at early childhood education in addition to offer some educational programs for young people or adult. In technology settings, you can say this site is an educational marketplace which enabling students to find courses they’re seeking to improve. On the other hand, it provides the tutors a marketplace for them to sell their tutoring services, whether the services are available online or offline. Subjects listed on the site is very wide, in the range of the common subjects, such as Maths, English, Arts, Writing Skills, and many more.

For each registered students or instructors, an infiLearn page will be provided so that they both can learn about which courses they’re going to attend or teach. In addition, a brief report will be showed so as to let them check their progress on the courses. It’s not that easy to maintain an infiLearn profile on the Web, an instructor that have many students is the one who hold the most effective biography and a bunch of positive reviews. In matter of fact, infiLearn has set up some criteria in qualifying an instructor such as short test, proven teaching and tutoring skills, and the effective use of the Web classroom tools available at infiLearn. After an application for the instructor at infiLearn has been approved, the instructor must create a provider organization, and this is the policy of infiLearn so that they can process the payment. Basically, infiLearn developed an online learning community comprised of students, parents and instructors, and the business model is based on the revenue generated from the courses provided.

The team that made up of infiLearn has vast experience especially in the Web arena. They have all worked at companies such as Drugstore.com, Expedia, Microsoft and Amazon. The CEO of infiLearn is Kal Raman, previously assumed the position of CEO, COO and CIO of drugstore.com. Another key person sits on the board is Peter Neupert, currently also the Corporate Vice President for Health Strategy at Microsoft. He has also built the Windows operating system into a powerhouse in Japan.

Currently, infiLearn is based in Bellevue, Washington.