Blackboard Inc., NASDAQ symbol BBBB, a Washington, D.C. software company
Founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky in 1997, Blackboard became a public company in 2004 and continued operating publicly until Providence Equity Partners purchased the company in 2011.
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Though previously a public company, following its 2011 buyout by Providence Equity Partners Blackboard now operates as a private company.
CourseInfo LLC, one of the two companies forming Blackboard Inc. was founded in 1997 by Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus while at Cornell University.
However, a few hours before the presentation, he and Hoffman were served with a cease and desist order from corporate lawyers acting for Blackboard Inc..
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Coastline's Distance Learning department has created an open source course management system (CMS) called Seaport which is similar to the products of Blackboard and WebCT.