Mount Pleasant startup STEM Premier lands $9 million from for-profit education company
The Mount Pleasant startup STEM Premier, which helps high school students pair up with colleges and employers, has raised $9 million from an online education company.
The new investment comes from K12 Inc., a for-profit group that runs online public schools across the country. The company plans to fold STEM Premier’s technology into its career-training programs, in a bid to get students in front of recruiters in construction, health care, IT and manufacturing.
STEM Premier — short for science, technology, engineering and math — was founded five years ago to help industry scout talent coming through high schools. Its founders liken it to the way colleges seek out talented athletes, but for careers outside the limelight.
