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Chris Lynne

Chief Executive Officer and Director at Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE: PXED)

📍 Greater Phoenix Area, United States🔄 Updated November 2026💼 2 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2016
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
May 2016
Notebowl is a social learning platform for higher education that puts courses and the campus community into one place. Our vision is to give students, professors and administrators one location where they can access information and engage with the university community. With a modern and intuitive feel, Notebowl improves institutional efficiency and increases student success, both inside and outside the classroom. Notebowl’s mission is to increase student engagement in and out of the classroom and to help students achieve their academic goals by delivering knowledge, information and resources online in one central location.
late stageInternet
Board Member
Oct 2015
Skillo is a content sharing platform corporations can use for teaching and learning. Our platform makes it possible for anyone in your organization to build online training without an army of developers and LMS admins. Using Skillo is so easy, even your CEO could do it! Skillo is more flexible than the typical training tools on the market; not only can you teach and learn on our platform, companies have used us for everything from sales to HR/compliance training, board presentations, competitive research, and financial auditing. The ways to use our platform are only limited by your imagination.
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2018
Founder
Nov 2018
Transcend Education Group LLC was founded by experts in higher education administration, technology and service delivery who share a passion for helping institutions deliver excellent outcomes to students and faculty. We are more than technical consultants. Our team is comprised of operating practitioners and hands-on executives who have decades of experience achieving transformative quality, growth and efficiency for the institutions we have served. If you are an institutional leader that expects the highest standards in student outcomes, operational effectiveness, compliance and quality, we are your perfect strategic partner.
2016
Board Member
May 2016
Notebowl is a social learning platform for higher education that puts courses and the campus community into one place. Our vision is to give students, professors and administrators one location where they can access information and engage with the university community. With a modern and intuitive feel, Notebowl improves institutional efficiency and increases student success, both inside and outside the classroom. Notebowl’s mission is to increase student engagement in and out of the classroom and to help students achieve their academic goals by delivering knowledge, information and resources online in one central location.
late stageInternet
2015
Board Member
Oct 2015
Skillo is a content sharing platform corporations can use for teaching and learning. Our platform makes it possible for anyone in your organization to build online training without an army of developers and LMS admins. Using Skillo is so easy, even your CEO could do it! Skillo is more flexible than the typical training tools on the market; not only can you teach and learn on our platform, companies have used us for everything from sales to HR/compliance training, board presentations, competitive research, and financial auditing. The ways to use our platform are only limited by your imagination.
Executive in Residence
Sep 2015
Since 2010, Detroit Venture Partners has been committed to backing and founding early stage tech companies that we believe move the world forward. DVP was founded by Dan Gilbert, Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman, with a vision to grow Detroits entrepreneurial community. We partner with visionary founders and help our portfolio companies succeed by leveraging the more than 90 companies within the Rock Family of Companies.
Transcend Education Group, LLC
Founder and Managing Principal
Aug 2015