NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 17: New school principals watch as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces the opening of 54 new schools for next fall, while holding a press conference on April 17, 2012 in New York City. Bloomberg and New York City schools chancellor Dennis Walcott stood with the new principals while addressing the media at the Washington Irving High School, the future site of the Academy of Software Engineering, a new 9-12 school. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Manhattan-based Neverware, a six-person startup, has created a server that can link schools’ computers in the cloud to state-of-the-art software, ranging from basic word-processing and spreadsheet programs to educational diagnostic-testing programs. Founder Jonathan Hefter and his staff have already installed the server, dubbed Juicebox, in one school in the Bronx and two in New Jersey, and it has contracts for two more schools in Brooklyn. Current investors include Josh Kushner and Mark Suster, as well as venture capital firms Khosla Ventures, Raptor Ventures and General Catalyst.
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