uNow (UniversityNow)

UniversityNow, Inc. (uNow) was a San Francisco-based higher-education startup founded in 2011 and backed by 500 Startups (500 Global) that built competency-based, self-paced online degree programs for working adults. It operated New Charter University, acquired Patten University in 2012, and its learning platform was sold to Penn Foster Education Group in 2016 and National University System in 2018. The company is defunct and unow.com now redirects to a dead page; it published no public API.

uNow (UniversityNow) is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Education, Higher Education, EdTech, and Online Learning.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

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Company Education Higher Education EdTech Online LearningCompetency-Based EducationDefunct

Security Posture 1

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GitHubOrganization

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: unow
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/unow.png
name: uNow (UniversityNow)
description: UniversityNow, Inc. (uNow) was a San Francisco-based higher-education startup founded in 2011 and backed by 500
  Startups (500 Global) that built competency-based, self-paced online degree programs for working adults. It operated New
  Charter University, acquired Patten University in 2012, and its learning platform was sold to Penn Foster Education Group
  in 2016 and National University System in 2018. The company is defunct and unow.com now redirects to a dead page; it published
  no public API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/unow/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Education
- Higher Education
- EdTech
- Online Learning
- Competency-Based Education
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://unow.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/universitynow
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/unow-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/unow-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 3
  pass: local-v1

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